MIMAROPA

MIMAROPA
Regional center	Calapan City
Residents	2,963,360
- population density	93.14 per km²
surface	29,621 km²
division
- provinces	5
- cities	2
- Municipalities	71
- Barangays	1,458
languages	Tagalog , Asi , Romblomanon , Filipino , English , others

MIMAROPA or Region IV-B is a Philippine region . The name MIMAROPA is an acronym that is composed of the names of the provinces in the region: Mi ndoro ( Occidental ; Oriental ), Ma rinduque , Ro mblon , Pa lawan . Calapan City is the regional center.

On May 17, 2002 , the Southern Tagalog district was divided into MIMAROPA and CALABARZON . A resolution passed on May 23, 2005 provided for the Palawan Province to be annexed to the Western Visayas region . However, the implementation of this resolution was temporarily suspended on August 19, 2005 and has not yet taken place.

Political structure

Province / cities	Provincial capital	Population ( 2007 )	Area ( km² )	Population density (per km²)
Marinduque	Boac	229,636	952.58	226.6
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	421,952	5,865.71	71.94
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan City	735.769	4,238.38	173.60
Romblon	Romblon	279.774	1,533.45	182.45
Palawan	Puerto Princesa	682.152	17,030.75	40.05

National parks and nature reserves

• Apo Reef Marine Natural Park
• Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary
• Coron Island Protected Area
• El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area
• Lake Naujan National Park
• Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape / Seascape
• Marinduque Wildlife Sanctuary
• Mount Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary
• Mount Guiting-Guiting Natural Park
• Mount Iglit Baco National Park
• Mount Mantalinganhan Protected Landscape
• Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

Colleges

• Divine Word College of San Jose
• Divine Word College of Calapan
• Holy Trinity University
• Innovative College of Science and Information Technology
• Loyola College of Culion
• Marinduque State College
• Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology
• Palawan State University
• Polytechnic University of the Philippines
• Romblon State University
• Western Philippines University

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2015 Population Counts Summary. In: psa.gov.ph. Retrieved June 4, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 13 ° 0 '  N , 121 ° 0'  E