Cebu region

E236374

cultural region historical region

The Cebu region is a historically significant area in the central Philippines, known as a major cultural and economic hub and as the site of early encounters between indigenous Filipinos and Spanish explorers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Region VII Central Visayas	16
Cebu region canonical	3
Sugbu (Cebu) region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
capital	Cebu ⓘ surface form: Cebu City
contains	Carcar City ⓘ surface form: Carcar Cebu ⓘ surface form: Cebu City Danao City ⓘ Lapu-Lapu City ⓘ Mactan ⓘ surface form: Mactan Island Mandaue City ⓘ surface form: Mandaue Mandaue City ⓘ surface form: Mandaue–Mactan urban area Naga City ⓘ surface form: Naga City (Cebu) Talisay City ⓘ Toledo City ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
culturalRole	center of Catholic devotion in the Philippines ⓘ major cultural hub in the Visayas ⓘ
economicRole	IT and BPO center ⓘ major economic hub in the central Philippines ⓘ major port and shipping center ⓘ manufacturing center ⓘ
hasLandmark	Basilica Minore del Santo Niño ⓘ Fort San Pedro ⓘ Lapu-Lapu Shrine ⓘ surface form: Mactan Shrine Magellan’s Cross ⓘ surface form: Magellan’s Cross (Cebu City)
historicalEvent	arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 ⓘ early Spanish colonization of the Visayas ⓘ first Catholic mass in Cebu area ⓘ
knownFor	Catholic heritage ⓘ Sinulog Festival ⓘ business process outsourcing ⓘ early Spanish contact ⓘ historical churches ⓘ historical significance ⓘ shipping industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ
language	Cebuano language ⓘ surface form: Cebuano English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Visayas ⓘ Visayas ⓘ
locatedOn	Cebu Island ⓘ
majorCity	Cebu ⓘ surface form: Cebu City Lapu-Lapu City ⓘ Mandaue City ⓘ surface form: Mandaue
partOf	Central Philippines ⓘ
religion	Iglesia ni Cristo ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Mactan → location → Cebu region ⓘ

Lapu-Lapu → placeOfActivity → Cebu region ⓘ

Moalboal → region → Cebu region ⓘ