Cebu is a long narrow island stretching 225 km (140 mi) from north to south, surrounded by 167 neighboring smaller islands, that includes Mactan Island, Bantayan, Daanbantayan, Malapascua, Olango and the Camotes Islands. Cebu lies to the east of Negros Island; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol province. It is flanked on both sides by the straits of Cebu (between Cebu and Bohol) and Tañon (between Cebu and Negros). Cebu is located between 9°25'N and 11°15'N latitude and between 123°13'E and 124°5'E longitude in the center of the archipelago. Cebu is 365 miles south of Manila and can be reached in an hour through air travel.

宿務是一個狹長的島嶼綿延 225公里（140英里），從北到南，周圍鄰近較小的島嶼 167個，其中包括麥丹島，Bantayan，Daanbantayan，Malapascua，峨蘭哥和Camotes群島。位於宿務的東黑人島的東部是萊特和保和省的東南部。它是由兩側雙方海峽宿務（宿霧和薄荷島之間）和Tañon（宿霧和黑人之間）。宿務位於 9 ° 25'之間和北緯 11 ° 15'N 123 ° 13'E之間和東經 124 ° 5'E在該群島的中心。宿務是馬尼拉以南365英里，可達到一小時空中旅行。

Cebu City is the capital of the Province, and the oldest city in the Philippines, founded in 1565 by Spaniard Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The city, together with the 6 neighboring cities of – Carcar, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Naga and Talisay and 6 other municipalities forms the Cebu Metropolitan Area.

宿務市是省的首府，並在菲律賓最古老的城市，始建於 1565年由西班牙米格爾洛佩斯黎雅特德。這座城市，連同 6鄰近城市 - Carcar，達瑙，拉普拉普，Mandaue，娜迦和塔利賽和另外6形式的宿務市大都會區。

Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the country and the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the central and southern parts of the archipelago. It has five-star hotels, casinos, white sand beaches, world-class golf courses, convention centers, and shopping malls.

宿務是其中一個最發達的省份，在國家和主要中心商業，貿易，教育和產業在中部和南部的群島。它有五個五星級酒店，賭場，白沙灘，世界級高爾夫球場，會議中心和購物商場。

PEOPLE AND CULTURE (民族的文化)

The people of Cebu are called Cebuanos and are of Malay, Chinese, and Spanish ancestries. Cebuano culture is laid back and easy going. As an American former colony, strong American influence is dominant in music, movies and literature. Foreign ethnic groups include Germans, Japanese, Koreans, Indians and Australians.

宿務的人被稱為 Cebuanos，而且是馬來語，中文和西班牙文的譜系。宿霧文化是悠閒和隨和。作為美國前殖民地，美國的影響力是強大的優勢在音樂，電影和文學。國外民族群體包括德國人，日本人，韓國人，印度人和澳大利亞人。

LANGUAGE (語言)

Cebuano is the native tongue of Cebu as well as the spoken language of a large part of the Visayas (Central) and Mindanao (Southern) Philippine Islands. The people of Cebu are conversant in English and Filipino (national language), as well as other Visayan languages – Ilonggo and Waray. Chinese (Fookien) are spoken by the ethnic Chinese Cebuanos. English is widely used in education, media and commerce. 

Cebuano是宿務母語，以及口語的一大部份的米沙鄢（中央）和棉蘭老島（南）菲律賓群島。宿務的人都熟悉英語和菲律賓語（民族語言），以及其他米沙鄢語言 - Ilonggo和Waray。中國（Fookien）是口語由華裔 Cebuanos。英語是廣泛應用於教育，媒體和商業。

POPULATION (人口)

Based on the 2007 Census of Population and Housing,  Cebu province and Cebu Metro Area (6 cities) is estimated to have about 3.5 million inhabitants. Cebu City recorded a total population of 798,809 persons.

根據 2007年人口和住房普查，宿務省和宿霧都會區（6個城市），估計有大約 3.5萬居民。宿霧市錄得總人口798809人。

RELIGION (宗教)

The most dominant religion is Roman Catholic at 90%, other Christian groups comprise 9% such as Protestants, Evangelicals, Born Again Christians and the remaining 1% belongs to other non-Christian faiths.
最優勢的宗教是羅馬天主教在90％，其他基督教團體佔 9％，如基督教，福音，重生的基督徒，其餘的1％屬於其他非基督教信仰。