The Legislative Districts of Cebu City, namely the first and second districts, are the representations of the City of Cebu in the Philippine House of Representatives. The city was represented as was part of the second district of Cebu until 1972, of Region VII in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984. It was first granted representation separate from the province in the Regular Batasang Pambansa, where it elected 2 assemblymen at-large. In 1986, it was divided into two congressional districts.
The first district is informally known as the "North District", while the second district is known as the "South District."
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