Toledo

Toledo, city, on the western coast of Cebu island, central Philippines. It was the site of the country’s largest copper mine until it closed in 1994 after being flooded; operations resumed at the mine in 2008. The ore is extracted by strip or open-cut mining, concentrated, and trucked to the port of Sangi. There also is a major coalfield nearby. Local agriculture (corn [maize], coconuts) adds to the city’s economy. Toledo has a commercial airport and ferry service across Tanon Strait to San Carlos on the island of Negros. Inc. city, 1960. Pop. (2000) 141,174; (2010) 157,078.