Mandaue City

The City of Mandaue is a city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. It is one of the three urbanized cities in the island and forms a part of the Cebu Metropolitan area. Mandaue City is located on the middle eastern coastal region of Cebu, bordering to its right-side are Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located. Mandaue is connected to Mactan Island via two bridges which includes the Mactan-Cebu Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge and is bounded south and the west by the Provincial Capital, Cebu City and north by Consolacion which is linked with Cansaga Bay Bridge. The city has an area of about 34.87 square kilometres and has a total population of about 337,320 people.

History

A community was established in Mandaue by a flourishing group of Indonesian, Malayan and Chinese merchants. The Venetian chronicle Rantonio Pigafetta wrote a settlement called Mandani existed in the area with a chieftain who was named Aponoanthen a few decades later another ruler named Lambusan. Mandaue was established as a mission village (which included present day Consolacion, Liloanand Poro) in 1638 by Jesuit then a century later by the Recollects. ThePhilippine revolution in 1898 gave the town a new form of administration in accordance with the organic decree of the Central Revolutionary Government. The short lived revolution was overthrown by the American Troops and a battle nearly destroys the town on 1901. Mandaue was Independent from being an American Commonwealth and a Japanese Garrison on July 4, 1946 along with the entire nation. Mandaue became a chartered city on June 21, 1969 by Mayor Demetrio Cortes Sr. The city was recognized as a HUC (Highly Urban City) on 1991.

Bantayan sa Hari, 1936

Location

The City is strategically located and is ten minutes away from any of the major growth points within the inner core of the Metro Cebu Area. It links up mainland Cebu to Mactan Island through the 1st Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the 2nd Mandaue-Mactan Bridge (Marcelo Fernan Bridge). From the Mactan Cebu International Airport, it is the door to the rest of the cities and municipalities of Cebu and the rest of the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

District

Mandaue City is part of the Sixth District of Cebu joined with the municipalities of Consolacion and Cordova. Although qualified for a lone district in 1991 this was neglected by Law-makers. Mandaue is under the province of Cebu but because it is a Highly Urbanized City it is not under authority to the provincial government and Mandaue is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. The barangay is further divided to a sitio.

Barangays

Mandaue City is composed of 27 barangays, namely: Alang-alang, Bakilid, Banilad, Basak, Cabancalan, Cambaro, Canduman, Casili, Casuntingan, Centro (Pob.), Cubacub, Guizo, Ibabao-Estancia, Jagobiao, Labogon, Looc, Maguikay, Mantuyong, Opao, Paknaan, Pagsabungan, Subangdaku, Tabok, Tawason, Tingub, Tipolo and Umapad.

Schools

Ateneo de Cebu

St. Joseph's Academy

Saint Louis School of Mandaue

Cebu Doctors' University

University of Cebu LapuLapu - Mandaue

The Festival

The Mantawi Festival is a significant educational learning encounter. The dancers transform native delicacies, bibingka, budbud,and tagaktak into dance movements, while broom and salt making are alive as street dances. Some top corporations in the city will represent floats as they project a vibrant interplay of Mandaue as an economic hub today. Using music from the brass, dance and interpretation, the Mantwi Festival centuries of culture to vividly recreate the history and heritage of Mandaue City today.

Mantawi Festival is made distinct from the rest of the festivals since this festivity focuses on the cultural heritage tourism. It also showcases the area's pivotal role as a trade center and a seat of civilazation.

Participants from all corners of the city will join in the celebration as they showcase its unique culture and interpret the city's trading systems that become a tool for progress and prosperity.

Various contingents will overtake the entire city in revelry of dancing and merry-making as the opening of the classy events kicks off every year in May.

Delicacies

Mandaue City's most famous native delicacies are bibingka, budbud, masareal and tagaktak.

Bibingka

Bibingka is made with rice flour and coconut milk or water. Other ingredients can vary greatly, but the most common secondary ingredients are eggs and milk. The traditional preparation is very time-consuming. A specially made terra cotta container is lined with a single large section of a banana leaf. It is placed over preheated coals and the rice flour and water mixture is poured into it, taking care not to spill it into the container itself. Another piece of banana leaf is added to the top and covered with more preheated coals.

Masareal

Tagaktak

A triangular net-like snack made of ground sticky rice batter with coconut milk and sweetened by sugar. Its fine and crisp strands looks like a curly fried pancit bihon. To make it even crispier,kamote (sweet potato) flour is added into the batter.

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