Dumanjug is a third class municipality in the southwestern portion of Cebu Province, Philippines, about 73 kilometres (45 mi) south from Cebu City. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 46,754 people.

    It was established in 1855 by Capitan Pedro Ricamora and Padre Agustin Melgar. Based on the Cadastral Survey Map of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the municipality has an effective land area of 8,544 hectares. It is situated between the Municipalities of Barili in the north and Ronda in the south. On the eastern border are the municipalities of Sibonga and Argao while on the western side is the Tañon Strait.

Etymology

    The origin of the name "Dumanjug" is shrouded in several legends. The most popular version is of a story about a certain Roman, popularly called by his nickname Duman, who was a coconut plantation owner and producer of tuba (palm wine) that was popular with the villagers because of its taste and quality. His bamboo cleaners would beat on the coconut palms to gather the tuba. One dawn, the villagers were surprised when the sound was not heard. At the same time some Spaniards passed by the village. When the strangers asked about the place, the villagers responded, “Si Duman nahulog!” (Duman fell!) Not comprehending what the people were saying, the strangers thought that the name of the place was Dumanahug. Later, the name was hispanized and became Dumanjug.

    Another legend from the pre-Spanish era is about a small bay along Tañon Strait with a village called ‘Dunggoan’ (meaning dock or wharf). This place is now called Barangay Tangil. ‘Dunggoan’ was used by fishermen from the nearby villages to dock their fishing boats along its shoreline after a day’s catch. Among the villagers in ‘Dunggoan’ was a certain Ka Doman, who had a big, loud, roaring voice that he would use to shout to his brother across the bay. He therefore earned the nickname ‘Ka Doman Dahunog’. Again, when a Spanish officer visited ‘Dunggoan’, he heard the loud call of Ka Doman and inquired from the villagers about the sound. Thereafter, the place ‘Dunggoan’ was known as ‘Kang Doman-Dahunog’, gradually shortened to Doman-dahunog and eventually to Dumanjug for better articulation.

                  Dumanjug is administratively subdivided into 37 barangays.

• Balaygtiki
• Bitoon
• Bulak
• Bullogan
• Doldol
• Kabalaasnan
• Kabatbatan
• Calaboon
• Kambanog
• Camboang
• Candabong
• Kang-actol
• Kanghalo
• Kanghumaod
• Kanguha
• Kantangkas
• Kanyuko
• Cogon
• Kolabtingon
• Cotcoton
• Lamak
• Lawaan
• Liong
• Manlapay
• Masa
• Matalao
• Paculob
• Panlaan
• Pawa
• Poblacion Central
• Poblacion Ilaya
• Poblacion Looc
• Poblacion Sima
• Tangil
• Tapon
• Tubod-Bitoon
• Tubod-Dugoan

   

  The Church is one of the few old church structures in Cebu and probably in  the whole Philippines, which was designed, executed, supervised and completed by Filipino themselves. The church is currently 155 yrs old.

    This is the improved Dumanjug town plaza.  Visitors swear by how much they enjoy spending time here.  There are areas shaded by trees, a small playground for the children and nearby stores that sell refreshments including halo-halo from one stall which is getting some pretty good reviews.  Some also say a few laps around the plaza makes for really good exercise.  Dumanjug was a stop today during the third day of the Suroy Suroy Sugbo Southern Heritage Trail.

                               Transportation and Communication

      Dumanjug is currently serviced by nine bus operators ( Ceres Bus Line, Librando Trans. Inc., Chan Transit, SM Trans., Rough Riders, Britt, Acop, & Caiban Mini-Bus.) The municipality also has a Roll-On Roll Off (RORO) port situated in Barangay Tangil. This RORO port serves as the gateway of the southern part of Cebu to the mideastern part of Negros Island. There are two shipping companies serving the passengers and cargoes from as early as 3:00 A.M until 12:00 midnight.

     Serving the communication needs of the residents is a postal office, a government-owned telecommunications office, and a Globelines Communications System for the household telephone connections. The municipality also enjoys coverage from communication companies like Globe, PLDT, Smart & Sun Cellular. One can also connect to anyone in the world through the internet. Internet cafés are found in the Poblacion and in barangays where Globelines Telephone service is available. Leading local TV stations are available while Dream Satellite Cable Services provide all out TV channel coverage, foreign and domestic.