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CEBU , a See also:

city and See also:municipality, See also:port of entry, and the See also:capital of the See also:province of Cebu, See also:island of Cebu, Philippine Islands, on the E. See also:coast, a little N. of the centre. Pop. (1903) of the city proper, 18,330;. of the municipality, 31,079; in the same See also:year, after the See also:census enumeration, the neighbouring municipalities of Mabolo (pop. 1903, 8454) and El Pardo (pop. 6461) were added to the municipality of Cebu. The surrounding See also:country, which is level and fertile, is traversed by several See also:good See also:carriage roads. The port, formed by the See also:north-See also:west See also:shore of the island of Mactan, is well protected from violent winds, and in front of it stands a picturesque See also:Spanish fort. The streets are wide and regularly laid out. The See also:government buildings are fairly good, and the See also:church buildings very See also:fine. Cebu is an episcopal see, and the See also:palace of the See also:bishop, although small, is widely known for its interior decorations. The Augustinian church is famous for its so-called miraculous See also:image of Santo Nino. The Recoleto monastery and the See also:seminary of See also:San See also:Carlos are worthy of mention.

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cathedral was finished toward the end of the eighteenth See also:century. The San Jose See also:hospital here was founded by one of the religious orders. There was a leper hospital in the outskirts of the city until 1906, when a leper See also:colony was established on the island of See also:Cullen. Commercially, Cebu is the second city of the Philippines. See also:Hemp, See also:tobacco, See also:sugar and See also:copra are the most important exports. In addition to the See also:trade with See also:foreign ports, an important domestic See also:commerce is carried on with See also:Manila, Bohol, Negros and See also:northern Mindanao. See also:Salt, pottery and fabrics of See also:silk, sinamay, hemp and See also:cotton are manufactured, and sugar sacks are See also:woven in considerable quantity. The island of Cebu is known for its excellent mangoes and for the rare cornucopia-shaped See also:sponges, called See also:Venus's See also:flower See also:basket (Euplectella aspergillum), found here. Historically CeM1 is famous as the See also:scene of See also:Magellan's landing in 1521. A See also:cross, said to be the one first erected by him, is still preserved in the cathedral. The See also:great explorer lost his See also:life in the neighbouring island of Mactan; a See also:monument marks the See also:place where he was killed. The first Spanish See also:settlement in the Philippines was established at Cebu in 1565, and from that year to 1571 it was the capital of the colony.

The city is unincorporated. The See also:

language is Cebu-Visayan.

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