Metro Cebu

Metro Cebu

*Kaulohang Sugbo* (Cebuano)
Metro Cebu Kaulohang Sugbo (Cebuano)
Metropolitan area
	Metropolitan Cebu
	Aerial view of Metro Cebu in 2023. To the left are Cebu City, Mandaue, and Talisay. To the right is Mactan.
	Map of Cebu with Metro Cebu highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Metro Cebu Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 10°17′N 123°54′E / 10.28°N 123.9°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu (geographically only)
Managing entity	Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board
Area
• Metro	1,062.88 km2 (410.38 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population (2020)
• Metro	3,165,799
• Density	3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	grancebuana; grancebuano
Divisions
• Highly urbanized cities	3 Cebu City; Lapu-Lapu; Mandaue; ;
• Component cities	4 Carcar; Danao; Naga; Talisay; ;
• Municipalities	6 Compostela; Consolacion; Cordova; Liloan; Minglanilla; San Fernando; ;
• Barangays	349
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6000–6004, 6014–6019, 6037, 6045, 6046
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32

Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu, (Cebuano: Kaulohang Sugbo; Filipino: Kalakhang Cebu), is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby island of Mactan. It accounts for 19.9 percent of the land area and 61.5 percent of the population (2020 census) of the entire province of Cebu.

Metro Cebu is a metropolitan area that consists of Cebu City (the capital of Cebu and the regional center of Central Visayas) along with twelve surrounding cities and municipalities.

The Metropolitan Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) is a body mandated to formulate development plans for the Metro Cebu area and coordinate their implementation. Unlike the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the MCDCB does not have legal and institutional powers. However, MMDA's powers are limited by jurisdiction to only the core of the agglomeration.

As of the 2020 census, Metro Cebu is the largest metropolitan area in the Visayas and the third-largest metropolitan area by urban population in the Philippines, after Metro Manila (in Luzon) and Metro Davao (in Mindanao).

^ "Province: Cebu". Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC). Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ "Number of Registered Voters by Sex : 2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. 2019.

[nscb-1] "Province: Cebu". Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC). Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

[PSA20–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>-2] Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[comelec-3] "Number of Registered Voters by Sex : 2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. 2019.

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