Oriental Mindoro
| Basic data | |
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| Region : | MIMAROPA |
| Capital : | Calapan City |
| Population : | 844.059 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 199 inhabitants per km² |
| Area : | 4,238.4 km² |
| PSGC : | 175200000 |
| Governor : | Alfonso Umali, Jr. |
| Official website: | Oriental Mindoro |
| structure | |
| - Highly urbanized cities | 0 |
| - provincial cities | 1 |
| - municipalities | 14th |
| - Barangays | 426 |
| - electoral districts | 2 |
| Location of the province on the island of Mindoro | |
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Coordinates: 13 ° 0 ' N , 121 ° 25' E
Oriental Mindoro is a Philippine province on the island of Mindoro in the MIMAROPA region . The neighboring province is Occidental Mindoro . Oriental Mindoro has a population of 844,059 (August 1, 2015 census) and an area of 4238.4 km².
Culture
Mangyan
The indigenous peoples of the province are the Mangyans (Manguianes in Spanish , Mañguianes in ancient Tagalog ), consisting of 7 different tribes. They colonize the interior of the island and are particularly resident here in the highlands. The Mangyans lived on the island before the Spaniards arrived. It is believed that they originally came from Indonesia before settling on the island.
There is much historical and geophysical evidence that the Mangyans once inhabited the coasts before they were forced to retreat to the interior jungle when the Spanish colonizers reached Mindoro. The main reasons for this withdrawal were to avoid cultural clashes, avoid diseases and preserve their way of life.
Today the number of Mangyans is estimated at only around 10% of the total population and thus at around 100,000 individuals, whose habitat extends over both provinces. However, there are no exact figures about theirs, as many of them still live in the higher regions of the island and thus far away from civilization and they also avoid contact with the flatland inhabitants.
Administrative division
Oriental Mindoro is politically composed of 14 independently administered municipalities and one provincial town. These are in turn divided into a total of 426 barangays (districts). The province is further divided into two congressional districts .
Cities
Communities
Colleges
Attractions
- Mount Halcon the highest mountain on the island
- The Lake Naujan National Park
- The Mount Iglit Baco National Park
Individual evidence
- ^ Emma Helen Blair: The Philippine Islands (1493-1898) , Volume XXIII. BiblioBazar, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4346-0145-2 , p. 236.
- ↑ Page of the Magyan Heritage Center, section Introduction ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
