Cebu (English spelling)

Japanese: セブ（英語表記）Cebu

A city on the east coast of Cebu Island, in the central Visayas, Philippines. The capital of Cebu Province. Located almost in the center of the Visayas, it has a good natural harbor protected by Mactan Island. It is a major commercial center and the second largest trading port after Manila. The goods handled are copra, Manila hemp, sugar, timber, and marine products, and the city is lined with warehouses for these products, as well as branches of trading companies and banks with headquarters in Manila. Industries include textiles, shoemaking, food processing, oil extraction, and woodworking. Due to the mountain ranges that loom, the city stretches along the coast, and an urban area including Mactan Island is being formed. There are many roads, a railway line runs along the east coast, and an international airport. It is the place where Magellan landed in 1521, and in 1565 M. Legazpi built the first Spanish town in the Philippines, which he used as a base for colonial conquest until he moved it to Manila in 1571. However, it later played an important role in rebellions against Spanish and American colonial rule. The influence of Spanish culture is still strong in the city, with the ruins of Fort San Pedro and the San Agustin Cathedral. It is the cultural center of Cebuano, a language used in the central Visayas, and has five universities, including the University of San Carlos (1595), the oldest in the Philippines. Population: 610,000 (estimated 1990).

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Japanese:

フィリピン，ビサヤ諸島中部，セブ島東岸にある市。セブ州の州都。ビサヤ諸島のほぼ中央部にあって，マクタン島に守られた天然の良港をもつ。一大商業中心地で，マニラに次ぐ貿易港でもある。荷扱い品はコプラ，マニラアサ，砂糖，木材，水産品などで，市内にはそれらの倉庫やマニラに本店をもつ商社，銀行の支店などが並ぶ。工業は織物，製靴，食品加工，搾油，木工などがある。脊梁山脈が迫るため，市街は海岸に沿って延び，マクタン島を含む都市圏が形成されつつある。道路が集中し，東岸沿いの鉄道が通り，国際空港もある。 1521年マゼランが上陸した地であり，65年 M.レガスピがフィリピンにおける最初のスペイン人の町を築いて，71年マニラに移すまで植民地攻略の根拠地とした。しかしのちにはスペイン，アメリカの植民地支配に対する反乱で重要な役割を果した。スペイン文化の影響が色濃く残っており，サン・ペドロ城塞跡やサン・アウグスティン聖堂などがある。ビサヤ諸島中部で用いられるセブアノ語の文化の中心地で，フィリピン最古のサン・カルロス大学 (1595) など5つの大学がある。人口 61万 (1990推計) 。

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