page_title: Mariveles, Bataan
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Mariveles, Bataan / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines
context_page_description: Mariveles, officially the Municipality of Mariveles, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 127,536 people.
context_section_description: Mariveles' attractions, events and historical landmarks include:
  Mariveles Five Fingers: A series of coves that looks like five human fingers when viewed from the air.
  Freeport Area of Bataan: Freeport Area of Bataan Admin Building - 1,700-hectare freeport in Mariveles. The 1,691-hectare industrial complex in Mariveles town enjoy business advantages that include tax incentives, natural endowments, and excellent leadership, under AFAB Chairman Emmanuel Pineda. It is the only freeport in the country with a 10.9 million cubic meter-capacity dam that delivers 14 million gallons of water every day. It is complemented by water treatment and sewerage treatment plants which employ a sustainable waste water solution.
  Mariveles geothermal area in Bataan: a geothermal area situated along the West Luzon Volcanic Arc.
  GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant (GMCP), Alas-asin: 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant ($155 million was purchased by Conglomerate Ayala Corp. in December 2012).
  Mount Mariveles
  Km 0 marker of the Bataan Death March
  Lazareto de Mariveles: A Quarantine station established by the Spanish government in the 1850s to check and sanitize cargoes and passengers entering Manila. The Americans, upon their conquest of the Philippines, used the same system in their ports. The ruins of the old facility can be found inside the Mariveles Mental Hospital compound in downtown Mariveles.
  Parish Church of Saint Nicholas Tolentine: The 1729 Parish Church of Saint Nicholas Tolentine (Cath.: 36,282 Titular: St. Nicholas Tolentine, Feast day, September 10, Vicariate of Saint Michael Archangel) belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga On September 9, 2005, Mariveles celebrated the 276th anniversary of Apo Kolas, the Patron Saint of Mariveles — San Nicolas de Tolentino, who arrived in this town through the Order of Augustinian Recoletos missionaries. Thus, the parish was founded in 1729 bearing the name of the saint. Its current parish priest is Fr. Gerardo Jorge.
caption: GN Power Mariveles Coal Power Plant
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