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The Mactan ruler Lapu Lapu was the first native to have resisted the spanish colonization. He is regarded as a Filipino hero. There is a statue erected in his honor, and he is held with great prestige.

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Where was lapu-lapu born?

Lapu-Lapu (1491-1542), the ruler of Mactan, was born on Mactan Island (now known as Punta Engaño, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines).


When was lapu lapu born?

Lapu-Lapu was a ruler of an island called Mactan in the Philippines. He was born in Mactan in 1491 and died in 1542. He is noted for being responsible for the death of the famous Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan.


The cause of death of lapu-lapu?

Lapu-Lapu was born in 1491. He was the ruler of Mactan and died in 1542, supposedly due to old age.


How many barangay in mactan lapu-lapu cebu city?

Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu has 30 barangays.


What is lapa-lapu's village name?

Lapu-Lapu is associated with the village of Mactan in the Philippines. The village of Mactan is where the Battle of Mactan took place in 1521, in which Lapu-Lapu defeated Ferdinand Magellan.


Why was the battle of mactan happened in the shores of mactan?

because lapu-lapu seeing Magellan ships


Where the lapu lapu name came from?

Lapu-Lapu (1491-1542) was the ruler of Mactan, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first Filipino hero.


What happen to lapu lapu after the battle of mactan?

He died


King of mactan when Magellan came?

lapu-lapu


Who kill lapu-lapu and where his dead body?

Lapu-Lapu has been killed by Fisherman from Mactan.


Who led the cebuanos in the famous battle of mactan?

Lapu-Lapu


When lapu lapu born?

born : 1491 , Mactan' died: 1542