Mimaropa

Mimaropa (officially stylized in all caps), officially the Southwestern Tagalog Region<ref name="RA10869">Template:Cite PH act</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Template:Langx), is an administrative region in the Philippines. The name is an acronym combination of its constituent provinces: Mindoro (divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro), Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan. It is the only region in the country outside the Visayas that has no land border with another region.

The region was part of the now-defunct Southern Tagalog region until May 17, 2002.<ref name=PSA-NSCB>Template:Cite PH act</ref> 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.<ref name=PSA-NSCB[2]>Template:Cite PH act</ref> However, on August 19, 2005, President Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 129 to put in abeyance Executive Order No. 429 pending a review.<ref name="AO129">Template:Cite PH act</ref> 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.<ref name="RA10869" />

Calapan is Mimaropa's regional center while the highly-urbanized city of Puerto Princesa is the most populous in the region.<ref>Template:Cite PH act</ref> However, most regional government offices such as the Department of Public Works and Highways<ref name=DPWHGov>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Department of Budget and Management are in Quezon City, Metro Manila, because Quezon City was the regional capital of Southern Tagalog.

History

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.<ref name=PSA-NSCB /> Marinduque was a sub-province of Quezon, at that time known as Tayabas; it became an 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,<ref name="PD1">Template:Cite act</ref> 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,<ref name=PSA-NSCB[2] /> 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.<ref name="AO129"/>

The 2010 Philippine Census of Population reported the region's name as "Mimaropa" and included Palawan as part of the region.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, it is not clear whether the transfer of Palawan to Western Visayas is still considered pending by the Philippine government. Template:As of, the National Statistical Coordinating Board of the Philippines continued to list Palawan province as part of the Mimaropa region.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Update after

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.<ref name="RA10869" />

Demographics

Languages

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A view of Calapan as seen in December 2009

The native languages of Mimaropa are:

• Alangan, spoken in the interior of Mindoro.
• Asi, spoken in Romblon and Marinduque.
• Bonggi, spoken in the southernmost islands of Palawan
• Buhid, spoken in the interior of Mindoro.
• Calamian Tagbanwa, spoken in Palawan.
• Cuyonon, spoken in Palawan.
• Hanunoo, spoken in the interior of Mindoro.
• Hiligaynon, spoken in Palawan and Romblon.
• Iraya, spoken in the interior of Mindoro.
• Jama Mapun, spoken in the southernmost islands of Palawan
• Karay-a or Kinaray-a, spoken in eastern parts of Palawan, southern parts Mindoro and southern parts of Romblon.
• Molbog, spoken in south Palawan.
• Onhan, spoken in Romblon.
• Palawano, spoken in Palawan.
• Ratagnon, spoken in the south Mindoro.
• Romblomanon, spoken in Romblon.
• Sabah Malay, spoken in south Palawan.
• Sibuyanon, spoken in Romblon.
• Tadyawan, spoken in the interior of Mindoro.
• Tagalog, spoken in Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan. It is the regional lingua franca, mostly as Filipino.
• Tausug, spoken in southwestern Palawan.
• Tawbuid, spoken in the interior of Mindoro.

Economy

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In 2007, Mimaropa's economy surged by 9.4%, making it the fastest growing region in the country in that year.<ref name="GRDP2007">Template:Cite web</ref> It was aided by robust growth in the industrial sector which grew by 19.1% from -6.1% in 2006.<ref name="GRDP2007" /> 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 for 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 dwellings.

Tourism

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.

Administrative divisions

Provinces

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Political map of Mimaropa

Mimaropa comprises 5 provinces, 1 highly urbanized city (Puerto Princesa), 1 component city (Calapan), 71 municipalities and 1,460 barangays. Template:Unbulleted list

Province Template:Font		Capital	Population Template:SmallTemplate:PH census		Area		Density		Cities	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
					km2	sq mi	/km2	/sq mi
Marinduque		Boac	Template:Percent and number	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	0	6	218
Occidental Mindoro		Mamburao	Template:Percent and number	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	0	11	164
Oriental Mindoro		† Calapan	Template:Percent and number	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	1	14	426
Palawan		Puerto Princesa	Template:Percent and number	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	0	23	367
Romblon		Romblon	Template:Percent and number	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	0	17	219
Puerto Princesa	†	—	Template:Percent and number	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	—	—	66
Total				3,228,558	29,620.90	Template:Convert	Template:Sigfig	Template:Convert	2	71	1,460
Template:Color box Puerto Princesa is a highly urbanized city pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1264;<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> figures are excluded from Palawan.

Governors and vice governors

Province	Image	Governor	Political Party		Vice Governor
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File:Ph seal Oriental Mindoro.png {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} Oriental Mindoro {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	File:Gov Dolor.png	Humerlito Dolor	Template:Party name with colour	Antonio S. Perez Jr.
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