Also known as: Lalawigan ng Cebu, Sugbu
Cebu is a province in Region VII (Central Visayas). Population 5.16M (PSA 2020 census), 9 cities + 44 municipalities, 1,066 barangays total, land area 5,088.4 km². Provincial capital: Cebu City (Highly Urbanized — independent).
Cebu Province operates the most economically integrated multi-LGU corridor in the Visayas — Mandaue + Lapu-Lapu + Cebu City + Talisay form a contiguous urban region (Metro Cebu) that spans three independent HUCs plus Talisay (component city), all within the province's administrative orbit but outside its CLUP authority. The province itself coordinates the southern corridor (Carcar, Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete, Boljoon) and the northern corridor (Bogo, Daanbantayan, Medellin, Tabuelan) where coastal-to-mountain land use challenges differ dramatically from Metro Cebu. Provincial PDPFP must coordinate the Cebu-Bohol bridge alignment, the Camotes Island ferry-port master planning, and the inter-LGU watershed management spanning Mananga, Lusaran, and Bonbon river basins. Mining in the limestone uplands (Toledo, Naga) is a perpetual provincial-vs-LGU governance friction. Tourism integration with Bohol and Negros adds inter-province coordination demand.
Key industries: IT-BPO, Tourism + hospitality, Manufacturing (electronics, furniture, shipbuilding), Shipping + maritime logistics, Higher education, Mining (limestone)
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Cebu Province is the cleanest PH validation case for Nova Gov's regional dashboards — 53 component LGUs of varying capacity, all reporting up to a provincial PDPFP that must reconcile competing local priorities. The Metro Cebu coordination case (province + 4 HUCs/CCs) is exactly the multi-jurisdiction overlay AIOS was designed for.
Free 30-minute demo for the Provincial Planning + Development Office (PPDO). Multi-LGU coordination dashboards live in 72 hours after signed agreement.
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