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Mactan Island
Banilad San Fernando
Sogod Moalboal
Mactan Island,
lies a few kilometers to the southeast of Cebu
Island in the Philippines. The island is part of
Cebu Province and is divided into Lapu-Lapu City and
the municipality of Cordova.
The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the country's
second busiest airport, is found on Mactan Island.
Mactan is also the site of the Battle of Mactan, the
first battle between native Filipinos and Europeans.
In this battle, which occurred in 1521, the explorer
Ferdinand Magellan met his death at the hands of the
tribesmen under the local chieftain Lapu-Lapu, for
whom Lapu-Lapu City was name.
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