Mimaropa | |
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Southwestern Tagalog Region | |
Coordinates: 10°40′N119°30′E / 10.67°N 119.5°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Island group | Luzon |
Regional center | Calapan (Oriental Mindoro) |
Largest city | Puerto Princesa |
Area | |
• Total | 29,620.90 km2 (11,436.69 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,586 m (8,484 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [1] | |
• Total | 3,228,558 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ISO 3166 code | PH-41 |
Provinces | |
Cities | |
Municipalities | 71 |
Barangays | 1,460 |
Cong. districts | 7 |
Languages | |
GDP (2023) | ₱472 billion $8.49 billion [2] |
Growth rate | (4.7%) [2] |
HDI | 0.673 (Medium) |
HDI rank | 15th in the Philippines (2019) |
Mimaropa (officially stylized in all caps), officially the Southwestern Tagalog Region [3] [4] (Filipino : Rehiyong Timog-Kanlurang Tagalog), is an administrative region in the Philippines. It is one of two regions in the country having no land border with another region (the other being Eastern Visayas). The name is an acronym combination of its constituent provinces: Mindoro (divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro), Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan.
The region was part of the now-defunct Southern Tagalog region until May 17, 2002. [5] On May 23, 2005, Palawan and the highly urbanized city of Puerto Princesa were moved to the region of Western Visayas by Executive Order No. 429. [6] However, on August 19, 2005, President Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 129 to put in abeyance Executive Order No. 429 pending a review. [7] On July 17, 2016, Republic Act No. 10879 formally established the Southwestern Tagalog Region to be known as Mimaropa, discontinuing the Region IV-B designation; however, no boundary changes were involved. [3]
Calapan is Mimaropa's regional center. [8] However, most regional government offices such as the Department of Public Works and Highways [9] and the Department of Budget and Management are in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Mimaropa, together with Calabarzon, were officially created with the partitioning of Southern Tagalog (Region IV) into the two regions on May 17, 2002, with the issuance of Executive Order No. 103 by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; for the purpose of promoting efficiency in the government, accelerating social and economic development and improving public services in the provinces covered. Region IV-B was designated as Mimaropa, which stands for the island provinces belonging to the Southern Tagalog region—Mindoro (Oriental and Occidental), Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. Region IV-A was designated as Calabarzon. [5] Marinduque was a sub-province of Quezon, at that time known as Tayabas; it became independent province in 1920. Quezon is now part of Calabarzon. Romblon was a sub-province of Capiz & was part of Western Visayas. When President Ferdinand Marcos enacted Presidential Decree No. 1, which organized the provinces into 11 regions as part of Marcos' Integrated Reorganization Plan, [10] Romblon was transferred from Western Visayas to Southern Tagalog.
On May 23, 2005, Executive Order 429 was issued, moving the province of Palawan to the region of Western Visayas, [6] designating Region IV-B as "Mimaro". However, Palawan residents criticized the move, citing a lack of consultation, with most residents in Puerto Princesa and nearly all municipalities preferring to stay with Region IV-B. Consequently, Administrative Order No. 129 was issued on August 19, 2005, to address this backlash. This order directed the abeyance of Executive Order 429 pending the approval of an implementation plan for the orderly transfer of Palawan from Mimaropa to Region VI. [7]
The 2010 Philippine Census of Population reported the region's name as "Mimaropa" and included Palawan as part of the region. [11] As of 2014 [update] , it is not clear whether the transfer of Palawan to Western Visayas is still considered pending by the Philippine government. As of 2014 [update] , the National Statistical Coordinating Board of the Philippines continued to list Palawan province as part of the Mimaropa region. [12] [ needs update ]
On July 17, 2016, Republic Act No. 10879 formally established the Southwestern Tagalog Region to be known as the Mimaropa Region. This involved no boundary changes but was in effect merely a renaming and discontinuation of the "Region IV-B" designation. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 179,800 | — |
1918 | 262,462 | +2.55% |
1939 | 406,377 | +2.10% |
1948 | 468,619 | +1.60% |
1960 | 722,227 | +3.67% |
1970 | 1,020,222 | +3.51% |
1975 | 1,219,609 | +3.64% |
1980 | 1,408,040 | +2.91% |
1990 | 1,774,074 | +2.34% |
1995 | 2,033,271 | +2.59% |
2000 | 2,299,229 | +2.67% |
2007 | 2,559,791 | +1.49% |
2010 | 2,744,671 | +2.57% |
2015 | 2,963,360 | +1.47% |
2020 | 3,228,558 | +1.70% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [1] [13] |
The native languages of Mimaropa are:
This section needs additional citations for verification .(February 2022) |
Poverty Incidence of Mimaropa
10 20 30 40 50 2003 48.10 2006 40.60 2009 34.54 2012 31.02 2015 25.23 2018 15.08 2021 15.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] |
In 2007, Mimaropa's economy surged by 9.4%, making it the fastest growing region in the country in that year. [21] It was aided by robust growth in the industrial sector which grew by 19.1% from -6.1% in 2006. [21] Mimaropa experienced a big slowdown in 2006, posting a decelerated growth of 2.3% from a 6.4% increase in 2005. This resulted mainly from the slump in the industry sector, which shrunk by 5.4% in 2006 from its 10.8% increase in 2005.
The agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector, which contributed 42.1% to the total regional economy, grew by 9.1% in 2006, accelerating from 3.2% the previous year. The higher production of rice, maize, other crops, livestock and fishery resulted in the accelerated growth in the total agriculture and fishery sector.
The industry sector, which contributed 38.3% to the region's total economy, was the second largest contributor next to agriculture. Its decline of 5.4% was largely attributed to the decrease in the mining and quarrying sub-sector, which went down by 15.4% due to the reduced production of natural gas in Palawan. Mining and quarrying contributed 16.6% to the total regional economy. The positive growth in the electricity and water, construction and manufacturing sub-sectors were not able to compensate to the drop in the mining and quarrying sub-sector.
The service sector, on the other hand, posted an accelerated growth of 5.1%, which was attributed to the increase in the TCS, finance, private services, government services and trade sub-sectors, which managed to post accelerated growths of 6.0%, 5.5%, 5.1%, 5.1% and 4.7%, respectively. The other sub-sector, however, had a decelerated growth due to the slowdown in the ownership of dwelling.
There are many scenic spots in Mimaropa. Some of them are the Bathala Cave, Balanacan Bay, and Tres Reyes Islands in the province of Marinduque; White Island in Mindoro; Fort San Andres, Mount Guiting-Guiting, and Bonbon Beach in Romblon; and the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and El Nido Marine Reserve Park in Palawan.
Mimaropa comprises 5 provinces, 1 highly urbanized city (Puerto Princesa), 1 component city (Calapan), 71 municipalities and 1,460 barangays.
Province orHUC | Capital | Population (2020) [22] | Area | Density | Cities | Muni. | Barangay | |||||
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km2 | sq mi | /km2 | /sq mi | |||||||||
Marinduque | Boac | 7.4% | 239,207 | 952.58 | 367.79 | 250 | 650 | 0 | 6 | 218 | ||
Occidental Mindoro | Mamburao | 16.3% | 525,354 | 5,865.70 | 2,264.76 | 90 | 230 | 0 | 11 | 164 | ||
Oriental Mindoro | † Calapan | 28.1% | 908,339 | 4,238.40 | 1,636.46 | 210 | 540 | 1 | 14 | 426 | ||
Palawan | Puerto Princesa | 29.1% | 939,594 | 14,649.70 | 5,656.28 | 64 | 170 | 0 | 23 | 367 | ||
Romblon | Romblon | 9.6% | 308,985 | 1,533.50 | 592.09 | 200 | 520 | 0 | 17 | 219 | ||
Puerto Princesa | † | — | 9.5% | 307,079 | 2,381.02 | 919.32 | 130 | 340 | — | — | 66 | |
Total | 3,228,558 | 29,620.90 | 11,436.69 | 110 | 280 | 2 | 71 | 1,460 | ||||
† Puerto Princesa is a highly urbanized city pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1264; [23] figures are excluded from Palawan. |
Province | Image | Governor | Political Party | Vice Governor | |
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Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr. | PDP–Laban | Adeline Angeles | |||
Eduardo Gadiano | PFP | Anecita Diana Apigo-Tayag | |||
Humerlito Dolor | PDP–Laban | Ejay Falcon | |||
Victorino Dennis M. Socrates | PPPL | Leoncio Nacasi Ola | |||
Jose Riano | PDP–Laban | Armando Gutierrez |
The Visayas, or the Visayan Islands, are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the archipelago, it consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are also considered the northeast extremity of the entire Sulu Sea. Its inhabitants are predominantly the Visayan peoples.
Calabarzon, sometimes referred to as Southern Tagalog and designated as Region IV‑A, is an administrative region in the Philippines. The region comprises five provinces: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal; and one highly urbanized city, Lucena. It is the most populous region in the Philippines according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), having over 16.1 million inhabitants in 2020, and is also the country's second most densely populated after the National Capital Region. It is situated southeast of Metro Manila, and is bordered by Manila Bay and South China Sea to the west, Lamon Bay and the Bicol Region to the east, Tayabas Bay and the Sibuyan Sea to the south, and Central Luzon to the north. It is home to places like Mount Makiling near Los Baños, Laguna, and Taal Volcano in Batangas.
Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of 14,649.73 km2 (5,656.29 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Puerto Princesa wherein it is geographically grouped but administered independently from the province. Palawan is known as the Philippines' Last Frontier and as the Philippines' Best Island.
Romblon, officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. Its main components include Romblon, Romblon, an archipelagic municipality of the same name that also serves as the provincial capital; Tablas, the largest island, covering nine municipalities; Sibuyan with its three towns; as well as the smaller island municipalities of Corcuera, Banton, Concepcion, San Jose. The province lies south of Marinduque and Quezon, east of Oriental Mindoro, north of Aklan and Capiz, and west of Masbate. According to the 2020 census, it has a total population of 308,985.
Marinduque, officially the Province of Marinduque, is an island province in the Philippines located in Southwestern Tagalog Region or Mimaropa, formerly designated as Region IV-B. Its capital is the municipality of Boac. Marinduque lies between Tayabas Bay to the north and Sibuyan Sea to the south. It is west of the Bondoc Peninsula of Quezon province in mainland Luzon; east of Mindoro Island; and north of the island province of Romblon. Some parts of the Verde Island Passage, the center of the center of world's marine biodiversity and a protected marine area, are also within Marinduque's provincial waters.
Oriental Mindoro, officially the Province of Oriental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located on the island of Mindoro under Mimaropa region in Luzon, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) southwest of Manila. The province is bordered by the Verde Island Passage and the rest of Batangas to the north, by Marinduque, Maestre de Campo Island, Tablas Strait and the rest of Romblon to the east, by Semirara and the rest of Caluya Islands, Antique to the south, and by Occidental Mindoro to the west. Calapan, the only city in the island, is the provincial capital and Mimaropa's regional center.
Southern Tagalog, designated as Region IV, was an administrative region in the Philippines that comprised the current regions of Calabarzon and Mimaropa, the province of Aurora in Central Luzon, and most of the National Capital Region. It was the largest region in the Philippines in terms of both land area and population. After its partition on May 17, 2002, Southern Tagalog continues to exist as a cultural-geographical region.
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Brooke's Point, officially the Municipality of Brooke's Point, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 73,994 people.
Concepcion, officially the Municipality of Concepcion, is a 6th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. The municipality is coextensive with Maestre de Campo Island, which is also known as Sibale Island. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 3,561 people, making it the least populated town in the province.
Ferrol, officially the Municipality of Ferrol, is a 6th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,005 people.
Puerto Princesa, officially the City of Puerto Princesa, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 307,079 people.
Narra, officially the Municipality of Narra, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,948 people.
Quezon, officially the Municipality of Quezon, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,283 people.
Rizal, officially the Municipality of Jose P. Rizal,, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,162 people.
Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 69,624 people.
Bansud, officially the Municipality of Bansud, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,671 people.
Calapan, officially the City of Calapan, is a 3rd class component city in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 145,786 people. The city is the capital of the province of Oriental Mindoro.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mimaropa is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Mimaropa on March 20, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Puerto Princesa.