mimaropa (REGION IV b)

(Political Map of MIMAROPA)

MIMAROPA MIMAROPA

Region

Philippines

(/mi-ma-ro-pa/) is one of the regions of the Philippines. as Region IV-B and its regional center is Calapan

It is designated City in Laguna.

Marinduque

REGION

Palawan

IV - B
Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro

Romblon

Puerto Princesa

MIMAROPA 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

Cause:

Executive Order 429

are: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. The region is also more formally known as Southern Tagalog Islands.
On May 23, 2005, Palawan and the highly urbanized city of Puerto Princesa were moved to Western . Visayas by Executive Order No. 429 However, on August 19, 2005, President Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 129 to hold the earlier EO 429 in abeyance pending a review.

Effect:

moved Palawan to Region VI (Western Visayas)

May 17, 2002 Executive Order No. 103 - divided Region IV (Southern Tagalog) into Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA).

August 19, 2005 Administrative Order No. 129 was issued 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.

May 23, 2005 Executive Order 429 moved Palawan to Region VI. After this, Region IV-B began to be called MIMARO instead of MIMAROPA. However, Palaweos criticized the move, citing a lack of consultation, with most residents in Puerto Princesa City and nearly all municipalities preferring to stay with Region IV-B.

The 2010 Philippine Census of Population continued to report the Region IV name as 'Mimaropa' and continued to list the province of Palawan as part of that region. As of 2012, it is not clear whether or not the transfer of Palawan to region VI is still considered pending by the Philippine government. As of 2012, the National Statistical Coordinating Board of the Philippines continues to list Palawan province as part of the MIMAROPA region.

Romblon Marinduque

MIMAROPA

Mindoro

Palawan

Province
Population census of MIMAROPA
Year 1990 2000 2010 Pop. 1,774,074 2,299,229 2,744,671 % +29.6% +19.4%

Capital

Population (2010)

Area (km)

Pop. density (per km) 291.7 77.2 185.4 52.7

Marinduque Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan

Boac Mamburao Calapan City Puerto Princesa City Romblon

277,828 452,971 785,602 771,667

952.6 5,865.7 4,238.4 14,649.7

Source: National Statistics Office

Romblon Puerto Princesa City

283,930 222,673

1,533.5 2,400

185.2 92.8

Figures for Puerto Princesa, which became a highly urbanized city in 2007 pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1264, do not accrue to Palawan province.

Prepared by: Moriancumer A. Cabasag