Daanbantayan, Cebu
Daanbantayan is a metropolitan area municipality in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. It has 74 897 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ) living in 20 barangays. It belongs to the first class of income communities in the Philippines and is described as a partially urbanized.
Geography
The municipality is located in the extreme north of the island of Cebu and it is bounded by the Visayan Sea to the northwest, by the Camotes Sea in the east. Cebu City is located approximately 128 km south of the community and can be reached via the coastal road from there. The only land-based neighboring community is Medellin in the south. The topography of the parish is described as about 71% plains and 29% mountainous. The municipality includes many smaller uninhabited and the inhabited island of Malapascua, which is popular with scuba divers.
Attractions
In the first place the Sehenswürgikeiten is the parish church was built in 1852 Sta. Rosa de Lima, also the Tapilon point from which an observer residents warned in earlier times before the approaching Moro pirates. Today the square is an observation home that offers a 360 -degree view in any weather. The island Gato, a large rock in the sea, has a need in the water cave, after a 50 -minute boat ride can be achieved. Also popular is the Monad Shoal, an underwater mountain of come up to the surface to 24 meters. In its vicinity diving tourists sharks, rays and other underwater can observe living animal species. Carnaza Iceland can be reached after a three-hour boat ride across the Visayan Sea, on it you can see rare species of birds.
Barangays
- Agujo
- Bagay
- Bakhawan
- Bateria
- Bitoon
- Calape
- Carnaza
- Dalingding
- Lanao
- Logon
- Malbago
- Malingin
- Maya
- Pajo
- Paypay
- Poblacion
- Talisay
- Tapilon
- Tinubdan
- Tominjao