What Is Cebu Province? About The Province In Central Visayas

CEBU PROVINCE – In this topic, we will now know about the province in Central Visayas called Cebu province.

As mentioned above, it is a province in the central region of Visayas. It consists of mainland Cebu and 167 more surrounding islands and islets.

Its capital is the city of Cebu, which is regarded as thethe Queen City of the South” and the oldest city and first capital of the Philippines. The metropolitan area of Cebu is composed of 7 neghboring cities and 6 towns.

The capital city is also known as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the island region of Visayas.

It has a landmass of about 5K kilometer squared or 2K square miles. It has a population of 2.9 million people, making it the 4th most populous province.

The name Cebu came from an old Cebuano term sibu or sibo, which means trade, which is short for sinibuayng hingpit, or “the place for trading”.

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