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Carcar City, Cebu: local news, business directory and city guide
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Carcar chicharon, ampao and bucarillo: a pasalubong guide
What Carcar chicharon is, the kinds sold, where to buy it around the rotunda and what it costs, plus ampao and bucarillo to bring home.
Carcar City Hall: address, contact number, online services
Carcar City Hall's address, contact number and email, and the official eLGU portal for business permits, birth certificates and cedula.
Carcar lechon: what makes it different and where to buy it
How Carcar lechon is served, where the lechon stalls are, what a kilo costs, buying tips, and the lechon places in our Carcar directory.
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About Carcar City
Carcar is a component city of Cebu, about 40 km south of Cebu City on the south road. It is known for its 1800s church and ancestral houses, its lechon and chicharon, and a shoe trade that once earned it the name Shoe Capital of Cebu. It became a city under Republic Act 9436 in 2007, and Republic Act 11644 declared it a heritage zone in 2022.
- The complete guide to Carcar City
- Carcar City Hall: offices, contacts and online services
- Carcar lechon: where to buy it
- Carcar chicharon and other pasalubong
CarcarCity.com is a community site, not the city government. For business permits, birth certificate copies and cedula, use the city's official eLGU portal.
- Population
- 140,308 2024 census
- Barangays
- 15
- Land area
- 116.78 km²
- ZIP code
- 6019
- From Cebu City
- ~40 km by road
- Province
- Cebu Central Visayas
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Carcar lechon: what makes it different and where to buy it
How Carcar lechon is served, where the lechon stalls are, what a kilo costs, buying tips, and the lechon places in our Carcar directory.
Carcar City, Cebu: the complete guide to the City of Carcar
Carcar City, Cebu in one guide: key facts, the 15 barangays, a short history, getting here from Cebu City, what to see and eat, and City Hall.
Things to do in Carcar City, Cebu: a visitor's guide
What to see and do in Carcar City, Cebu: the church, museum, rotunda and ancestral houses, plus lechon, chicharon, shoes, hot springs and the Kabkaban Festival.
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