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Occidental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon. Its capital is Mamburao and occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro; Oriental Mindoro is at the eastern half. The South China Sea is to the west of the province and Palawan is located to the southwest, across Mindoro Strait . Batangas is to the north, separated by the Verde Island Passage .

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Region: MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)


Population:
2000 census—380,250 (21st smallest)
Density—65 per km² (9th lowest)
Divisions:
Highly urbanized cities—0
Component cities—0
Municipalities—11
Barangays—162
Congressional districts—1
Languages: Tagalog, Kamangyan
Governor: Jose T. Villarosa (2001-2004)

1 People and Culture

2 Economy

3 Geography

3.1 Political

Occidental Mindoro is subdivided into 11 municipalities.

3.1.1 Municipalities

  • Abra de Ilog
  • Calintaan
  • Looc
  • Lubang
  • Magsaysay
  • Mamburao
  • Paluan
  • Rizal
  • Sablayan
  • San Jose
  • Santa Cruz

3.2 Physical

4 History

5 External Links

Regions and Provinces of Luzon
Ilocos Region: Ilocos Norte | Ilocos Sur | La Union | Pangasinan
Cagayan Valley: Batanes | Cagayan | Isabela | Nueva Vizcaya | Quirino
Central Luzon: Aurora | Bataan | Bulacan | Nueva Ecija | Pampanga | Tarlac | Zambales
CALABARZON: Batangas | Cavite | Laguna | Quezon | Rizal
MIMAROPA: Marinduque | Occidental Mindoro | Oriental Mindoro | Palawan | Romblon
Bicol Region: Albay | Camarines Norte | Camarines Sur | Catanduanes | Masbate | Sorsogon
Cordillera Adm. Region: Abra | Apayao | Benguet | Ifugao | Kalinga | Mountain Province
Metro Manila: No provinces

Provinces of the Philippines

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