Mactan

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island

Mactan is a Philippine island historically renowned as the site where Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in battle in 1521.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island →
administrativeDivision	Cordova → Lapu-Lapu City →
associatedWith	Ferdinand Magellan → Lapu-Lapu →
battleOpponent	Spanish expedition of Magellan →
belongsTo	Republic of the Philippines →
bodyOfWater	Cebu Strait →
climate	tropical climate →
connectedBy	bridges to Cebu Island →
country	Philippines →
dateOfEvent	27 April 1521 →
defendedBy	Lapu-Lapu and his warriors →
ethnicGroup	Cebuano people →
governedBy	Province of Cebu →
hasAirport	Mactan–Cebu International Airport →
hasCity	Lapu-Lapu City →
hasCommemoration	annual reenactment of the Battle of Mactan →
hasMonument	Lapu-Lapu Shrine → Magellan Marker →
hasPort	Mactan seaports →
hasReef	Mactan Island reef system →
historicalEventSite	Battle of Mactan →
historicalPeriod	Age of Exploration →
knownFor	beach resorts → diving and snorkeling sites →
language	Cebuano → English → Filipino →
locatedIn	Cebu province → Central Visayas →
majorIndustry	furniture manufacturing → guitar making → tourism →
marineEcosystem	coral reefs →
nearbyCity	Cebu City →
notableFor	death of Ferdinand Magellan →
partOf	Visayan Islands →
regionCode	Region VII →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
separatedFrom	Cebu Island →
surroundedBy	Mactan Channel →
timeZone	Philippine Standard Time →
touristAttraction	Hilutungan Channel dive sites → Mactan Shrine →
transportInfrastructure	Mactan–Mandaue Bridge → Marcelo Fernan Bridge →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ferdinand Magellan → Lapu-Lapu ("Mactan Island (traditionally believed)") →	deathPlace
Cordova, Cebu ("Mactan Island") → Lapu-Lapu City ("Mactan Island") →	locatedOn
Battle of Mactan ("Mactan Island") → Magellan Marker ("Mactan Island") →	location
Mactan–Mandaue Bridge ("Mactan Island") →	connects
Cebu Island ("Mactan Island") →	hasNearbyIsland
Cebu ("Mactan Island") →	hasPart
Mactan ("Mactan Island reef system") →	hasReef
Magellan–Elcano expedition ("Mactan Island") →	leaderDeathPlace
Lapu-Lapu Shrine ("Mactan Island") →	locatedIn
Battle of Mactan ("Mactan Island") →	namedAfter
Hilutungan Channel dive sites ("Mactan Island") →	near
Lapu-Lapu ("Mactan Island") →	placeOfActivity
Lapu-Lapu ("Mactan Island") →	residence