CARCAR, a municipality (with administration centre and ten barrios or districts), of the province and island of Cebu, Philippine Islands, on the Carcar river near its mouth at the head of Carcar bay, 23 m. S.W. of Cebu, the provincial capital. Pop. (1918) 37,392, of whom 18,229 were males. It has railway con nection with the capital, and by a branch with the municipalities of Barili and Dumanjug. Carcar has some coast trade and is a good market community. The surrounding country is rugged and produces corn and sugar in considerable quantity. In 1918 it had 2 70 household industry establishments, with output valued at 24,200 pesos, and four sugar-mills. Of the 16 schools, 14 were public. It was founded in 1624. The language spoken is Cebu Bisayan.