a town of the province of Cebu, island of Cebu, Philippine Islands, on the E. coast and E. coast road, about 4 m. N.E. of the town of Cebu, the capital. Pop. (1903), 11,078; in the same year the town of Consolacion (pop. 5511) was merged with Mandaue. Its climate is very hot, but healthy. The principal industries are the raising of Indian corn and sugar-cane and the manufacture of salt from sea-water. Cebu-Visayan is the language.