The City of Mandaue is located on the central coastal plains of the Province of Cebu, approximately at 10-19-40.34 (degrees-minutes-seconds) latitude and 123-5-28.16(D-M-S) longitude with an average elevation level of lands of 55 ft. above sea level. It is bounded on the North by the Municipality of Consolacion; on the South by the City of Cebu; on the West by the Municipality of Balamban; and on the East by the Mactan Channel.

Class : Highly Urbanized
Annual Income:(As of 1993) P 177,320,596.58
No. of Barangays: 27
Total Land Area: 35,324.988 Has.
Reclamation Area: 2,367 Has.
Land Classification as of 1994:
Arable Area: 2,906.43 Has.
Residential : 1,359.054 Has.
Commercial : 120.9242 Has.
Industrial : 161.6118 Has.
Certified Alienable /Disposable Land: none
Classified Forest/Reservation/Timberland: none
Wildlife/Military Reserve Land : none
Unclassified Forest Land/Wilderness : none
National Parks/Playgrounds : 35 Has

Topography:
The northern part is characterized by rugged hills and precipices covers three(3) rural barangays which composes 15% of the City's land area. In the central part a rolling and undulating flat lands covering fourteen(14) barangays which comprises 65% of the total land area. The remaining 20% are flat lands which lie's along the coast and is occupied by at least 10 barangays.

Population: (Latest NCSO Survey-1990 Survey ) 188,000
Labor Force: 80,000

National Road: 10.235 Kms.
Provincial Road: 8 Kms.
City Road : 46.40 Kms.
Barangay Road : 37.95 Kms.
Ports (Domestic/International): 1
Airport (If any): none
Schools (Public & Private)
   Elementary: 20
   High Schools: 12
   Vocational: 12
   College: 3
Public Library: 1
Public Market: 2
Multi-purpose Building: 1
Recreation Courts/Centers : 2

Transportation Services
   No. of Buses: 2
   No. of Jeepneys : 7,362
   No.of Tricycles: 1,885
   No. of Trisicads: 1,379

Communications
   No. of Post Office: 2
   No. of Telephone Stations: 1
   No. of Telex Services: 2
   No. of Telegraphic Stations: 2

Power
   Source of Electricity: VECO
    No. of Barangay Served: 27
    No. Household Served: 45,000

Water
   Source of Water: MCWD
   Cost per M3

No. of Commercial Banks and Money Shops: 23
No. of Government Banks: 2
No. of Savings Banks: 1
No. of Rural Banks: 10
No. of Lending/Financing Institutions: 40
No. of Cooperatives within the area: 45

Commercial   Establishments  

Type of Business   No. of Establishments

Sari-sari Stores 532
Restaurants & Cafeterias 511
Fresh Fish & Meal Retailers 252
General Merchandising 767
Service and Repair Shops 235
Tailoring & Dress Shops 22
Pawnshops & Lending Investments 51
Lumber and Hardwares 14
Pharmacies and Drug Stores 55
Marketing Firms (Appliances, furniture,etc.) 45
Gasoline Stations 11
Bakeries 75
Photo Shops & Beauty Parlors 24
Industrial Establishments

Name of Existing Industrial Firms/Co. Location Products Line/s
1. San Miguel Corp. Tipolo Beer, Ice Cream,Foods, Beverages 2.HJR International Corp. Canduman Seaweeeds
3.Shemberg Marketing Corp. Paknaan Carageenan
4.Norkis Group Of Companies A.S.Fortuna MC's, Furnitures, Spare Parts,
5.Procter and Gamble Phils. Inc. A.S.Fortuna Cosmetics

Raw materials available within the area:
1.Buri
2.Fiber
3.Limestone
4.Bamboo
5.Coco Sheels

Existing Skills
1.Weaving Stone
2.Laying Electronics
3.Carpentry
4.Hi-Speed Sewing
5.Driving
6.Agricultural/Fishery/Forestry (List of crops starting from the predominant one) Corn Vegetables Sugarcane Fishery Fruit trees Prawns Coconut Livestock and Poultry

(Names of existing Commercial farms within the area)
1. A&M Lhuillier Farms(Pigeon Farming)
2. RFM Corporation(Livestock)
3. Fresh Growers Ent. Inc. (Poultry)
4. Hannah Poultry Farms
5. Marigold Dev't. Corp. (Poultry)
6. Nutri Poultry Farms
7. Producers Poultry Farms
8. San Miguel Poultry Farms