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WELCOME TO DANAO CITY CEBU PHILIPPINES!!!

Located in the northern part of Cebu is the bustling city of Danao.

It is situated in the eastern coast between Compostela (7.80 km to the South) and Carmen (8.20 km to the North). It is bounded on the west by the municipalities of Balamban, Asturias, and Tuburan. It is approximately 33.1 km from Cebu City.

Danao City is a 3rd class city in the province of Cebu. It is politically subdivided into 42 barangays, namely:

Baliang, Bayabas. Binaliw, Cabungahan, Cagat-Lamac, Cahumayan, Cambanay, Cambubho, Cogon-Cruz, Danasan, Dungga, Dunggoan, Guinacot, Guinsay, Ibo, Langosig, Lawaan, Licos, Looc, Magtagobtob, Malapoc, Manlayag, Mantija, Masaba, Maslog, Nangka, Oguis, Pili, Poblacion, Quisol, Sabang, Sacsac, Sandayong Norte, Sandayong Sur, Santa Rosa, Santican, Sibacan, Suba, Taboc, Taytay, Togonon, and Tuburan Sur.

The city is about 3.43 meters above the main area level. Generally, it has flat to rolling terrain with slopes ranging from 0% to 65%. Most of the flat or nearly level areas are found along the narrow coastal plains running from north to south and estimated to be 36% of the total land area. These narrow areas extend to a width of approximately less than five km. These flat areas are now planted with sugarcane to serve as raw materials for the sugar mills located at Dunggo-an. Rolling hills, which ranged in elevation from 250 meters to 500 meters, with slope ranging from 15% to 45% is estimated to be 21% of the total land area. The mountainous portion which rise up to 700 meters, with slope range of 45% to 65% above, is estimated to be 43% of the total land area.

According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 109,534 people.

History

No concrete record was able to support the story on how Danao go its name. In 1960’s, there were copies of a story about the beginning of Danao: however, the contents of the said story were said to be only a clear reproduction of an old legendary version which related of a Spanish Captain.

The name of the captain was Manuel Aniceto del Rosario who, as the story went, was commissioned by the early Spanish authorities in the province of Cebu to establish municipalities from what is now Danao City towards the northern part of Cebu.

In compliance with his mission, Captain del Rosario went to the places to perform his duties. When he arrived on a place called Cotcot, he came upon a few natives who were resting and taking time bathing their carabaos in one of the many lakes in the area.

Dismounting his horse, the captain took a little rest. After a short while, he made conversation with the natives. He inquired them what was the name of the place and at the same time pointing his forefinger vertically to the ground where they stood.

The natives thought that the stranger was asking for the name of the small lake where their carabaos were resting and instantly replied: “DANAWAN” (which actually means “small lake” in Cebuano dialect).

According to the story, on account of the Captain’s defective sense of hearing, only heard and recorded the first two syllables DA-NAO. Thus begun the early naming of the place DANAO.

DANAO - THE CITY of GUNS!

Danao City is well-known for its gun industry. The industry started around 1905-1906. When World War II came came, the Danao gunsmiths went underground, joined the guerrilla movement or were inducted into the USAFFE. Their main task was to re-chamber the Japanese Arisaka rifles to fit the US .30 caliber round or to keep the original Japanese rifle in good service. The industry went on, still underground. In the 1960s, the term paltik was given to the homemade (and illegal) guns. In the early 1990s the industry was legalized by the government, with the creation of two organizations of local gunsmiths. The organization now left with proper permit is Workers League of Danao Multi-purpose Cooperative (World MPC), in Dungguan, Danao City.

Aside from the gun industry, there are also other industries in the city of Danao. Among them are the cottage industries such as ceramics, fiber-crafts, shell crafts, woodcrafts and metal crafts. Pot making (ceramics) in the city dates back several hundred years ago. The skills in this industry have been handed down from generation to generation.

Danawanons world class ingenuity and craftsmanship

Means of Transportation

Motorized tricycles and pedicabs are the means of transportation within the city. Public transports coming in and out of Danao City are mostly passenger jeepneys with the route Danao-Cebu. There are also passenger busses that also pass by Danao on the way to the northern towns from Cebu City and vice-versa.

WHAT DANAO CITY CAN OFFER??

Danao City is also eyeing to be one of the tourist attractions in Cebu province considering it’s vast and untapped natural resources.

Mga TALAN-AWON ug kinaiyanhong BAHANDI ning DAKBAYAN sa DANAO

Eco-Tourism is not a far cry, since Danao is endowed with mountains, beaches and other natural sceneries.

DANAO CITY gears towards GLOBALIZATION!

INFRASTRUCTURES

MACAPAGAL-DURANO FISH PORT

The new Fish Port, which is called Macapagal-Durano Fish Port in located right in front of the plaza. The new fishport is really nice and clean. Also, it has ample park space for those who wish to drop by to use the clean rest rooms. By the way, remember the tinap-anan restaurants on the beach before you reach the Danao Church? Well, all restaurants have been transferred to the second floor of the new building.

Cutting costs on transport expenses means a lot to fishermen in northern Cebu as this indicates more daily savings as the day's catch are now delivered to the Macapagal-Durano Fish Port located in Danao City instead of in Pasil in Cebu City, the province's fish trading center.
The Macapagal-Durano Fish Port is the first of its kind in the province with a pier deck to accommodate big fishing vessels and a market hall for as many as eight fish brokers during peak hours of trading.

with overview of the sea

clean and organize

RAMON M. DURANO, SR. MEMORIAL SPORTS COMPLEX

Ramon Durano Memorial Sports Complex in Danao City, site of several international competitions in the past, will host the 2010 National Open for mountain bike the PhilCycling is staging later this month.The sports complex has been home to many events the Filipino Airsoft held their event there in Sept of 2009 is pretty much like every other sports facility in the country. But its claim to fame is that it is one of the venues for the 2005 SEA Games, specifically the mountain bike events. Fortunately, the Philippines won two golds there, one for the men’s downhill category and another for the women’s cross-country (Vietnam and Indonesia bagged the two other golds).

Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Park - newly completed park and boardwalk

Sto. Tomas de Villanueva church,Danao City Cebu

Sto. Tomas de Villanueva church Danao City Cebu. Since the Philippines was explored and conquered by the Spaniards there are a great deal of old churches. One of the examples is the Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church in Danao. This church was originally built in 1755 by Fr. Manuel de Santa Barbara and was made up of numerous materials including sugar cane and rocks from the sea. Most of the church was destroyed in 1942 during WWII, though the front of the church remained intact. The building was rebuilt in 1946, and in 1981 it went underwent a major reconstruction.

Coco Palms Resort,Danao City Cebu- Coco Palms Resort on the main highway just before you enter Danao City if you heading north is a new resort in 2010.