MIMAROPA
MIMAROPA | |
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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) |
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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
- ↑ 2015 Population Counts Summary. In: psa.gov.ph. Retrieved June 4, 2016 .
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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