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A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has hit the Philippines, triggering a tsunami warning.. The quake struck off the island of Mindanao late at night, with residents living on the eastern coast urged to ...
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. The name is an acronym combination of its constituent provinces : Mindoro (divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro ), Marinduque , Romblon , and ...
Mindanao comprises 6 regions: IX to XIII, and BARMM. If a province is reassigned into a new region, it may also be reassigned to a new island group, as is the case with Palawan, when it was temporarily assigned from Mimaropa to Western Visayas and thus temporarily was considered part of the Visayas.
Poverty incidence of Occidental Mindoro 10 20 30 40 50 2006 43.17 2009 35.88 2012 38.10 2015 41.66 2018 21.75 2021 23.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Occidental Mindoro is an agricultural area devoted to the production of food. Its economic base is rice production (Oryza sativa culture), a Philippine staple crop. It is the leading activity and source of seasonal employment in the ...
Marinduque (/ ˌ m æ r ə n ˈ d uː k eɪ /; Tagalog pronunciation: [maɾinˈduke]), 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, the most populous in the province.
Calapan is the only city in Mindoro island and it is one of two cities in the Mimaropa region, the other being Puerto Princesa in Palawan. Calapan serves as the region's administrative center. [5] It is also the center of commerce, industry, transport, communication, religious activities and education in the entire province of Oriental Mindoro.
The Philippine Commission on Elections reported the 2010 Philippine general election results for Palawan as a part of the Region IV-B results. [54] As of 30 June 2011 [update] , the abeyance was still in effect and Palawan remained a part of Mimaropa .
July 7, 1975 – Region XII is created, and some regions of Mindanao are reorganized. [3] July 25, 1975 – Regions IX and XII are declared as Autonomous Regions in Western and Central Mindanao, respectively. [4] August 21, 1975 – Region IX is divided into Sub-Region IX-A and Sub-Region IX-B. Some regions in Mindanao are reorganized. [5]