Mactan (phl)

Mactan

Mactan ranks 15,018th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kawasaki, Fukuoka, Kanda, Fukuoka, and Yoshitomi, Fukuoka. Memorable people born in Mactan include Lapu-Lapu. Memorable people who died in Mactan include Ferdinand Magellan, and Lapu-Lapu. Mactan has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many explorers, and politicians. Mactan is located in Philippines.

Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of Lapu-Lapu and the municipality of Cordova. The island is separated from Cebu by the Mactan Channel which is presently crossed by three bridges: the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX), the Mactan–Mandaue Bridge, and the Marcelo Fernan Bridge. The island covers some 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) and has a population of 527,071 as of 2020, making it the nation's most densely populated island. Along with Olango Island Group, the isles are administered by a city and a municipality covering 75.25 square kilometres (29.05 sq mi). Read more on Wikipedia