Mactan Island (Lapu Lapu)

Lapu-Lapu City is a first class highly-urbanized city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, a few kilometre off the main island of Cebu and also covers the area of Olango Island further to the southeast region, plus a few other islands.

The history of Lapu-Lapu City is anchored in the mid-16th century when it served as the site of the first successful resistance against Spanish colonization in the Philippines. In April 1521, the chieftain Datu Lapu-Lapu and his warriors confronted the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan on the shores of Mactan.