Mimaropa

MIMAROPA, also known as Southern Tagalog Islands,Philippine Environmental Management Bureau "EMB Central and Regional Offices" ; retrieved 2013-4-23. now officially known as the Southwestern Tagalog Region, is a region of the Philippines.MIMAROPA is an acronym. It stands for Occidental MIndoro and Oriental MIndoro, MArinduque, ,ROmblon and  PAlawan. It was also called Region IV-B. The provinces of the region are Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and  Palawan. "Executive Order No. 103, Dividing Region IV into Region IV-A and Region IV-B, Transferring the Province of Aurora to Region III and for Other Purposes" ; retrieved 2013-4-23. The capital is Calapan.

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and El Nido Marine Reserve Park are in the region.

 History 
The MIMAROPA region was created by Executive Order No. 103 in 2002.

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