Mega Cebu

Cebu Megalopolis Area
Cebu Megalopolis Area; Mega Cebu
	Megalopolis Area
	Motto(s): Making WAVES ; (Wholesome, Advanced, Vibrant, Equitable and Sustainable) in Cebu!
	Coordinates: 10°17′N 123°54′E / 10.283°N 123.900°ECoordinates: 10°17′N 123°54′E / 10.283°N 123.900°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽; ;
Country	Philippines
Island group	Visayas
Megalopolis Capital	Cebu City ; pop. 922,611
Area
• Total	71,503 km2 (27,607 sq mi)
Area rank	1st
Population (2015)
• Total	19,373,431
• Rank	2nd
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
• Density rank	2nd
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 code	PH-07
Administrative Regions	3 Western Visayas ; Central Visayas ; Eastern Visayas ;
Provinces	16 Aklan ; Antique ; Biliran ; Bohol ; Capiz ; Cebu ; Eastern Samar ; Guimaras ; Iloilo ; Leyte ; Negros Occidental ; Negros Oriental ; Northern Samar ; Samar ; Siquijor ; Southern Leyte ;
Metropolitan Areas	3 Metro Bacolod ; Metro Cebu ; Metro Iloilo-Guimaras ;
Highly Urbanized Cities	6 Bacolod City ; Cebu City ; Iloilo City ; Lapu-Lapu City ; Mandaue City ; Tacloban City ;
Independent Component Cities	1 Ormoc City ;
Component Cities	32
Municipalities	350
Barangays	10,887
Languages	Cebuano; (Boholano); Porohanon; Bantayanon; Filipino; English;

Mega Cebu is one of the two megalopolis areas in the Philippines. It occupies the whole Visayas Region (Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Central Visayas). It is the second largest megalopolis in the Philippines by population and economy and the largest by land area. It is in contrast to the term Metro Cebu which is the main metropolitan area of the megalopolis. Mapping out the built-up area around Cebu requires finer granularity than the more generic term Mega Cebu. Mega Cebu is used in general references to the relationship of Cebu City and Metro Cebu to the surrounding provinces and Metropolitan Areas in the Visayas.

Central Business Districts[edit]

As a major business hub with three metropolitan areas, Mega Cebu has several business districts with the largest ones in Metro Cebu, the megalopolis' core. Notable ones are listed below:

Central Business Districts in Metro Cebu

Central Business Districts in Metro Bacolod

Central Business Districts in Metro Iloilo-Guimaras

Central Business Districts not inside Metropolitan Areas

Central Business District	Location	Opened	Total Area	Reference(s)
Cebu South Road Properties	Cebu City	1990	300 hectares 3 sq. km.	:^[2]
Cebu Business Park	Cebu City	1992	50 hectares 0.5 sq.km.	^[3]
Cebu IT Park	Cebu City	2002	27 hectares 0.27 sq.km.	^[4]
City di Mare	Cebu City	2017	48 hectares 0.48 sq. km.	^[5]
Taft East Gate	Cebu City	2019	1.5 hectares 0.015 sq.km.	^[6]
Mandani Bay	Mandaue City	2020	20 hectares 0.2 sq. km.	^[7]
Oakridge Business Park	Mandaue City	2015	3 hectares 0.03 sq. km.	^[8]^[9]
Astra Centre	Mandaue City	2016	1.2 hectares 0.012 sq. km.	^[10]
Mactan Export Processing Zone 1 (MEPZ 1)	Lapu-Lapu City	1979		^[11]
Mactan Export Processing Zone 2 (MEPZ 2)	Lapu-Lapu City	1984		^[11]
Mactan Newtown	Lapu-Lapu City	1985	28.8 hectares 0.288 sq. km.	^[12]
Seagrove Mactan	Lapu-Lapu City	TBA	14 hectares 0.14 sq. km.	^[13]^[14]
Villa Angela Estates	Bacolod City	2015	7.7 hectares 0.077 sq. km.	^{[citation needed]}
The Upper East	Bacolod City	2015	34 hectares 0.34 sq. km.	^[15]
Capitol Central	Bacolod City	2014	24 hectares 0.24 sq. km.	^[16]
Central District IT Park	Bacolod City	2009
Northill Town Center	Bacolod City	2018	7.5 hectares 0.075 sq. km.	^[17]
Negros First CyberCentre IT and BPO Hub	Bacolod City	April 2015	2 hectares 0.02 sq. km.	^[18]
Iloilo Business Park	Iloilo City	2000's	72 hectares 0.72 sq.km.	^[19]
Gaisano-Iloilo City Center Complex	Iloilo City	2000's	16 hectares 0.16 sq. km.	^[20]
Pueblo de Panay	Roxas City	2014	500 hectares 5 sq. km.	^[21]

Transportation[edit]

Air[edit]

Mega Cebu has a large number of airports, 5 of which are international airports with Mactan-Cebu International Airport as the busiest^[22] and the main airport to the megalopolis. Since 2016, a good number of airports in the megalopolis are upgraded, expanded, created or replaced. Some of the notable projects of the Duterte Administration are found below:

Airport	Location	Airport Type	Opened	Serves	Rehabilitation Description
Mactan Cebu International Airport	Lapu-Lapu City	International Airport	1 July 2018	Metro Cebu Cebu Central Visayas Mega Cebu Visayas	Addition of Terminal 2
Kalibo International Airport	Kalibo, Aklan	International Airport	2017	Kalibo Boracay	Extension of Runway
Bohol-Panglao International Airport	Panglao, Bohol	International Airport	27 November 2018	Tagbilaran City Bohol	New Airport Replaced Tagbilaran Airport
Ormoc Airport	Ormoc City	Principal Class 2 Airport	9 May 2019	Ormoc City	Airport Expansion Terminal Building Renovation CAAP Administration Building Improvement of Runway

Mactan-Cebu International Airport[edit]

Recently, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport was expanded and the Terminal 2 was operational by 1 July 2018^[23]. A second runway is under construction after its budget was approved^[24].

Road[edit]

One of the problems that the megalopolis is facing is the increasing traffic congestion in the urban areas especially in the wide urban area in Metro Cebu^[25]. Narrow roads in the megalopolis causes heavy traffic in busy parts of the megalopolis. The Duterte Administration under its Build, Build, Build! program is solving this in the megalopolis. Of the three metropolitan areas in the megalopolis, Metro Cebu has the highest rate of traffic congestion. A proposed bus rapid transit and Light Rail Transit system will be constructed in Metro Cebu to decongest the busy roads of the city^[26].

Sea[edit]

As the megalopolis is an archipelago, seaports are the main access in the megalopolis. Several international seaports are found in the megalopolis. The most notable one is the Cebu International Port which is stopped at by 80% of the Philippines' total domestic shipping lines.

Infrastructural Projects[edit]

The Duterte Administration, through its Build Build Build! Program has a lot of infrastructural projects in the megalopolis area. During the 2016 Presidential elections, Duterte received a lot of votes from Cebu and with this, he promised many projects in Cebu. Many of these projects are solutions to the worsening traffic in Metro Cebu. The projects are as follows^[27]

Finished[edit]

Natalio Bacalso Underpass^[28]
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2

Under Construction[edit]

Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway
Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway
Panay East-West Lateral Road^[29]
Tacloban-Palo Diversion Road^[29]
New Clarin Bridge^[29]

Planned[edit]

Iloilo-Guimaras Bridge^[29]
Guimaras-Negros Bridge^[29]
Negros-Cebu Bridge^[29]
Cebu-Bohol Bridge^[29]
Cebu Trans-Axial Expressway
Metro Cebu Expressway
Cebu Bus Rapid Transit
Cebu Light Rail Transit

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

↑ Census of Population (2015). Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
↑ "City Government of Cebu - South Road Properties". www.cebucity.gov.ph.
↑ "Home". Cebu Business Park.
↑ "Home". Cebu I.T. Park.
↑ "City di Mare - | Lifestyle Capital of Cebu". www.citydimare.com.
↑ "TAFT EAST GATE | Cebu City Mixed-Use Condominiums Towers | Properties".
↑ "Mandani Bay".
↑ Solutions, Neil Angelo David, ND Technology. "Homepage". Oakridge Business Park.
↑ "OAKRIDGE BUSINESS PARK, A.S. Fortuna in Banilad, Mandaue City- ORDC". Cebu Property for Lease.
↑ "Astra Centre".
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 "MEPZCEM Chamber Inc". MEPZCEM.
↑ "The Mactan Newtown | Township in Cebu | Megaworld Corporation". www.megaworldcorp.com.
↑ "Mactan Seagrove". Ayala Land.
↑ "Home". Seagrove.
↑ "Megaworld Corporation | Megaworld to build Bacolod's 'Iconic CBD'; Launches 1st condo dev't for The Upper East". www.megaworldcorp.com.
↑ "Capitol Central | Ayala Land Estates". Ayala Land.
↑ "Northill Gateway | Township in Bacolod | Megaworld Corporation". www.megaworldcorp.com.
↑ Nicavera, Erwin P. (December 17, 2015). "Capitol enters joint venture partnership for Negros First Cyber Centre operation". Sunstar.
↑ "Iloilo Business Park | Township in Iloilo | Megaworld Corporation". www.megaworldcorp.com.
↑ "Gaisano City Iloilo – Gaisano Capital".
↑ "» Pueblo De Panay HotelNS Inc".
↑ "List of the busiest airports in the Philippines". August 14, 2019 – via Wikipedia.
↑ http://www.build.gov.ph/Home/Project_Details/65?Agency=DOTr
↑ "second runway.jpg". Google Docs.
↑ "Worsening traffic remains Cebu's biggest problem | The Freeman". philstar.com.
↑ "LRT, BRT a go | The Freeman". philstar.com.
↑ "Philippines Build Build Build" – via www.youtube.com.
↑ "Mambaling underpass to open Saturday | The Freeman". philstar.com.
↑ ^29.0 ^29.1 ^29.2 ^29.3 ^29.4 ^29.5 ^29.6 "MULTI-BILLION-WORTH ROADS AND BRIDGES PROJECTS IN VISAYAS AND MINDANAO" – via www.youtube.com.

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[PSA15–{{-1] Census of Population (2015). Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[2] "City Government of Cebu - South Road Properties". www.cebucity.gov.ph.

[3] "Home". Cebu Business Park.

[4] "Home". Cebu I.T. Park.

[5] "City di Mare - | Lifestyle Capital of Cebu". www.citydimare.com.

[6] "TAFT EAST GATE | Cebu City Mixed-Use Condominiums Towers | Properties".

[7] "Mandani Bay".

[8] Solutions, Neil Angelo David, ND Technology. "Homepage". Oakridge Business Park.

[9] "OAKRIDGE BUSINESS PARK, A.S. Fortuna in Banilad, Mandaue City- ORDC". Cebu Property for Lease.

[10] "Astra Centre".

[auto-11] 11.0 ^11.1 "MEPZCEM Chamber Inc". MEPZCEM.

[12] "The Mactan Newtown | Township in Cebu | Megaworld Corporation". www.megaworldcorp.com.

[13] "Mactan Seagrove". Ayala Land.

[14] "Home". Seagrove.

[15] "Megaworld Corporation | Megaworld to build Bacolod's 'Iconic CBD'; Launches 1st condo dev't for The Upper East". www.megaworldcorp.com.

[16] "Capitol Central | Ayala Land Estates". Ayala Land.

[17] "Northill Gateway | Township in Bacolod | Megaworld Corporation". www.megaworldcorp.com.

[18] Nicavera, Erwin P. (December 17, 2015). "Capitol enters joint venture partnership for Negros First Cyber Centre operation". Sunstar.

[19] "Iloilo Business Park | Township in Iloilo | Megaworld Corporation". www.megaworldcorp.com.

[20] "Gaisano City Iloilo – Gaisano Capital".

[21] "» Pueblo De Panay HotelNS Inc".

[22] "List of the busiest airports in the Philippines". August 14, 2019 – via Wikipedia.

[23] ttp://www.build.gov.ph/Home/Project_Details/65?Agency=DOTr

[24] "second runway.jpg". Google Docs.

[25] "Worsening traffic remains Cebu's biggest problem | The Freeman". philstar.com.

[26] "LRT, BRT a go | The Freeman". philstar.com.

[27] "Philippines Build Build Build" – via www.youtube.com.

[28] "Mambaling underpass to open Saturday | The Freeman". philstar.com.

[auto1-29] 29.0 ^29.1 ^29.2 ^29.3 ^29.4 ^29.5 ^29.6 "MULTI-BILLION-WORTH ROADS AND BRIDGES PROJECTS IN VISAYAS AND MINDANAO" – via www.youtube.com.

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v t e Cities and Municipalities of Metro Cebu
Highly Urbanized Cities	Cebu Lapu-Lapu Mandaue
Component Cities	Carcar Danao Naga Talisay
Municipalities	Compostela Consolacion Cordova Liloan Minglanilla San Fernando

v t e Metro Iloilo–Guimaras
Iloilo	Iloilo Leganes Oton Pavia San Miguel Santa Barbara Cabatuan
Guimaras	Buenavista Jordan Nueva Valencia San Lorenzo Sibunag
Metropolitan Iloilo–Guimaras Economic Development Council

v t e Metropolitan areas of the Philippines
Current metro areas	Cebu Davao Manila
Proposed existing metro areas	Angeles Bacolod Baguio Batangas Cagayan de Oro Dagupan Iloilo–Guimaras Naga Olongapo