MIMAROPA is an administrative region of the Philippines made up of 5 provinces - Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan. It has a total area of 29,621 sq km and population of over 2.7 million people. The main economic activities are agriculture, fishing, logging, and tourism. The region contains diverse landscapes from islands to mountains.

2. MIMAROPA
• AREA: 29,621 KM2 (11,437 SQ MI)
• POPULATION: 2,744,671
DENSITY: 93/KM2 (240/SQ MI)
• PROVINCES: 5
• CITIES: 2
• MUNICIPALITIES: 71
• BARANGAYS: 1458
- is an administrative region of the Philippines,
designated as Region IV-B. It is one of two regions of
the Philippines having no land border with another
region, Eastern Visayas being the other. The name is
an acronym combining the names of its provinces,
which are: Mindoro (divided into Occidental
Mindoro and Oriental
Mindoro), Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. The
region is also more formally known as Southern
Tagalog Islands.

3. HISTORY OF MIMAROPA
IN PAST TIMES, IT HAS BEEN CALLED MAI OR MAIT BY CHINESE TRADERS
AND, BY SPANIARDS, AS MINA DE ORO (MEANING "GOLD MINE") FROM
WHERE THE ISLAND GOT ITS CURRENT NAME. THE ISLAND WAS ONCE A
SINGLE PROVINCE FROM 1920 TO 1950 WHEN IT WAS DIVIDED INTO ITS
TWO PRESENT-DAY PROVINCES, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO AND ORIENTAL
MINDORO.
SOME HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT MA-I WAS THE TRADING CENTER
OF CHINA.

4. ECONOMY
The economy of Mindoro is largely based
on agriculture. Products consist of a wide
variety of fruits, such
as citrus, bananas, lanzones, rambutan,
and coconuts, such cereals as rice and
maize, sugar cane, peanuts, fish , livestock,
and poultry. Logging and the mining
of marble and copper also thrive.
Tourism is a lucrative business as well.

5. MINDORO
- IS THE SEVENTH-LARGEST ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES. IT IS LOCATED
OFF THE COAST OF LUZON, AND NORTHEAST OF PALAWAN. THE
SOUTHERN COAST OF MINDORO FORMS THE NORTHEASTERN EXTREME
OF THE SULU SEA. DIVIDED INTO 2 PARTS: OCCIDENTAL MINDORO (THE
MARINE WONDERLAND) AND ORIENTAL MINDORO (THE LOVELIEST
HARBOR IN THE ISLAND)

10. A. ORIENTAL MINDORO
-LOCATED 15 KILOMETERS OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF
LUZON
-IT HAS A TOTAL LAND AREA OF 436,470 HECTARES. THE
PROVINCE HAS 39 NAMED AND 89 UNNAMED ISLANDS
AND ISLETS, LEAVING MUCH OF ITS ATTRACTIONS VIRGIN
TO VISITORS, AND AN UNTRAMMELED AREA TO EXPLORE.

11. B. OCCIDENTAL MINDORO
- IS THE 17TH LARGEST PROVINCE IN THE COUNTRY AND LIES ON THE
WESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF MINDORO. IT IS LOCATED SOUTH
OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS IN SOUTHERN LUZON AND
NORTHWEST OF THE VISAYAS.
-LAND AREA: 588,350 HECTARES
-MAJOR INDUSTRIES: FARMING, FISHING & AQUA FARMING, SALT
INDUSTRY AND FOOD PROCESSING.

13. PUERTO GALERA
PUERTO GALERA IS THE NORTHWESTERNMOST MUNICIPALITY IN THE
PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, PHILIPPINES. IT IS LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE ISLA VERDE PASSAGE, ABOUT 130
KILOMETERS SOUTH OF MANILA.

31. MARINDUQUE
• - IS AN ISLAND PROVINCE OF
THE PHILIPPINES LOCATED IN REGION IV-
B MIMAROPA REGION. ITS CAPITAL IS BOAC.
MARINDUQUE LIES BETWEEN TAYABAS BAY TO
THE NORTH AND SIBUYAN SEA TO THE SOUTH. IT
IS LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF QUEZON, EAST
OF MINDORO, AND NORTH OF ROMBLON. THE
PROVINCE IS THE GENUINE HOME OF THE
CENTURY OLD MORIONES FESTIVAL.
• AREA - 952.58 KM2 (367.79 SQ MI)
• POPULATION - 227,828
• DENSITY - 240/KM2 (620/SQ MI)

32. HISTORY
• LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE ISLAND OF MARINDUQUE WAS FORMED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A TRAGIC LOVE
AFFAIR BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE: MARIIN AND GATDUKE. MARIIN'S FATHER, A LOCAL CHIEFTAIN, DID NOT
APPROVE OF THIS AFFAIR AND ORDERED THE BEHEADING OF GATDUKE. BEFORE THIS COULD BE DONE, THE
COUPLE SAILED OUT TO SEA AND DROWNED THEMSELVES, FORMING THE ISLAND NOW CALLED
MARINDUQUE.

33. HISTORY
• DURING THE SPANISH AND EARLY AMERICAN OCCUPATIONS, MARINDUQUE WAS PART OF BALAYAN
PROVINCE (NOW BATANGAS) IN THE 16TH CENTURY, MINDORO IN THE 17TH CENTURY, AND HAD A BRIEF
PERIOD AS AN INDEPENDENT PROVINCE IN 1901, WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVED.
• DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR, MARINDUQUE WAS THE FIRST ISLAND TO HAVE
AMERICAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MARINDUQUE IS THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF PULANG LUPA, WHERE
250 FILIPINO SOLDIERS UNDER COLONEL MAXIMO ABAD, DEFEATED A SMALLER FORCE OF 54 AMERICAN
INFANTRYMEN.

34. ECONOMY

48. ROMBLON
• -IS AN ISLAND PROVINCE OF
THE PHILIPPINES LOCATED IN
THE MIMAROPA REGION. IT LIES SOUTH OF
MARINDUQUE AND QUEZON, EAST OF MINDORO,
NORTH OF AKLAN AND CAPIZ, AND WEST
OF MASBATE. ITS CAPITAL IS ALSO
NAMED ROMBLON.
• AREA - 1,533.45 KM2 (592.07 SQ MI)
• POPULATION - 283,930
• DENSITY - 190/KM2 (480/SQ MI

49. HISTORY
• ROMBLON'S EARLY INHABITANTS WERE THE NEGRITOS FROM PANAY AND MANGYAN TRIBES FROM
MINDORO. ANCIENT WOODEN COFFINS DISCOVERED IN CAVES OF BANTON ISLAND IN 1936 SIGNIFY A
RICH ANCIENT CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE IN THE PROVINCE BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS.

63. PALAWAN
• - IS AN ISLAND PROVINCE OF
THE PHILIPPINES THAT IS LOCATED IN
THE MIMAROPA REGION. IT IS THE LARGEST
PROVINCE IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF TOTAL
AREA OF JURISDICTION. ITS CAPITAL IS PUERT
PRINCESA CITY, BUT IT IS GOVERNED
INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE PROVINCE.
• AREA - 14,649.73 KM2 (5,656.29 SQ MI)
• POPULATION - 771,667
• DENSITY - 53/KM2 (140/SQ MI)

64. HISTORY OF PALAWAN
• THE HISTORY OF PALAWAN
(MEANS KAPALAWAN IN MERANAU) MAY BE
TRACED BACK 22,000 YEARS AGO, AS
CONFIRMED BY THE DISCOVERY OF BONE
FRAGMENTS OF THE TABON MAN IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON. WAVES OF MIGRANTS
ARRIVED IN THE PHILIPPINES BY WAY OF LAND
BRIDGES BETWEEN BORNEO AND PALAWAN.
• FROM 220 UP TO 263 AD, DURING THE PERIOD
OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, "LITTLE, DARK PEOPLE"
LIVING IN ANWEI PROVINCE IN SOUTH CHINA
WERE DRIVEN SOUTH BY HAN PEOPLE. SOME
SETTLED IN THAILAND, OTHERS WENT FARTHER
SOUTH TO INDONESIA, SUMATRA, BORNEO. THEY
WERE KNOWN AS AETAS AND NEGRITOS FROM
WHOM PALAWAN'S BATAK TRIBE DESCENDED.

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