Cebu (historical polity)
Cebu Sugbu | |||||||||
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| c.1400–1565 | |||||||||
Map of old Cebu in 1521, with Sugbu under Rajah Humabon colored as dark blue, and its subordinate barangays as lighter blue. Mactan under Si Lapulapu is colored yellow green. | |||||||||
| Capital | Singhapala (Modern Mabolo district in Cebu City) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Cebuano, Old Malay | ||||||||
| Religion | Syncretic form of Hinduism, Buddhism and Animism (see also Polytheism) Roman Catholicism (since 1521) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Rajah | |||||||||
• 1521 | Rajah Humabon | ||||||||
• 1521–1565 | Rajah Tupas (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | c.1400 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 4 June 1565 | ||||||||
| Currency | Barter | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Philippines | ||||||||
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Cebu, also called Sugbu, informally referred to as the Rajahnate of Cebu, was an Indianized mandala (polity) monarchy on the island of Cebu in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. It is known in ancient Chinese records as the nation of Sokbu (束務) (Hokkien) or Suwu (Mandarin). According to Visayan oral legend, it was founded by Sri Lumay or Rajamuda Lumaya, a half-Malay and half-Tamil from Sumatra. The capital of Cebu was Singhapala which is Tamil-Sanskrit for "Lion City", the same root words with the modern city-state of Singapore.