
Semi-autonomous as it was still under the jurisdiction of Cebu. Mandaue was a semi-autonomous functioning town. The short-lived revolution was overthrown by the American troops and a battle nearly destroyed the town in 1901, killing Presidente Benito Ceniza. The Philippine Revolution of 1898 gave the town a new form of administration in accordance with the organic decree of the Central Revolutionary Government. This may have started off as a mission village (which included present day Consolacion, Liloan and Poro) serving as a bulwark for the church in the northern Cebu and was managed by the Jesuit in 1638 then a century later by the Recollects. Mandaue natives were forced into a town as decreed by the Spanish authorities. The Venetian chronicler Antonio Pigafetta wrote of a settlement called Mandaui which existed in the area with a chieftain named Apanoaan some called him Lambuzzan in other accounts. As of June 30, 2022, Mandaue City had its first representation in the 19th Congress of the Philippines.Ī community was established in Mandaue by a flourishing group of Austronesian people. In April 5, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law declaring this city as a lone legislative district. It is one of three highly urbanized cities on Cebu island and forms a part of the Cebu Metropolitan area and was part of the sixth district of Cebu joined with the municipalities of Consolacion and Cordova - it was qualified for a lone district since 1991. Mandaue City is bounded on the north by the town of Consolacion, to the east by the Camotes Sea, and to the west and south by Cebu City. Its southeast coast borders Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located and is connected to the island via two bridges: the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge. Mandaue City is located on the central-eastern coastal region of Cebu. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 364,116 people. Mandaue ( Tagalog pronunciation: ), officially the City of Mandaue ( Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Mandaue Filipino: Lungsod ng Mandaue), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.
