Also known as: City of Mandaue, Dakbayan sa Mandaue, Mandawe
Mandaue City is a highly urbanized city in Cebu, Region VII (Central Visayas). Population 364K (PSA 2024 census), 27 barangays, land area 25.18 km².
Mandaue City is a highly urbanized city in Cebu, Region VII (Central Visayas).
Mandaue City had 364,482 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Mandaue City covers 25.18 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Mandaue City has 27 barangays.
Mandaue City is one of Metro Cebu's three highly urbanized cities, built on a furniture-manufacturing and export base that includes established exporters like Mandaue Foam, founded in 1971, alongside general manufacturing from San Miguel Corporation, Coca-Cola bottling operations, Monde Nissin, and Shemberg's carrageenan processing. Much of the city's commercial growth, including its North Reclamation Area, sits on reclaimed land — a fact that shapes its recurring flood-planning challenge as much as its economic footprint.
Key industries: Furniture manufacturing and export, General manufacturing, Reclamation-based commercial development, Food and beverage bottling
Mandaue's low-lying and reclaimed geography makes chronic flooding a recurring problem. A four-hour downpour on June 23, 2024 left 9 of the city's 27 barangays waist-deep in water, with roughly 80 families evacuated in Barangay Ibabao-Estancia; Typhoon Tino in November 2025 caused the Butuanon River to overflow, with floodwater reaching second floors in some homes. The city has responded with a 2018 Drainage Master Plan backed by roughly ₱700 million in city funding, alongside more than ₱3 billion in DPWH flood-control investment from 2022 to 2025. Mandaue's population held essentially flat, from 364,116 in the 2020 Census to 364,482 in the 2024 Census.
Officials managing Mandaue's reclamation-driven flood exposure can compare notes with other Metro Cebu cities in the LGU directory. Planning teams evaluating digital compliance tools can explore the pilot program or schedule a consultation.
More on the regulatory framework: CLUP compliance (RA 7160 / EO 72 / DHSUD) · SGLG explainer (RA 11292) · full glossary.
Mandaue has to manage flood risk tied to reclaimed and low-lying land across 27 barangays while also tracking a real, DHSUD-approved 10-year land use plan against what's actually being built. Nova Gov's platform is built for exactly this kind of cross-department coordination, and the pilot program is designed to help planning offices bring hazard overlays and land-use records into one place.
When a four-hour downpour left 9 of Mandaue's 27 barangays waist-deep in water in 2024, the city had to coordinate response across its low-lying and reclaimed districts at once. See how a founding pilot could line up hazard overlays with zoning and permitting records ahead of the next event.
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