Editing Cebu (section)

===Cebu Island===
Cebu Island is the [[List of islands by area#Islands|126th largest island in the world]]. Cebu Island itself is long and narrow, stretching {{convert|196|km|sp=us}} from north to south and {{convert|32|km|sp=us}} across at its widest point.{{sfn|Encyclopædia Britannica|2016}} It has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus, and coastal plains. It also has rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island.

Cebu's highest mountains are over {{convert|1000|m}} high. Flat tracts of land can be found in the city of [[Bogo, Cebu|Bogo]] and in the towns of [[San Remigio, Cebu|San Remigio]], [[Medellin, Cebu|Medellin]] and [[Daanbantayan, Cebu|Daanbantayan]] at the northern region of the province.{{sfn|Encyclopædia Britannica|2016}}

The island's area is {{Convert|4468|km2}},{{sfn|Dahl|1998}} making it the 9th largest island in the Philippines. It supports over 5.2 million people,<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web |title=Cebu |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cebu |website=[[Britannica]] |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> of which an estimated 2.9 million live in [[Metro Cebu]].<ref name="USTDA">{{cite web |title=Philippines: Metro Cebu Intelligent Transportation System Master Plan Technical Assistance |url=https://www.ustda.gov/business_opp_oversea/philippines-metro-cebu-intelligent-transportation-system-master-plan-technical-assistance-2/ |publisher=US Trade and Development Agency |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>

Beaches, coral atolls, islands, and rich fishing grounds surround Cebu.

Coal was first discovered in Cebu about 1837. There were 15 localities over the whole island, on both coasts; some desultory mining had been carried out Naga near Mount Uling, but most serious operations were at Licos and Camansi west of Compostela and Danao.{{sfn|Abella y Casariego|1886}} Active work ceased about 1895 with insurrections, and no production worked for more than ten years. A topographic and geologic survey of Compostela, Danao, and Carmen took place in 1906.{{sfn|Smith|1907}} The Compostela-Danao coalfield contained about six million workable tons. The tramroads, one from Danao to Camansi, one from Compostela to Mount Licos, were undertaken in 1895, together with a wagon road built in 1877, from Cotcot to Dapdap.