Ginatilan, Cebu

Ginatilan
Ginatilan
	— Municipality —
	The coastal view at Ginatilan
	Coordinates: 09°36′N 123°21′E / 9.6°N 123.35°ECoordinates: 09°36′N 123°21′E / 9.6°N 123.35°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District
	Government
• Mayor
	Population (2007)
• Total	13,654
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code

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Ginatilan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 13,654 people.

Local delicacies include palagsing, tinumpi, and kinugay, which is made from Buli tree.

Every March is annual festival in honor of the Great Patron St. Gregory the Great.

Livelihoods include farming, fishing, government, and business.

Ginatilan is the hometown of a Filipino Catholic martyr, Pedro Calungsod, who was killed during his missionary work in Guam with Diego Luis de San Vitores

[edit] Barangays

Ginatilan is administratively subdivided into 14 barangays.

Ginatilan
— Municipality —
The coastal view at Ginatilan

Coordinates: 09°36′N 123°21′E / 9.6°N 123.35°E / 9.6; 123.35Coordinates: 09°36′N 123°21′E / 9.6°N 123.35°E / 9.6; 123.35
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District
Government
• Mayor
Population (2007)
• Total	13,654
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code