Danao City 6.34

Danao is a in the province of, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of.Danao lies within Metro Cebu area.HistoryThe area of what is now Danao used to be the Cebuano Kingdom of Nahalin before the conquest of Cebu by the Spanish starting in 1565. In 1570 it became an ecomienda or a farmland controlled by certain Spanish officials, only to be abolished in the 18th century as abuses to the native workers became apparent. In 1609 Danao was made a parish by the Recollects, and much later in 1773 it officially became a municipality.Much physical changes occurred in Danao as it went and passed through the 20th century. Mining, cement making and gun making industries made the once sleepy town of Danao so prosperous that in 1961 a national charter was passed to convert it into a city.BarangaysDanao City comprises 42 barangays:EconomyMiningRailwaysThe railway ran from the northern end at Danao to the southern end at Argao. During World War II, the bridges, tracks and Central Station were all struck by bombs with damage so extensively that the railway never recovered, and it closed in 1942. After that, what was left was dug up to become the Cebu North Road.Only now is there interest to make a new light railway.SugarThe old system of milling sugar cane used to produce sugar, called "intosan". Although the railway was originally to move coal, it was soon used too to move sugar cane to the docks.