CEBU, a municipality (with administration centre and 79 barrios or districts), a port of entry and the capital of the province and island of Cebu (the most densely populated province of the archipelago), Philippine Islands, on the east coast, and the metrop olis of the Bisayan group. Pop. (1918) 65,502, of whom 32,476 were males; only 333 of the total were whites. The surrounding country, which is level and fertile, is connected with other parts of the island by good motor roads. Cebu is the chief point on the railway which runs along the east coast of the island. The port, formed by the north-west shore of the island of Mactan, is well protected from violent winds, and in front of it stands a pic turesque Spanish fort. The streets are wide and regularly laid out. Cebu is an episcopal see, and the palace of the bishop, although small, is widely known for its interior decorations. The Augus tinian church is famous for its so-called miraculous image of the Santo Nino, which dates from the time of Magellan's expedition. The cathedral was finished toward the end of the 18th century. Commercially, Cebu is the second centre of the archipelago. Abaca, tobacco, sugar and copra are the most important exports. In addition to the trade with foreign ports, a lucrative trade is carried on with Manila, Bohol, Negros, northern Mindanao and other parts. Salt, pottery and fabrics of silk, sinamay, abaca and cotton are manufactured, and sugar sacks are woven in con siderable quantity. A meteorological station is established here. In 1918 Cebu had 143 manufacturing establishments, with out put valued at 2,926,00o pesos, and 217 household industry es tablishments with output valued at 100,200 pesos. Of the 22 schools, 15 were public. A branch of the Philippine library has been established in Cebu. The site of the municipality had long been a village of the natives when the first Spaniards under Magel lan landed on the island on April 7, 15 21. Magellan was killed in the island of Mactan across from the municipality. The first Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established in Cebu by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1565, and from that year to 1571 it was the capital of the country. Cebu has had an important his tory and is now the commercial rival of Iloilo. It was first thrown open to foreign trade in The language spoken is Cebu Bisayan.