Cebu City (Alternity)

Cebu City (Cebuano: Dakbayan ng Sugbo, Filipino: Lungsod ng Cebu) is the capital of the U.S. State of Visayas, and is also the most populated in the state. It is currently the 29th-most populated American city as of the 1997 preliminary census.

The city or the area around it was originally inhabited by pre-Colonial natives. On April 7, 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in Cebu. He was welcomed by Rajah Humabon (also known as Sri Humabon or Rajah Humabara), with his wife and about 700 native islanders. Magellan, however, was killed in the Battle of Mactan, and the remaining members of his expedition left Cebu.