Editing Cebu (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|Cebuano people|List of people from Cebu}}
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[[File:Basilica Minore del Santo Nino.jpg|thumb|The [[Basilica del Santo Niño|Basílica Minore del Santo Niño]] in Cebu, the first church built in the Philippines. Named by the [[Holy See]] as the "Mother and Head... of all Churches of the Philippine Islands".<ref>Basilica del Santo Niño is named by the Vatican as "mother and head of all churches in the Philippines" (mater et caput... omnium ecclesiarum Insularum Philippinarum). See ''[https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/la/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-vi_apl_19650401_ut-clarificetur.html Ut clarificetur]''</ref>]]
The population of Cebu province, according to the [[2020 Philippine census]], was 3,325,385 with a density of {{convert|670|PD/km2|disp=or}}{{PH census|current}}. When the independent cities – Cebu City (964,169<ref name="city population">{{cite web |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/R07.xlsx |title=Press release |publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority}}</ref>), Lapu-Lapu (497,604<ref name="city population" />), and Mandaue (364,116<ref name="city population" />) – are included for geographical purposes, the total population is 5,151,274 people, with a population density of 964 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,498/sq mi).

The population of the [[Central Visayas]] is predominantly young with about 37 percent of its population below 10 years old. This is very evident in the very broad base of the population pyramid in the region which has prevailed since 1970 but at a declining rate. A decline of 2.29 percentage points in the proportion of household population below 15 years old was noted from 1980 to 1995. Conversely, an increase of 3.06 percentage points was observed in the 15–64 age group during the same period. The population of the region is evenly distributed between males and females. However, the male population in the region has been increasing at a faster rate compared to the female population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popcom.gov.ph/regions/07/more_on_demographics.html |title=More on demographics |publisher=The Commission on Population of the Philippines |access-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005112554/http://www.popcom.gov.ph/regions/07/more_on_demographics.html |archive-date=October 5, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2010, the median age of the population of the province was 23.0 years, which means that half of the population was younger than 23.0 {{nowrap|years.{{PSGC detail|nscb}}}} This is higher than the median age of 20.8 years that was recorded in 2000.

===Languages===
{{See also|Cebuano language}}
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The [[Cebuano language]] is spoken in Cebu, which is also spoken in the rest of [[Central Visayas]] and most parts of [[Eastern Visayas]], as well as most provinces of [[Mindanao]].

In the [[Camotes Islands]], especially in [[Poro, Cebu|Poro]], people there speak their own Visayan language called [[Porohanon]], which has [[Masbateño language|Masbateño]] and [[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]] influences. Some of the residents in Bantayan islands also speak [[Bantayanon]], a Visayan language related to [[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]].

[[Chinese Filipino]]s also speak [[Philippine Hokkien]] privately amongst fellow speakers in [[Metro Cebu|Cebu]], while [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] ([[Standard Chinese]]) is also taught in Chinese class of [[Chinese school|Chinese Filipino schools]].

===Religion===
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====Catholicism====
[[File:Original Image of the Santo Niño de Cebu.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The original image of [[Santo Niño de Cebú]], an image of the Child Jesus given by [[Ferdinand Magellan]] to Queen Juana and to the [[Cebuanos]] after the First Baptism, now enshrined at the Minor Basilica.]]

The majority of its population are [[Roman Catholicism in the Philippines|Roman Catholic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cebu.gov.ph/?getid=2&getsubid=24&infolinkids=26&GetBodyName=Culture%20and%20Lifestyle&rightpdisable=0 |title=Cebu – Paradise: Culture and Lifestyle |publisher=Cebu Provincial Government |access-date=December 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719055833/http://www.cebu.gov.ph/?getid=2&getsubid=24&infolinkids=26&GetBodyName=Culture%20and%20Lifestyle&rightpdisable=0 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> followed by roughly 95% of Cebuanos.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Religious Affiliation in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing) |publisher= Philippine Statistics Authority |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/religious-affiliation-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing |access-date=2023-09-28 }}</ref> There are also followers of [[Iglesia Filipina Independiente]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism]]. The increasing members of the [[Iglesia ni Cristo]] in the province has 3 subdivided district (Bogo City, Carcar City and Cebu City) chapels, dominating each cities and towns, while barrio chapels have 2-3% presence in the entire province.

Cebu is the capital of the Catholic faith{{sfn|Bautista|2006}} by virtue of being the first Christian city,{{sfn|Blair|Robertson|Vol 2|page=121}} the first capital of the [[Spanish East Indies]], and the birthplace of [[Christianity in the Philippines|Christianity]] and the Philippine Church. [[Pope John Paul II]], in his Homily for Families in Cebu (February 19, 1981), called the island as the birthplace of Christianity in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1981/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19810219_famiglie_en.html|title=19 February 1981: Mass for families, Cebu City, Philippines – John Paul II|access-date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> At over 3,000,000 adherents, the province of Cebu has the highest number of Roman Catholics out of any province in the Philippines.<ref name=":0" />

The image of ''Santo Niño de Cebú'' (Holy Child of Cebu), the oldest Christian image in the Philippines, is enshrined and venerated at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño. According to Philippine historical documents, the statue of the Santo Niño (Holy Child) was given to Queen Humamay (also referred to as Hara Amihan and Queen Juana), the wife of Rajah Humabon (also referred to as Rajah Carlos), the Rajah of Cebu by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The Cebuanos' acceptance of Christianity is depicted in Cebu's cultural event, the [[Sinulog]] where street parades and loud drum beats preceded by a Christian Mass is celebrated every third Sunday of January. Cebu has a [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu|Roman Catholic Archdiocese]] and has several major churches, including the [[Basilica del Santo Niño|Basilica Minor del Santo Niño de Cebu]], [[Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral]], Santo Rosario Parish Church, San José–Recoletos Church, Sacred Heart Church, Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Rule, [[Mandaue Church|National Shrine of Saint Joseph of Mandaue]], Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Cebu, San Nicolas de Tolentino Church, [[Boljoon Church|Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria Santissima of Boljoon]], and other Christian churches, as well as several other non-Catholic churches, mosques and temples.
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