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class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Inclusion_into_other_regions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inclusion_into_other_regions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Inclusion into other regions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inclusion_into_other_regions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Proposed_division_into_three_provinces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Proposed_division_into_three_provinces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Proposed division into three provinces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Proposed_division_into_three_provinces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roman_Catholicism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Catholicism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Roman Catholicism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Catholicism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Protestantism_and_other_groups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protestantism_and_other_groups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Protestantism and other groups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Protestantism_and_other_groups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Islam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Islam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Islam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Islam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Animism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Animism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.4</span> <span>Animism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Animism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_religions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_religions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.5</span> <span>Other religions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_religions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flora_and_fauna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flora_and_fauna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Flora and fauna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flora_and_fauna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Attractions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attractions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Attractions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Attractions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Attractions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Attractions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Calauit_Game_Preserve_and_Wildlife_Sanctuary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Calauit_Game_Preserve_and_Wildlife_Sanctuary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Calauit_Game_Preserve_and_Wildlife_Sanctuary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coron_Reefs,_Coron_Bay,_Busuanga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coron_Reefs,_Coron_Bay,_Busuanga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Coron Reefs, Coron Bay, Busuanga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coron_Reefs,_Coron_Bay,_Busuanga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kayangan_Lake" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kayangan_Lake"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Kayangan Lake</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kayangan_Lake-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-El_Nido_Marine_Reserve_Park" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#El_Nido_Marine_Reserve_Park"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>El Nido Marine Reserve Park</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-El_Nido_Marine_Reserve_Park-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malampaya_Sound_Land_and_Seascape_Protected_Area" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malampaya_Sound_Land_and_Seascape_Protected_Area"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Malampaya Sound Land and Seascape Protected Area</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Malampaya_Sound_Land_and_Seascape_Protected_Area-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>UNESCO World Heritage Sites</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ursula_Island" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ursula_Island"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Ursula Island</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ursula_Island-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rasa_Island_Wildlife_Sanctuary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rasa_Island_Wildlife_Sanctuary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.8</span> <span>Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rasa_Island_Wildlife_Sanctuary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Security" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Security"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Security</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Security-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Health_facilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Health facilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_facilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Utilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Utilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Utilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Utilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.1</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Domestic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Domestic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.1.1</span> <span>Domestic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Domestic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.1.2</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seaports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seaports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.2</span> <span>Seaports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seaports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> 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href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="بالاوان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بالاوان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پالاوان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پالاوان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Palawan" title="Provincia de Palawan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Palawan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Palavano" title="Provinco Palavano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Palavano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پالاوان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پالاوان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_de_Palawan" title="Province de Palawan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Province de Palawan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%94%EB%9D%BC%EC%99%84%EC%A3%BC" title="팔라완주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="팔라완주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8" title="पलावन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पलावन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Palawan" title="Provincia di Palawan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Palawan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F" title="פלאוואן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פלאוואן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="პალავანის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პალავანის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragoia" title="Paragoia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Paragoia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palavana_(province)" title="Palavana (province) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Palavana (province)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Палаван – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Палаван" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB" title="പലാവൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പലാവൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="بالاوان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بالاوان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="パラワン州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="パラワン州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan_(prowincja)" title="Palawan (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Palawan (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau%C3%A3" title="Palauã – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Palauã" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Палаван (провинция) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Палаван (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Палаван – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Палаван" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="பலவான் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பலவான்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="จังหวัดปาลาวัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดปาลาวัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پالاوان – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پالاوان" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Palawan" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" 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data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PGP_New_Official_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Palawan"><img alt="Official seal of Palawan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/PGP_New_Official_Seal.png/80px-PGP_New_Official_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/PGP_New_Official_Seal.png/120px-PGP_New_Official_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/PGP_New_Official_Seal.png/160px-PGP_New_Official_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="5000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>The (Spaniards') Land of Promise<sup id="cite_ref-PrivateIslandsMag_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PrivateIslandsMag-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Philippines' Best Island <sup id="cite_ref-travelandleisure_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-travelandleisure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Philippines' Last Frontier<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ConservationOrg_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConservationOrg-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palawan_in_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the Philippines"><img alt="Location in the Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Palawan_in_Philippines.svg/250px-Palawan_in_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Palawan_in_Philippines.svg/375px-Palawan_in_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Palawan_in_Philippines.svg/500px-Palawan_in_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1869" data-file-height="2465" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the Philippines</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_beceec85c74717034cbd741e250e2ed49d60595e"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Palawan&revid=1258740650&groups=_beceec85c74717034cbd741e250e2ed49d60595e" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Palawan&revid=1258740650&groups=_beceec85c74717034cbd741e250e2ed49d60595e 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10_N_118.83_E_region:PH_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">118°50′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10°N 118.83°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10; 118.83</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a> (in transition)<sup id="cite_ref-EO429_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO429-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AO129_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO129-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1818</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and largest city</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Sangguniang Panlalawigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victorino_Dennis_Socrates" title="Victorino Dennis Socrates">Victorino Dennis M. Socrates</a> (<a href="/wiki/Partidong_Pagbabago_ng_Palawan" title="Partidong Pagbabago ng Palawan">PPPL</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Governor">Vice Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Leoncio N. Ola (<a href="/wiki/Partidong_Pagbabago_ng_Palawan" title="Partidong Pagbabago ng Palawan">PPPL</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Palawan_Provincial_Board" title="Palawan Provincial Board">Palawan Provincial Board</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-nscblist_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscblist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,649.73 km<sup>2</sup> (5,656.29 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">1st out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> </th><td class="infobox-data">(excludes Puerto Princesa)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Mantalingajan" title="Mount Mantalingajan">Mount Mantalingajan</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,086 m (6,844 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–04B_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–04B-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">939,594</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">31st out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">64/km<sup>2</sup> (170/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">79th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> </th><td class="infobox-data">(excludes Puerto Princesa)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Palaweño</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Divisions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Independent cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>1</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a><br />(<span style="font-size:85%;">Highly urbanized city</span>) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>23</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Aborlan" title="Aborlan">Aborlan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Agutaya" title="Agutaya">Agutaya</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Araceli,_Palawan" title="Araceli, Palawan">Araceli</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bataraza" title="Bataraza">Bataraza</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Brooke%27s_Point" title="Brooke's Point">Brooke's Point</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Busuanga,_Palawan" title="Busuanga, Palawan">Busuanga</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Cagayancillo" title="Cagayancillo">Cagayancillo</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Culion" title="Culion">Culion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Cuyo,_Palawan" title="Cuyo, Palawan">Cuyo</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Dumaran" title="Dumaran">Dumaran</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/El_Nido,_Palawan" title="El Nido, Palawan">El Nido</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kalayaan,_Palawan" title="Kalayaan, Palawan">Kalayaan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Linapacan" title="Linapacan">Linapacan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Magsaysay,_Palawan" title="Magsaysay, Palawan">Magsaysay</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Narra,_Palawan" title="Narra, Palawan">Narra</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Quezon,_Palawan" title="Quezon, Palawan">Quezon</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Rizal,_Palawan" title="Rizal, Palawan">Rizal</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Roxas,_Palawan" title="Roxas, Palawan">Roxas</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/San_Vicente,_Palawan" title="San Vicente, Palawan">San Vicente</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Sofronio_Espa%C3%B1ola" title="Sofronio Española">Sofronio Española</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Taytay</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>367</li><li>including <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">independent cities</a>: 433</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Palawan" title="Legislative districts of Palawan">Legislative districts of Palawan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(shared with <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Princesa City">Puerto Princesa City</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PHT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">5300–5322</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)48</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">PH-PLW</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuyonon_language" title="Cuyonon language">Cuyonon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agutaynen_language" title="Agutaynen language">Agutaynen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinaray-a_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinaray-a language">Kinaray-a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palawano_language" title="Palawano language">Palawano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molbog_language" title="Molbog language">Molbog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palawan_Batak_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Palawan Batak language">Batak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aborlan_Tagbanwa_language" title="Aborlan Tagbanwa language">Aborlan Tagbanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamian_Tagbanwa_language" title="Calamian Tagbanwa language">Calamian Tagbanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Tagbanwa_language" title="Central Tagbanwa language">Central Tagbanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagayanen_language" title="Kagayanen language">Kagayanen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tausug_language" title="Tausug language">Tausūg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabah_Malay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabah Malay">Sabah Malay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_English" title="Philippine English">English</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palawan.gov.ph/">www<wbr />.palawan<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13869#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Palawan</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Tagalog:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tagalog" title="Help:IPA/Tagalog">[pɐˈlaː.wan]</a></span>), officially the <b>Province of Palawan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Cuyonon_language" title="Cuyonon language">Cuyonon</a>: <i lang="cyo">Probinsya i'ang Palawan</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i lang="tl">Lalawigan ng Palawan</i>), is an <a href="/wiki/Archipelagic" class="mw-redirect" title="Archipelagic">archipelagic</a> <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> that is located in the <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a>. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of 14,649.73 km<sup>2</sup> (5,656.29 sq mi). The capital and largest city is <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> which is geographically grouped with but administered independently from the province. Palawan is known as the Philippines' <i>Last Frontier</i><sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as the Philippines' <i>Best Island</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-travelandleisure_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-travelandleisure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palawan_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Palawan_Capitol.jpg/220px-Palawan_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Palawan_Capitol.jpg/330px-Palawan_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Palawan_Capitol.jpg/440px-Palawan_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Palawan Provincial Capitol in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a>. </figcaption></figure> <p>The islands of Palawan stretch between <a href="/wiki/Mindoro" title="Mindoro">Mindoro island</a> in the northeast and <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> in the southwest. It lies between the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a>. The province is named after its largest island, <a href="/wiki/Palawan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Palawan Island">Palawan Island</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=09_30_N_118_30_E_scale:2500000_source:GNS_region:PH-PLW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">09°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">118°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.500°N 118.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.500; 118.500</span></span></span></a></span></span>), measuring 450 kilometers (280 mi) long, and 50 kilometers (31 mi) wide.<sup id="cite_ref-wow_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wow-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-encarta_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, it was proposed to divide Palawan into three separate provinces, though the proposal was rejected by the local population in a <a href="/wiki/2021_Palawan_division_plebiscite" title="2021 Palawan division plebiscite">2021 plebiscite</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-history">Pre-history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Palawan_(island)#Prehistory" title="Palawan (island)">Palawan (island) § Prehistory</a></div> <p>The early history of Palawan was determined by a team of researchers led by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bradford_Fox" title="Robert Bradford Fox">Robert Bradford Fox</a>. They found evidence in the <a href="/wiki/Tabon_Caves" title="Tabon Caves">Tabon Caves</a> that humans have lived in Palawan for more than 50,000 years. They also found human bone fragments, from an individual known as <a href="/wiki/Tabon_Man" title="Tabon Man">Tabon Man</a>, in the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Quezon,_Palawan" title="Quezon, Palawan">Quezon</a>, as well as tools and other artifacts.<sup id="cite_ref-wow_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wow-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two articulated <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_bone" title="Phalanx bone">phalanx bones</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Bornean_tiger#Archaeological_records" title="Bornean tiger">tiger</a>, besides another phalanx piece, were found amidst an assemblage of other animal bones and stone tools in <a href="/wiki/Ille_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Ille Cave">Ille Cave</a> near the village of New Ibajay. The other animal fossils were ascribed to <a href="/wiki/Philippine_long-tailed_macaque" title="Philippine long-tailed macaque">macaques</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deer" title="Deer">deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palawan_bearded_pig" title="Palawan bearded pig">bearded pigs</a>, small mammals, lizards, snakes and turtles. From the stone tools, besides the evidence for cuts on the bones, and the use of fire, it would appear that early humans had accumulated the bones.<sup id="cite_ref-Piper_al2008_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piper_al2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the condition of the tiger subfossils, dated to approximately 12,000 to 9,000 years ago, differed from other fossils in the assemblage, dated to the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Paleolithic" title="Upper Paleolithic">Upper Paleolithic</a>. The tiger subfossils showed longitudinal fracture of the <a href="/wiki/Cortical_bone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cortical bone">cortical bone</a> due to weathering, which suggests that they had <a href="/wiki/Post-mortem" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-mortem">post-mortem</a> been exposed to light and air. Tiger parts were commonly used as <a href="/wiki/Amulet" title="Amulet">amulets</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, so it may be that the tiger parts were imported from elsewhere, as is the case with tiger <a href="/wiki/Canine_teeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Canine teeth">canine teeth</a>, which were found in Ambangan sites dating to the 10th to 12th centuries in <a href="/wiki/Butuan" title="Butuan">Butuan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>. On the other hand, the proximity of Borneo and Palawan also makes it likely that the <a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">tiger</a> had colonized Palawan from Borneo before the Early <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VanDerGeer_al_02-2011_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VanDerGeer_al_02-2011-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Monks_03-2017_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monks_03-2017-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Using the work of Von den Driesch,<sup id="cite_ref-Driesch1976_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Driesch1976-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all chosen anatomical features of appendicular elements' anatomical features which were chosen, besides molars, were measured to distinguish between <a href="/wiki/Taxon" title="Taxon">taxa</a> that had close relationships, and see morphometric changes over ages, though not for <a href="/wiki/Pig" title="Pig">pigs</a> or deer. For the latter two, <a href="/wiki/Skull" title="Skull">cranial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mandible" title="Mandible">mandibular</a> elements, besides teeth of deer from Ille Cave were compared with samples of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_deer" title="Philippine deer">Philippine brown deer</a> (<i>Cervus mariannus</i>), <a href="/wiki/Calamian_deer" title="Calamian deer">Calamian hog deer</a> (<i>Axis calamianensis</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Visayan_spotted_deer" title="Visayan spotted deer">Visayan spotted deer</a> (<i>Cervus alfredi</i>), and thus two taxa of deer have been identified from the fossils: <i><a href="/wiki/Axis_(genus)" title="Axis (genus)">Axis</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cervus" title="Cervus">Cervus</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Piper_al2011_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piper_al2011-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Remains of pigs were compared with the <a href="/wiki/Wild_boar" title="Wild boar">Eurasian (<i>Sus scrofa</i>)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palawan_bearded_pig" title="Palawan bearded pig">Palawanese wild boar (<i>Sus ahoenobarbus</i>)</a>. It is known that the Eurasian wild boar was imported as a domesticate to the islands from mainland Southeast Asia to the islands during the Terminal Holocene.<sup id="cite_ref-Larson_al2005_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larson_al2005-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Larson_al2007_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larson_al2007-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dobney_al2008_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobney_al2008-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cucchi_al2009_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cucchi_al2009-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Piper_al2009_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piper_al2009-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palawan was a major site for the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Jade_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Jade Road">Maritime Jade Road</a>, one of the most extensive sea-based trade networks of a single geological material in the prehistoric world, operating for 3,000 years from 2000 BCE to 1000 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The citation is not specific enough to facilitate source verification (April 2022)">not specific enough to verify</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Palawan is home to several Indigenous groups. The oldest inhabitants are the <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Palawan#Palawano" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribes of Palawan">Palaw'an</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batak_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batak (Philippines)">Batak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tagbanwa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagbanwa people">Tagbanwa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tau%27t_Bato" class="mw-redirect" title="Tau't Bato">Tau't Bato</a> who are from the interiors and highlands of Palawan, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Calamianes_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Calamianes Islands">Calamianes Islands</a>. They traditionally practice animist <i><a href="/wiki/Anito" title="Anito">anito</a></i> religions. Palawan's coastlines were also settled by later groups that are now collectively known as "Palaweños". Prior to <a href="/wiki/Spread_of_Islam#Terminology" title="Spread of Islam">Islamization</a>, the islands of Palawan, Calamian, and parts of Luzon were under the jurisdiction of the nation <a href="/wiki/Sandao" title="Sandao">Sandao</a> (In Chinese records at the 1200s). Sandao was a vassal-state to the more powerful <a href="/wiki/Ma-i" title="Ma-i">Ma-i</a> nation in <a href="/wiki/Mindoro" title="Mindoro">Mindoro</a>. Thereafter, groups like the <a href="/wiki/Islamized" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamized">Islamized</a> <a href="/wiki/Molbog" class="mw-redirect" title="Molbog">Molbog</a> people of southern Palawan (possibly originally from <a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/Cuyonon_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuyonon people">Cuyonon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agutaynon_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Agutaynon people">Agutaynon</a> groups (from the nearby islands of <a href="/wiki/Cuyo_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuyo Islands">Cuyo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agutaya" title="Agutaya">Agutaya</a> settled in.<sup id="cite_ref-ptc_history_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptc_history-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-puertoprincesapeople_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-puertoprincesapeople-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palawan was mentioned as "Pulaoan" or "Polaoan" by <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pigafetta" title="Antonio Pigafetta">Antonio Pigafetta</a> in 1521 during <a href="/wiki/Magellan%27s_circumnavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan's circumnavigation">Magellan's expedition</a>. They called it <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">la terra de missione</i></span> ("the land of promise") due to the fact that they were almost starving by the time they reached the island. The local <i><a href="/wiki/Datu" title="Datu">datu</a></i> made peace with the expedition through a <a href="/wiki/Blood_compact" title="Blood compact">blood compact</a>. The ships' crews were welcomed to the island with rice cooked in bamboo tubes, rice wine, bananas, pigs, goats, chickens, coconuts, sugarcane, and other supplies. Pigafetta described the inhabitants as being farmers. Their primary weapons were <a href="/wiki/Blowgun" title="Blowgun">blowguns</a> with iron tips that could both shoot thick wooden or bamboo <a href="/wiki/Dart_(missile)" title="Dart (missile)">darts</a> (some poisoned) and function as spears once their ammunition were exhausted. Pigafetta also described the islanders as keeping <a href="/wiki/Rooster" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">roosters</a> for <a href="/wiki/Cockfighting" title="Cockfighting">cockfighting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the arrival of the Spanish in the late 15th century, Palawan broke free of the nation of <a href="/wiki/Ma-i" title="Ma-i">Ma-i</a> but would be conquered and ruled by <a href="/wiki/Bruneian_Sultanate_(1368%E2%80%931888)" title="Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888)">Bruneian empire</a> and their vassals the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sultanate of Sulu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_colonial_era">Spanish colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spanish colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taytay.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Taytay.JPG/220px-Taytay.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Taytay.JPG/330px-Taytay.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Taytay.JPG/440px-Taytay.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Taytay</a>, the capital of the Province of Calamianes in 1818 (Spanish Palawan)</figcaption></figure> <p>The northern <a href="/wiki/Calamian_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Calamian Group">Calamianes Islands</a> were the first to come under Spanish authority, and were later declared a province separate from the Palawan mainland. In the early 17th century, Spanish friars sent out missions in <a href="/wiki/Cuyo,_Palawan" title="Cuyo, Palawan">Cuyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agutaya,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Agutaya, Palawan">Agutaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Taytay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cagayancillo,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cagayancillo, Palawan">Cagayancillo</a> but they met resistance from <a href="/wiki/Moro_people" title="Moro people">Moro</a> communities. Before the 18th century, Colonial Authorities began to build churches enclosed by garrisons for protection against Moro raids in the towns of Cuyo, Taytay, <a href="/wiki/Linapacan,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Linapacan, Palawan">Linapacan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a>. In 1749, the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Brunei" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Brunei">Sultanate of Brunei</a> ceded southern Palawan to <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ptc_history_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptc_history-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1818, the entire island of Palawan, or <i>Paragua</i> as it was called, was organized as a single province named <i>Calamianes</i>, with its capital in Taytay.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> By 1858, the province was divided into two provinces, namely, <i>Castilla</i>, covering the northern section with Taytay as capital and <i>Asturias</i> in the southern mainland with <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> as capital. It was later divided into three districts, <i>Calamianes</i>, <i>Paragua</i> and <i>Balabac</i>, with Principe Alfonso town as its capital. During the Spanish colonial period, Cuyo became the second capital of Palawan from 1873 to 1903. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_colonial_era">American colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1902, after the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>, the United States established civil rule in northern Palawan, calling it the province of <i>Paragua</i>. In 1905, pursuant to Philippine Commission Act No. 1363, the province was reorganized to include the southern portions and renamed <i>Palawan</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> declared as its capital.<sup id="cite_ref-ptc_history_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptc_history-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many reforms and projects were later introduced in the province. Construction of school buildings, promotion of agriculture, and bringing people closer to the government were among the priority plans during this era.<sup id="cite_ref-ptc_history_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptc_history-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_invasion_era">Japanese invasion era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Japanese invasion era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BurnedAtBaatan.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BurnedAtBaatan.gif/170px-BurnedAtBaatan.gif" decoding="async" width="170" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BurnedAtBaatan.gif/255px-BurnedAtBaatan.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BurnedAtBaatan.gif/340px-BurnedAtBaatan.gif 2x" data-file-width="493" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Army personnel worked to identify the charred remains of Americans captured at <a href="/wiki/Bataan" title="Bataan">Bataan</a> and burned alive on Palawan. March 20, 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>After the Japanese invasion, according to Stephen L. Moore, "Pro-Allied sentiment was strong, and it was later estimated that during the war as many as 1,154 Filipino guerrillas worked against the Japanese on the island. Those in the underground network would proudly refer to themselves as 'Palawan's Fighting One Thousand'." Early resistance leaders included Dr. Higinio Acosta Mendoza, his wife Triny, Thomas F. Loudon, and his son-in-law Nazario Mayor. Capt. Mayor organized Company D in October 1943, and was responsible for the area encompassing Puerto Princesa south to <a href="/wiki/Balabac_Island" title="Balabac Island">Balabac Island</a>. Capt. Mendoza covered the area north of Puerto Princesa to Caramay. Lt. Felipe Batul operated out of Danlig, while Capt. Carlos Amores operated out of Sibaltan. Overall command of the Palawan Special Battalion was under Major Pablo P. Muyco as part of the 6th <a href="/wiki/Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Military District">Military District</a>. The Palawan guerrillas helped any escaping American POWs, supported two <a href="/wiki/Coastwatcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastwatcher">coastwatcher</a> groups sending regular radio broadcasts to <a href="/wiki/General_MacArthur" class="mw-redirect" title="General MacArthur">General MacArthur</a> on Japanese movements, and helped rescue downed airmen as well as survivors from the submarine <a href="/wiki/USS_Flier" title="USS Flier">USS <i>Flier</i></a>. Most importantly, they helped guide the <a href="/wiki/8th_Army_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Army (United States)">8th Army</a>'s troop landings.<sup id="cite_ref-Moore_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Palawan_Massacre">Palawan Massacre</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Palawan Massacre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Palawan_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Palawan Massacre">Palawan Massacre</a></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, in order to prevent the rescue of <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> by the advancing allies, on December 14, 1944, units of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Fourteenth_Area_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Fourteenth Area Army">Japanese Fourteenth Area Army</a> (under the command of General <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Yamashita" title="Tomoyuki Yamashita">Tomoyuki Yamashita</a>) herded the remaining 150 prisoners of war at <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> into three covered trenches which were then set on fire using barrels of gasoline. Prisoners who tried to escape the flames were shot down.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only 11 men escaped the slaughter.<sup id="cite_ref-Bob_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bob-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Liberation">Liberation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Liberation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Palawan" title="Invasion of Palawan">Invasion of Palawan</a></div> <p>During the first phase of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a>, just off the coast of Palawan, two <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> submarines, <a href="/wiki/USS_Dace_(SS-247)" title="USS Dace (SS-247)">USS <i>Dace</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Darter_(SS-227)" title="USS Darter (SS-227)">USS <i>Darter</i></a> attacked a Japanese cruiser task force led by Admiral <a href="/wiki/Takeo_Kurita" title="Takeo Kurita">Takeo Kurita</a>, sinking his flagship (in which he survived) <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Atago" title="Japanese cruiser Atago"><i>Atago</i></a>, and her sister ship <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Maya" title="Japanese cruiser Maya"><i>Maya</i></a>. <i>Darter</i> later ran aground that afternoon and was scuttled by <a href="/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SS-168)" title="USS Nautilus (SS-168)">USS <i>Nautilus</i> (SS-168)</a>. </p><p>The island was liberated from the Japanese Imperial Forces from February 28 to April 22, 1945, during the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Palawan" title="Invasion of Palawan">Invasion of Palawan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippine_independence">Philippine independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Philippine independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Martial_law_era">Martial law era</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Martial law era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like the other parts of the Philippines, Palawan felt the impact when <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a> placed the whole country under martial law in September 1972, and then held on to power for 14 more years, until he was ousted by the 1986 EDSA <a href="/wiki/People_Power_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="People Power revolution">People Power revolution</a>. </p><p>One incident was when Marcos evicted an estimated 254 families of Indigenous <a href="/wiki/Tagbanwa" title="Tagbanwa">Tagbanwa</a> people from the <a href="/wiki/Calauit_Island" title="Calauit Island">Calauit Island</a> in order to create a game reserve full of animals imported from Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-:0b_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0b-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In another incident, residents of <a href="/wiki/Bugsuk_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Bugsuk Island">Bugsuk Island</a> were driven from their homes and communities so that Marcos crony <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Cojuangco" class="mw-redirect" title="Eduardo Cojuangco">Eduardo Cojuangco</a> could establish a coconut plantation.<sup id="cite_ref-BantayogProfileOsorio_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BantayogProfileOsorio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the leaders who helped organize the effort to prevent the eviction of the Bugsuk Island residents was <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist</a> Reverend <a href="/wiki/Magnifico_Osorio" title="Magnifico Osorio">Magnifico Osorio</a>. When the effort failed, Reverend Osorio relocated to <a href="/wiki/Bataraza" title="Bataraza">Bataraza</a>, a town on the southernmost tip of Palawan Island, where he continued to fight for the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Palawan. In March 1985 he successfully facilitated a meeting between Indigenous peoples and the provincial governor, who promised to respect Indigenous rights as long as he was governor. A few weeks later, however, Reverend Osorio was found dead out in his ricefields, having been clubbed in the head and shot dead. For his work to protect the Indigenous peoples of Palawan, and for the circumstances of his death, Reverend Osorio was honored by having his name inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Philippines' <a href="/wiki/Bantayog_ng_mga_Bayani" title="Bantayog ng mga Bayani">Bantayog ng mga Bayani</a>, which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought the <a href="/wiki/Abuses_of_the_Marcos_dictatorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Abuses of the Marcos dictatorship">abuses of the Marcos dictatorship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BantayogProfileOsorio_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BantayogProfileOsorio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary">Contemporary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Contemporary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, Palawan was briefly made politically part of <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Western Visayas</a> or <i>Region VI</i> through Executive Order 429 signed by then-President <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a> on May 23<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a political move to control the province and a response to getting more loans from <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The "as a political move" claim is not supported by the given source. (August 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> This decree was later deferred on August 18 within the same year reportedly due to the opposition of the province's <a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Sangguniang Panlalawigan</a> (Provincial Council).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 21, 2007, its capital city <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> became a highly urbanized city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proposed_division">Proposed division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Proposed division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2021_Palawan_division_plebiscite" title="2021 Palawan division plebiscite">2021 Palawan division plebiscite</a></div> <p>In April 2019, a bill dividing Palawan into three provinces was passed into law.<sup id="cite_ref-MB-MoveAssailed_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MB-MoveAssailed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PIAGovPH-DividesPalawan_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIAGovPH-DividesPalawan-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposed three new provinces were Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A plebiscite, originally scheduled in May 2020, was held on March 13, 2021, that decided whether Palawan would be divided into three provinces. Some civil society groups and Puerto Princesa residents opposed the proposed division, claiming that there was no extensive public consultation.<sup id="cite_ref-MB-MoveAssailed_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MB-MoveAssailed-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABSCBNNews-DividingPalawan_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSCBNNews-DividingPalawan-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GMANews-SplittingPalawan_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMANews-SplittingPalawan-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_(Philippines)" title="Commission on Elections (Philippines)">Comelec</a> announced on March 16, 2021, that the majority of Palawan residents opposed the division and thus, it would not be carried out.<sup id="cite_ref-cnnphilippines.com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnphilippines.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rappler.com_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rappler.com-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg/220px-Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg/330px-Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg/440px-Straight_out_of_a_dream.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3444" data-file-height="4305" /></a><figcaption>Coron Island</figcaption></figure> <p>The province is composed of the long and narrow <a href="/wiki/Palawan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Palawan Island">Palawan Island</a>, plus a number of other smaller islands surrounding it, totalling roughly 1,780 islands and islets. The <a href="/wiki/Calamian_Islands" title="Calamian Islands">Calamianes Group of Islands</a> to the northeast consists of <a href="/wiki/Busuanga_Island" title="Busuanga Island">Busuanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coron_Island" title="Coron Island">Coron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culion" title="Culion">Culion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linapacan" title="Linapacan">Linapacan</a> islands. <a href="/wiki/Balabac_Island" title="Balabac Island">Balabac Island</a> is located off the southern tip, separated from <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Balabac_Strait" title="Balabac Strait">Balabac Strait</a>. In addition, Palawan covers the <a href="/wiki/Cuyo_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuyo Islands">Cuyo Islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a>. The disputed <a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a>, located a few hundred kilometers to the west, are considered part of Palawan by the Philippines, and is locally called the "Kalayaan Group of Islands". </p><p>Palawan's almost 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) of irregular coastline is lined with rocky coves and sugar-white sandy beaches. It also harbors a vast stretch of virgin forests that carpet its chain of mountain ranges. The mountain heights average 1,100 meters (3,500 ft) in altitude, with the highest peak rising to 6,843 feet (2,086 m)<sup id="cite_ref-encarta_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mantalingahan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Mantalingahan">Mount Mantalingahan</a>. The vast mountain areas are the source of valuable timber. The terrain is a mix of coastal plain, craggy foothills, valley deltas, and heavy forest interspersed with riverine arteries that serve as irrigation.<sup id="cite_ref-wow_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wow-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province has a total land area of 14,649.73 square kilometers (5,656.29 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> City is included for geographical purposes, its land area is 17,030.75 square kilometers (6,575.61 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land area is distributed to its <i>mainland municipalities</i>, comprising 12,239 square kilometers (4,726 sq mi), and the <i>island municipalities</i>, which altogether measure 2,657 square kilometers (1,026 sq mi). In terms of archipelagic internal waters, Palawan has the biggest marine resources that covers almost half of the Sulu Sea and a big chunk of the South China Sea that is within the municipal waters of Kalayaan Municipality which was officially annexed to the Philippine jurisdiction by virtue of <i>Presidential Decree 1596</i> dated June 11, 1978. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palawan,_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Palawan%2C_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg/220px-Palawan%2C_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Palawan%2C_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg/330px-Palawan%2C_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Palawan%2C_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg/440px-Palawan%2C_Tropical_jungle_rainforest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a><figcaption>Primary tropical moist rainforest in central Palawan</figcaption></figure> <p>The province has two types of climate. The first, which occurs in the northern and southern extremities and the entire western coast, has two distinct seasons – six months dry and six months wet. The other, which prevails in the eastern coast, has a short dry season of one to three months and no pronounced rainy period during the rest of the year. The southern part of the province is virtually free from tropical depressions but northern Palawan experiences torrential rains during the months of July and August. Summer months serve as peak season for Palawan. Sea voyages are most favorable from March to early June when the seas are calm. The average maximum temperature is 31 °C (88 °F) with little variation all year.<sup id="cite_ref-wow_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wow-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island ecosystem of Palawan is threatened by <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, though mangroves and barrier reefs protect Puerto Princesa's coastlines from <a href="/wiki/Typhoon" title="Typhoon">supertyphoons</a>, these barriers are subject to degradation due to <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o" class="mw-redirect" title="El Niño">El Niño</a>, rising sea temperatures, and other climate change-related phenomena.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A study by the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature" title="World Wide Fund for Nature">World Wide Fund for Nature</a> revealed that a spike in ocean acidification in 2010 came from Palawan's waters.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_palawan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ph_fil_palawan.png/400px-Ph_fil_palawan.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ph_fil_palawan.png/600px-Ph_fil_palawan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ph_fil_palawan.png/800px-Ph_fil_palawan.png 2x" data-file-width="3462" data-file-height="2308" /></a><figcaption>Political map of Palawan</figcaption></figure> <p>Palawan comprises 433 <a href="/wiki/Barangays" class="mw-redirect" title="Barangays">barangays</a> in 23 municipalities and the capital City of Puerto Princesa. As an archipelago, Palawan has 13 <a href="/wiki/Palawan_(island)" title="Palawan (island)">mainland</a> municipalities and 10 island towns. There are three <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Palawan" title="Legislative districts of Palawan">congressional districts</a>, namely: the first district comprising five northern mainland municipalities and nine island towns; the second district composed of six southern mainland towns and the island municipality of Balabac; and the third district covering the capital City of Puerto Princesa and the town of Aborlan. Thirteen municipalities are considered as <i>mainland municipalities</i>, namely <a href="/wiki/Aborlan" title="Aborlan">Aborlan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narra,_Palawan" title="Narra, Palawan">Narra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quezon,_Palawan" title="Quezon, Palawan">Quezon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sofronio_Espa%C3%B1ola,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sofronio Española, Palawan">Sofronio Española</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooke%27s_Point,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooke's Point, Palawan">Brooke's Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rizal,_Palawan" title="Rizal, Palawan">Rizal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bataraza" title="Bataraza">Bataraza</a> (located south); <a href="/wiki/San_Vicente,_Palawan" title="San Vicente, Palawan">San Vicente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roxas,_Palawan" title="Roxas, Palawan">Roxas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dumaran" title="Dumaran">Dumaran</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Nido,_Palawan" title="El Nido, Palawan">El Nido</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Taytay</a> (found in the north). The remaining <i>island municipalities</i> are: <a href="/wiki/Busuanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Busuanga">Busuanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linapacan" title="Linapacan">Linapacan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culion" title="Culion">Culion</a> (forming the <a href="/wiki/Calamian_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Calamian Group">Calamianes group of islands</a>), <a href="/wiki/Cuyo,_Palawan" title="Cuyo, Palawan">Cuyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agutaya" title="Agutaya">Agutaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magsaysay,_Palawan" title="Magsaysay, Palawan">Magsaysay</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Cuyo,_Palawan" title="Cuyo, Palawan">Cuyo group of islands</a>), <a href="/wiki/Araceli,_Palawan" title="Araceli, Palawan">Araceli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cagayancillo" title="Cagayancillo">Cagayancillo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balabac" class="mw-redirect" title="Balabac">Balabac</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kalayaan,_Palawan" title="Kalayaan, Palawan">Kalayaan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a>). The capital, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">highly urbanized city</a> that governs itself independently from the province, but it usually grouped with the province for statistical and geographic purposes. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#BFF5FF; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> † </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Provincial capital and highly urbanized city</span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FDFDFD; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Municipality</span></li></ul></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;table-layout:fixed;text-align:right;background-color:#FDFDFD;font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">City or municipality </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable">Location </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Palawan" title="Legislative districts of Palawan">District</a><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="3">Population </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Area<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Density </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Total number of barangays">Barangay</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinates">Coordinates</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Coordnone"><a href="#endnote_Coordnone">[A]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;" colspan="2"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–04B_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–04B-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–04B_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–04B-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">/km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">/sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aborlan" title="Aborlan">Aborlan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Palawan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Palawan Island">Mainland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3rd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000412263168985753♠" style="display:none"></span>4.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">38,736 </td> <td>35,091 </td> <td>1.90% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">807.33 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">311.71 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.4371"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=9.4371_N_118.5484_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Aborlan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°26′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°32′54″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.4371°N 118.5484°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.4371; 118.5484</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Aborlan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Agutaya" title="Agutaya">Agutaya</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000136942126067216♠" style="display:none"></span>1.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right">12,867 </td> <td>12,545 </td> <td>0.48% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.31 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.41 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">340 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">880 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11.1511"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=11.1511_N_120.9394_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Agutaya"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°09′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°56′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.1511°N 120.9394°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.1511; 120.9394</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Agutaya</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Araceli,_Palawan" title="Araceli, Palawan">Araceli</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000153619542057526♠" style="display:none"></span>1.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">14,434 </td> <td>14,909 </td> <td>−0.61% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">204.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">78.88 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">71 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">180 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.5535"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.5535_N_119.9891_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Araceli"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°33′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°59′21″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.5535°N 119.9891°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.5535; 119.9891</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Araceli</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000452610382782350♠" style="display:none"></span>4.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">42,527 </td> <td>40,142 </td> <td>1.10% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">581.60 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">224.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">73 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">190 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7.9866"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=7.9866_N_117.0635_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Balabac"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°59′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°03′49″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.9866°N 117.0635°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.9866; 117.0635</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Balabac</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bataraza" title="Bataraza">Bataraza</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000909318280023073♠" style="display:none"></span>9.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">85,439 </td> <td>75,468 </td> <td>2.39% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">726.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">280.39 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">310 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8.6722"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=8.6722_N_117.6281_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Bataraza"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°40′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°37′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">8.6722°N 117.6281°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.6722; 117.6281</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bataraza</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brooke%27s_Point" title="Brooke's Point">Brooke's Point</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000787510350215092♠" style="display:none"></span>7.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">73,994 </td> <td>66,374 </td> <td>2.09% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,303.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">503.25 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">57 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8.7737"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=8.7737_N_117.8361_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Brooke%27s+Point"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°46′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°50′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">8.7737°N 117.8361°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.7737; 117.8361</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Brooke's Point</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Busuanga,_Palawan" title="Busuanga, Palawan">Busuanga</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000272639033454875♠" style="display:none"></span>2.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">25,617 </td> <td>22,046 </td> <td>2.90% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">392.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">151.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12.1332"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=12.1332_N_119.9361_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Busuanga"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°08′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°56′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.1332°N 119.9361°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.1332; 119.9361</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Busuanga</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cagayancillo" title="Cagayancillo">Cagayancillo</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6999732656870946387♠" style="display:none"></span>0.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">6,884 </td> <td>6,285 </td> <td>1.75% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26.39 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">670 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.5769"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=9.5769_N_121.1971_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Cagayancillo"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°34′37″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°11′50″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.5769°N 121.1971°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.5769; 121.1971</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Cagayancillo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000700887830275629♠" style="display:none"></span>7.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">65,855 </td> <td>51,803 </td> <td>4.68% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">689.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">266.06 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">96 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">250 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11.9988"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=11.9988_N_120.2060_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Coron"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°59′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°12′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.9988°N 120.2060°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.9988; 120.2060</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Coron</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Culion" title="Culion">Culion</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000247053514603115♠" style="display:none"></span>2.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">23,213 </td> <td>20,139 </td> <td>2.74% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">499.59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">192.89 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11.8905"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=11.8905_N_120.0220_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Culion"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°53′26″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°01′19″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.8905°N 120.0220°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.8905; 120.0220</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Culion</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cuyo,_Palawan" title="Cuyo, Palawan">Cuyo</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000249990953539507♠" style="display:none"></span>2.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">23,489 </td> <td>22,360 </td> <td>0.94% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">84.95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.80 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">280 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">730 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.8486"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.8486_N_121.0137_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Cuyo"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°50′55″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°00′49″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.8486°N 121.0137°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.8486; 121.0137</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Cuyo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dumaran" title="Dumaran">Dumaran</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000250406026432693♠" style="display:none"></span>2.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">23,528 </td> <td>23,734 </td> <td>−0.17% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">435.00 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">167.95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">54 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">140 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.5265"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.5265_N_119.7703_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Dumaran"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°31′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°46′13″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.5265°N 119.7703°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.5265; 119.7703</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Dumaran</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/El_Nido,_Palawan" title="El Nido, Palawan">El Nido</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000594418395491771♠" style="display:none"></span>5.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">50,494 </td> <td>41,606 </td> <td>3.76% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">923.26 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">356.47 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">55 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">140 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11.1795"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=11.1795_N_119.3913_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=El+Nido"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°10′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°23′29″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.1795°N 119.3913°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.1795; 119.3913</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">El Nido</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kalayaan,_Palawan" title="Kalayaan, Palawan">Kalayaan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6998227200757178896♠" style="display:none"></span>0.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">193 </td> <td>184 </td> <td>0.91% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">290.00 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">111.97 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.67 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11.0534"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=11.0534_N_114.2857_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Kalayaan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°03′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">114°17′09″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.0534°N 114.2857°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.0534; 114.2857</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kalayaan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Linapacan" title="Linapacan">Linapacan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000174798902504698♠" style="display:none"></span>1.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">16,424 </td> <td>15,668 </td> <td>0.90% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">195.44 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">75.46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">84 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">220 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11.4910"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=11.4910_N_119.8682_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Linapacan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°29′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°52′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.4910°N 119.8682°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.4910; 119.8682</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Linapacan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Magsaysay,_Palawan" title="Magsaysay, Palawan">Magsaysay</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Island </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000134132401867189♠" style="display:none"></span>1.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">12,603 </td> <td>12,196 </td> <td>0.63% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">49.48 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">250 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">650 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.8645"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.8645_N_121.0504_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Magsaysay"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°51′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°03′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.8645°N 121.0504°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.8645; 121.0504</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Magsaysay</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Narra,_Palawan" title="Narra, Palawan">Narra</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000829592355847312♠" style="display:none"></span>8.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">77,948 </td> <td>73,212 </td> <td>1.20% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">831.73 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">321.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">94 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.2694"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=9.2694_N_118.4039_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Narra"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°16′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°24′14″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.2694°N 118.4039°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.2694; 118.4039</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Narra</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#BFF5FF;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#BFF5FF;border-right:0;"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;border-left:0;">† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3rd </td> <td>— </td> <td>307,079 </td> <td>255,116 </td> <td>3.59% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,381.02 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">919.32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">130 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">340 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.7400"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=9.7400_N_118.7400_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Puerto+Princesa"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°44′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°44′24″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.7400°N 118.7400°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.7400; 118.7400</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Puerto Princesa</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Quezon,_Palawan" title="Quezon, Palawan">Quezon</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000694800094508904♠" style="display:none"></span>6.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">65,283 </td> <td>60,980 </td> <td>1.31% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">943.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">364.17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">69 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">180 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.2368"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=9.2368_N_117.9914_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Quezon"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°14′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°59′29″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.2368°N 117.9914°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.2368; 117.9914</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Quezon</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rizal,_Palawan" title="Rizal, Palawan">Rizal</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000597726251976917♠" style="display:none"></span>6.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">56,162 </td> <td>50,096 </td> <td>2.20% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,256.47 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">485.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.0302"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=9.0302_N_117.6413_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Rizal"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°01′49″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°38′29″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.0302°N 117.6413°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.0302; 117.6413</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Rizal</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Roxas,_Palawan" title="Roxas, Palawan">Roxas</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000741000900388891♠" style="display:none"></span>7.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right">69,624 </td> <td>65,358 </td> <td>1.21% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,177.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">454.66 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.3196"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.3196_N_119.3430_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Roxas"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°19′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°20′35″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.3196°N 119.3430°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.3196; 119.3430</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Roxas</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/San_Vicente,_Palawan" title="San Vicente, Palawan">San Vicente</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000356611472614767♠" style="display:none"></span>4%</td> <td style="text-align:right">33,507 </td> <td>31,232 </td> <td>1.35% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,462.94 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">564.84 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.5289"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.5289_N_119.2547_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=San+Vicente"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°31′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°15′17″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.5289°N 119.2547°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.5289; 119.2547</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">San Vicente</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sofronio_Espa%C3%B1ola" title="Sofronio Española">Sofronio Española</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000398214547985619♠" style="display:none"></span>4.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">37,416 </td> <td>32,876 </td> <td>2.49% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">473.91 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">182.98 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">79 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8.9669"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=8.9669_N_117.9947_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Sofronio+Espa%C3%B1ola"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°58′01″N</span> <span class="longitude">117°59′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">8.9669°N 117.9947°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.9669; 117.9947</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Sofronio Española</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Taytay</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">Mainland </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000887159773263771♠" style="display:none"></span>8.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">83,357 </td> <td>75,165 </td> <td>1.99% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,257.68 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">485.59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.8256"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palawan&params=10.8256_N_119.5166_E_region:PH-PLW_type:city&title=Taytay"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°49′32″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°31′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.8256°N 119.5166°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.8256; 119.5166</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Taytay</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:left;">Total<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Totalnone"><a href="#endnote_Totalnone">[B]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">939,594 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">849,469 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">1.94% </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">14,649.73 </th> <th scope="col">5,656.29 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">64 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">170 </th> <th scope="col">433 </th> <th scope="col" style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(see <a href="#External_links">GeoGroup box</a>)</span> </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;border-top:double grey;line-height:1.3em;"> <td colspan="14"> <div><ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Coordnone"><a href="#ref_Coordnone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Coordinates mark the <a href="/wiki/Town_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Town center">city/town center</a>, and are sortable by <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>.</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Totalnone"><a href="#ref_Totalnone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Total figures exclude the <i>highly urbanized city</i> of Puerto Princesa.</li></ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposals">Proposals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inclusion_into_other_regions">Inclusion into other regions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Inclusion into other regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, the residents of Palawan voted in a <a href="/wiki/Plebiscite" class="mw-redirect" title="Plebiscite">plebiscite</a> to reject inclusion into an expanded <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao" title="Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao">Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 17, 2002, <i>Executive Order No. 103</i> divided <i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Tagalog" title="Southern Tagalog">Region IV</a></i> into <i>Region IV-A</i> (<a href="/wiki/Calabarzon" title="Calabarzon">Calabarzon</a>) and <i>Region IV-B</i> (<a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a>), placing the province of Palawan into Mimaropa.<sup id="cite_ref-EO103_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO103-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 23, 2005, <i>Executive Order No. 429</i> directed that Palawan be transferred from <i>Region IV-B</i> to <a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">Region VI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EO429_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO429-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Palaweños criticized the move, citing a lack of consultation, with most residents in Puerto Princesa City and all municipalities but one preferring to stay with Region IV-B. Consequently, <i>Administrative Order No. 129</i> was issued on August 19, 2005, that the implementation of <i>EO 429</i> be held in <a href="/wiki/Abeyance" title="Abeyance">abeyance</a> pending approval by the President of its implementation Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-AO129_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AO129-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Philippine <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_(Philippines)" title="Commission on Elections (Philippines)">Commission on Elections</a> reported the <a href="/wiki/2010_Philippine_general_election" title="2010 Philippine general election">2010 Philippine general election</a> results for Palawan as a part of the Region IV-B results.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 30 June 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the abeyance was still in effect and Palawan remained a part of <a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nscblist_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscblist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proposed_division_into_three_provinces">Proposed division into three provinces</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Proposed division into three provinces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2021_Palawan_division_plebiscite" title="2021 Palawan division plebiscite">2021 Palawan division plebiscite</a></div> <p>A March 2021 plebiscite (originally scheduled for May 2020 but delayed due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a><sup id="cite_ref-Palawan_News_Online_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palawan_News_Online-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) asked about whether to divided Palawan into three provinces:<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palawan del Norte (including El Nido, Taytay, Coron, Linapacan, Culion, and Busuanga), Palawan Oriental (includes San Vicente, Roxas, Dumaran, Cuyo, Agutaya, Magsaysay, and Cagayancillo), and Palawan del Sur (includes Kalayaan, Aborlan, Narra, Sofronio Española, Brooke's Point, Rizal, Quezon, Bataraza and Balabac).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division was rejected by a majority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Palawan</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,696</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">69,053</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.50%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">93,673</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">106,269</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">162,669</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.61%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">198,861</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">254,356</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.06%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">311,548</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.14%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">436,140</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.42%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">510,909</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.01%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">593,500</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.26%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">682,152</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.94%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">771,667</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.59%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">849,469</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.85%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">939,594</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.00%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">(<i>excluding Puerto Princesa City</i>)<br />Source: Philippine Statistics Authority<sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–04B_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–04B-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–04B_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–04B-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–17_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–17-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSOR4B-2007Census_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSOR4B-2007Census-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribes of Palawan">Tribes of Palawan</a></div> <p>The population of Palawan in the 2020 census was 939,594 people,<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–04B_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–04B-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a density of 64 inhabitants per square kilometre or 170 inhabitants per square mile. When <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> is included for geographical purposes, the population is 1,104,585 people, with a density of <span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001648582710685084♠"></span>65/km<sup>2</sup> (168/sq mi). </p><p>The province is a melting pot of 87 cultural groups and races. Eighteen percent is composed of cultural minority groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Tagbanwa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagbanwa people">Tagbanwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Palawan#Palawano" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribes of Palawan">Palawano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batak_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batak (Philippines)">Batak</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Palawan#Palaweños" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribes of Palawan">Molbog</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Philippines" title="Religion in the Philippines">Religion in the Philippines</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roman_Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Roman Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Puerto_Princesa" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa">Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Taytay" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay">Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG/220px-Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG/330px-Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG/440px-Palawan_Catholic_Church.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2248" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_Cathedral" title="Puerto Princesa Cathedral">Immaculate Conception Cathedral</a> in Puerto Princesa.</figcaption></figure><p> The predominant religion in Palawan is <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>. In 2017, the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa had a 68.8% adherence while the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay (Northern Palawan) had a 91.6% adherence.<sup id="cite_ref-gcatholic.org_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcatholic.org-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the <a href="/wiki/Religious_order" title="Religious order">religious orders</a> that had a significant mission in the islands is the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Augustinian_Recollects" title="Order of Augustinian Recollects">Order of Augustinian Recollects</a>. </p><p>The Catholics in the province are governed by a single <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_vicariate" title="Apostolic vicariate">apostolic vicariate</a> until 2002 when it was divided into two: the Apostolic Vicariate of <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Puerto_Princesa" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a> in Southern Palawan and the Apostolic Vicariate of <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Taytay" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay">Taytay</a> in Northern Palawan.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gcatholic.org_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gcatholic.org-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Protestantism_and_other_groups">Protestantism and other groups</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Protestantism and other groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> and other Protestant denominations have a strong presence in Palawan as do the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Foursquare_Gospel_in_the_Philippines" title="Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines">Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventists</a>. Charismatic groups such as <a href="/wiki/Jesus_is_Lord" title="Jesus is Lord">Jesus is Lord</a> (JIL), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jesus_Touch_Fellowship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesus Touch Fellowship (page does not exist)">Jesus Touch Fellowship</a> (JTF) and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Church_(Philippines)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Life Church (Philippines) (page does not exist)">Life Church</a> (formerly known at the Life Renewal Center). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Members_Church_of_God_International" title="Members Church of God International">Members Church of God International (MCGI)</a> popularly called <a href="/wiki/Ang_Dating_Daan" title="Ang Dating Daan">Ang Dating Daan</a> established four church districts namely Calamian (Consisting of island municipalities in the North), Central (Consisting of Puerto Princesa City), North (Consisting of Northern municipalities) & South (Consisting of Southern municipalities) which signifies strong membership in the province. </p><p>Other Christian denominations including the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a> has many local congregations in the province established three Ecclesiastical District (Calamian, Palawan North, and Palawan South) each town has a barangay chapels signifies the existence of INC Faith, 2-3% of the entire province belongs to INC. The <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ_in_the_Philippines" title="United Church of Christ in the Philippines">United Church of Christ in the Philippines</a> or (UCCP), the <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Miracle_Crusade" title="Jesus Miracle Crusade">Jesus Miracle Crusade</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentecostal_Missionary_Church_of_Christ&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (page does not exist)">Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ</a> or PMCC (4th Watch) as well as the <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_Filipina_Independiente" class="mw-redirect" title="Iglesia Filipina Independiente">Iglesia Filipina Independiente</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Independent_Church" title="Philippine Independent Church">Philippine Independent Church</a> or Aglipayan Church) which is standing as one diocese (The Diocese of Palawan). <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> has a growing membership in the island province. <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> have an active membership of 181,236 in the Philippines as of 2012. Special pioneers from the Witnesses have been preaching to prisoners at the <a href="/wiki/Iwahig_Prison_and_Penal_Farm" title="Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm">Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm</a> in Palawan, and were permitted to build a small Kingdom Hall right on the premises.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Islam">Islam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_Philippines" title="Islam in the Philippines">Islam in the Philippines</a></div> <p>Around 75,000 to 100,000 Palawan residents (10% to 13%) identify as Muslims, these being mostly the native <a href="/wiki/Molbog_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Molbog people">Molbog</a> who are concentrated in Balabac and Bataraza of the southern part of the island. Large numbers of <a href="/wiki/Jama_Mapun" class="mw-redirect" title="Jama Mapun">Jama Mapun</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mapun" title="Mapun">Mapun</a> Island) and <a href="/wiki/Tausug_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tausug people">Tausug</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu">Sulu</a>) migrants have also settled in southern Palawan, as well as a smaller number of <a href="/wiki/Sama_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sama people">Sama Pangutaran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tawi-Tawi" title="Tawi-Tawi">Tawi-Tawi</a>), <a href="/wiki/Maranao_people" title="Maranao people">Maranao</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lanao_del_Sur" title="Lanao del Sur">Lanao del Sur</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Yakan_people" title="Yakan people">Yakan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Basilan" title="Basilan">Basilan</a>). Maranao traders are more widely scattered throughout urban centers in Palawan, while the Yakan are mostly centered in the Rio Tuba area of Bataraza.<sup id="cite_ref-nsohousing_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsohousing-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eder_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eder-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Animism">Animism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Animism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the ethnic minorities such as <a href="/wiki/Batak_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batak (Philippines)">Batak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tagbanwa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagbanwa people">Tagbanwa</a> are traditionally animists, many of which have continued to preserve their ancient traditions passed on by their ancestors and onto the next generations. However, Christian missionaries have been active in some communities, reducing the prevalence of historic beliefs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_religions">Other religions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Other religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A notable Buddhist Temple in Palawan is Chùa Vạn Pháp. The temple was built by <a href="/wiki/Boat_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Boat people">Vietnamese refugees</a>. They were temporarily settled in Palawan during the <a href="/wiki/Indochina_refugee_crisis" title="Indochina refugee crisis">Indochina refugee crisis</a>, while they awaited permanent resettlement to third countries. Almost all of the refugees have moved on to other countries in 2005 and 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alunsod_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alunsod-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Spoken languages in Palawan</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Languages</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Black; width:50%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">50%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Cuyonon_language" title="Cuyonon language">Cuyonon</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Pink; width:27%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">27%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Kinaray-a_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinaray-a language">Kinaray-a</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:19%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Palawano_language" title="Palawano language">Palawano</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gold; width:4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>There are 52 languages and dialects in the province, with <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> being spoken by more than 50 percent of the people. Languages native to the islands are <a href="/wiki/Cuyonon" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuyonon">Cuyonon</a> (26.27 percent) and <a href="/wiki/Palawano_language" title="Palawano language">Palawano</a> (4.0 percent). <a href="/wiki/Kinaray-a_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinaray-a language">Kinaray-a</a> is also present in Palawan, spoken by 19 percent of inhabitants. Before mass immigration to Palawan by various groups of people from Southern Tagalog, Ilocandia, Central Luzon, and Panay, Cuyonon was an established <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> amongst many of Palawan's native peoples, including the Agutaynen, Cagayanen, Tagbanua, Palawan, and others. The usage of Cuyonon significantly dropped during 1990s & the approach of the new millennium, being replaced by the now-majority Tagalog language, the reason for making Palawan part of Southern Tagalog.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tagalog may be usually spoken with <a href="/wiki/Batangas_Tagalog" title="Batangas Tagalog">Batangas dialect</a> due to its geographical contact with <a href="/wiki/Batangas" title="Batangas">Batangas</a> and Mindoro and Batangueño residents in the island. In the south of Palawan during the occupation of the Sulu Sultanate, Tausug was a lingua franca amongst the minority Islamified ethnic groups, i.e., the Molbog, the Tausug (a non-native ethnic group), the Muslim Palaw'an, and the migratory Sama. By the 19th century, Cuyonon had replaced Tausug as a lingua franca. Many local Muslims and barter traders can also speak <a href="/wiki/Sabah_Malay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabah Malay">Sabah Malay</a>. </p><p>English is spoken by a majority of the younger (age 20–39) population of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a>. It is spoken by a minority in every other area of the province. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-left"><div><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Palawan</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:27px;height:192px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Palawan: 35.18"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:50px;height:169px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Palawan: 30.87"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:110px;height:109px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Palawan: 20"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:123px;height:96px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Palawan: 17.6"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:153px;height:66px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Palawan: 12.14"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:168px;height:51px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Palawan: 9.4"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:155px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:165px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:45px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:55px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 35.18</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 30.87</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 20.00</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 17.60</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 12.14</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 9.40</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <p>Palawan's economy is basically agricultural. The three major crops are <a href="/wiki/Palay" class="mw-redirect" title="Palay">palay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a>. Mineral resources include <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chromite" title="Chromite">chromite</a>. Logging is also a major industry. Palawan has one of the richest fishing grounds in the country. About 45% of Manila's supply of fish comes from here. Having natural gas reserves of approximately 30,000 trillion cubic feet, the province is the only <a href="/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a>-producing province in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-pal_home_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pal_home-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moscom2_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moscom2-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> is also a thriving sector, having received 1.8 million tourists in 2018, a 21% year-over-year increase from 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pearl_diving" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearl diving">Pearl diving</a> used to be a significant economic activity for Palawan until the advent of <a href="/wiki/Plastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Plastics">plastics</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The world's largest pearl, the 240 millimeters (9.4 in) diameter <a href="/wiki/Pearl_of_Lao_Tzu" title="Pearl of Lao Tzu">Pearl of Lao Tzu</a>, was found off Palawan in 1934. </p><p>The economic and agricultural business growth of province is at 20% per annum.<sup id="cite_ref-moscom2_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moscom2-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coconut, sugar, rice, lumber, and livestock are produced here.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coron,_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Coron%2C_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg/220px-Coron%2C_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Coron%2C_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg/330px-Coron%2C_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Coron%2C_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg/440px-Coron%2C_Palawan_-_Allan_Jay_Quesada.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Coral Reefs in <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron, Palawan</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg/220px-Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg/330px-Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg/440px-Palawan_Peacock_Pheasant_-_male.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="942" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Palawan_peacock-pheasant" title="Palawan peacock-pheasant">Palawan peacock-pheasant</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limestone_forest,_Bacuit_Bay,_Palawan,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Limestone_forest%2C_Bacuit_Bay%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg/220px-Limestone_forest%2C_Bacuit_Bay%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Limestone_forest%2C_Bacuit_Bay%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg/330px-Limestone_forest%2C_Bacuit_Bay%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Limestone_forest%2C_Bacuit_Bay%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg/440px-Limestone_forest%2C_Bacuit_Bay%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a><figcaption>Limestone forest, El Nido</figcaption></figure> <p>Unlike most of the Philippines, Palawan is <a href="/wiki/Biogeography" title="Biogeography">biogeographically</a> part of <a href="/wiki/Sundaland" title="Sundaland">Sundaland</a>, with a fauna and flora related to that found in <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palawan had 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) of forests as of 2010<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been called the Philippines' "last biodiversity frontier."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the many <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> species are the <a href="/wiki/Palawan_peacock-pheasant" title="Palawan peacock-pheasant">Palawan peacock-pheasant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippine_mouse-deer" title="Philippine mouse-deer">Philippine mouse-deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippine_pangolin" title="Philippine pangolin">Philippine pangolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palawan_bearded_pig" title="Palawan bearded pig">Palawan bearded pig</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Palawan_birdwing" class="mw-redirect" title="Palawan birdwing">Palawan birdwing</a>. In the forests and grasslands, the air resonates with the songs of more than 200 kinds of birds. Over 600 species of butterflies flutter around the mountains and fields of Palawan, attracted to some 1500 hosts plants found here. <a href="/wiki/Endangered_sea_turtles" title="Endangered sea turtles">Endangered sea turtles</a> nest on white sand beaches.<sup id="cite_ref-pal_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pal-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtles" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea turtles">Sea turtles</a> usually go to the nutrient-rich coastal waters of Palawan to rest and look for food. <a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">Dugong</a> numbers have fallen seriously, although Palawan still has a larger population than any other part of the country,<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and organizations such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_Centred_Conservation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Community Centred Conservation (page does not exist)">Community Centred Conservation</a> (C3) are working to end the unsustainable use of marine resources in Palawan and in Philippines.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Total forest cover is about 56 percent of the total land area of the province while <a href="/wiki/Mangrove_forest" title="Mangrove forest">mangrove forest</a> accounts for 3.35 percent based on the 1998 Landsat imagery. <a href="/wiki/Grasslands" class="mw-redirect" title="Grasslands">Grasslands</a> dwindled from 19 percent in 1992 to 12.40 percent in 1998. This is an indication of improving soil condition as deteriorating soil is normally invaded by grass species. Brushlands increased to 25 percent of the total land area. Sprawled beneath the seas are nearly 11,000 square kilometers of <a href="/wiki/Coral_reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral reefs">coral reefs</a>, representing more than 35% of the country's coral reefs.<sup id="cite_ref-pal_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pal-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palawan, the only Philippine island cited, is rated by the <i><a href="/wiki/Cond%C3%A9_Nast" title="Condé Nast">Condé Nast Traveler Readers</a></i> as the most beautiful island in the world and is also rated by the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Traveler" title="National Geographic Traveler">National Geographic Traveler</a></i> magazine as the best island destination in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> region in 2007, and the equal 27th best island in the world having "incredibly beautiful natural seascapes and landscapes. One of the most biodiverse (terrestrial and marine) islands in the Philippines. The island has had a Biosphere Reserve status since the early 1990s, showing local interest for conservation and sustainable development".<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province was also categorized as "doing well" in the 4th Destination Scorecard survey conducted by the <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Society" title="National Geographic Society">National Geographic</a> Center for Sustainable Destinations, and <i><a href="/wiki/Conde_Nast_Traveler" class="mw-redirect" title="Conde Nast Traveler">Conde Nast Traveler</a></i> magazine voted its beaches, <a href="/wiki/Cove" title="Cove">coves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islet" title="Islet">islets</a> as the tourist destination with the best beaches in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-mst01_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mst01-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renowned underwater explorer <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau" title="Jacques Cousteau">Jacques Cousteau</a> has described the province as having one of the most beautiful seascapes in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-pal_83-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pal-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Caril Ridley, founder of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan_Environmental_and_Marine_Studies_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palawan Environmental and Marine Studies Center (page does not exist)">Palawan Environmental and Marine Studies Center</a> (PEMS) says the Islands of northern Palawan are destined to become a future destination for Asia's growing economic and environmental conferencing. </p><p>In 2007, a "shrew-eating pitcher plant", named <i><a href="/wiki/Nepenthes_attenboroughii" title="Nepenthes attenboroughii">Nepenthes attenboroughii</a></i> was discovered in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Victoria,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Victoria, Palawan">Mount Victoria</a>. There were many species of pitcher plants discovered in this wild mountain paradise, the most recent<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> is named <i><a href="/wiki/Nepenthes_leonardoi" title="Nepenthes leonardoi">Nepenthes leonardoi</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Purple_crab" class="mw-redirect" title="Purple crab">purple crab</a> was discovered on Palawan along with four other species.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Calauit_Game_Preserve_and_Wildlife_Sanctuary">Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Calauit_Safari_Park" title="Calauit Safari Park">Calauit Safari Park</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg/220px-Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg/330px-Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg/440px-Calauit_Safari_Park_6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Reticulated_giraffe" title="Reticulated giraffe">Reticulated giraffes</a> inside the Calauit Safari Park</figcaption></figure> <p>A game reserve and wildlife sanctuary of exotic African animals and endangered endemic animals of Palawan. It is on Calauit Island in <a href="/wiki/Busuanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Busuanga">Busuanga</a>. The reserve was established on August 31, 1976, by virtue of the <i>Presidential Proclamation No. 1578</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-GovPH-Proc1578_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GovPH-Proc1578-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The explanation the <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a> administration gave for establishing the park was that it was responding to the appeal of the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> (IUCN) to help save African wildlife.<sup id="cite_ref-ManilaTimes-AfricanWildlife_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ManilaTimes-AfricanWildlife-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the IUCN, which has a policy against relocating animals outside of their natural range, bears no record of such a request.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2009, management of the area has been the responsibility of the Office of the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coron_Reefs,_Coron_Bay,_Busuanga"><span id="Coron_Reefs.2C_Coron_Bay.2C_Busuanga"></span>Coron Reefs, Coron Bay, Busuanga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Coron Reefs, Coron Bay, Busuanga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg/220px-Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg/330px-Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg/440px-Twin_Lagoon_Coron_Palawan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Limestone cliffs of <a href="/wiki/Coron_Island" title="Coron Island">Coron Island</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Seven lakes surrounded by craggy limestone cliffs attract hundreds of nature lovers to Coron Reefs in Northern Palawan, near the town of <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Busuanga_Island" title="Busuanga Island">Busuanga Island</a>, whose main town is Coron, is the jump-off point for numerous dive operators. The principal dive sites are <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> Japanese shipwrecks sunk on September 24, 1944, by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> action. They range in depth from 12 metres (39 ft) to 43 metres (141 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kayangan_Lake">Kayangan Lake</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Kayangan Lake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kayangan_Lake" title="Kayangan Lake">Kayangan Lake</a></div> <p>Accessible by a steep 10-minute climb, the crystal-clear waters of <a href="/wiki/Kayangan_Lake" title="Kayangan Lake">Kayangan Lake</a> are nestled into the mountain walls; underwater is like a moonscape. There's a little wooden walkway and platform to stash your things if you go for a swim. Don't expect privacy or quiet, though, as the lake, an Instagram favorite, is overwhelmed by the cellphone-wielding masses during peak hours. To avoid the crowds you'll need to visit on a private tour early in the morning or late in the afternoon.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="El_Nido_Marine_Reserve_Park">El Nido Marine Reserve Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: El Nido Marine Reserve Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay,_El_Nido,_Palawan,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay%2C_El_Nido%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg/220px-Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay%2C_El_Nido%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay%2C_El_Nido%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg/330px-Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay%2C_El_Nido%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay%2C_El_Nido%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg/440px-Island_lagoon_in_Bacuit_Bay%2C_El_Nido%2C_Palawan%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/El_Nido,_Palawan" title="El Nido, Palawan">El Nido, Palawan</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg/220px-Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg/330px-Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg/440px-Puerto_Princesa_Underground_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1880" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_Subterranean_River_National_Park" title="Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park">Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tubbataha_Shark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Tubbataha_Shark.jpg/220px-Tubbataha_Shark.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Tubbataha_Shark.jpg/330px-Tubbataha_Shark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Tubbataha_Shark.jpg/440px-Tubbataha_Shark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="530" /></a><figcaption>Whitetip reef shark at the <a href="/wiki/Tubbataha_Reef" title="Tubbataha Reef">Tubbataha Reef</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The January 2008 issue of international magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Travel_%2B_Leisure" title="Travel + Leisure">Travel + Leisure</a></i>, published by the <a href="/wiki/American_Express" title="American Express">American Express</a> Co. (which partnered with <a href="/wiki/Conservation_International" title="Conservation International">Conservation International</a>), listed <a href="/wiki/El_Nido,_Palawan" title="El Nido, Palawan">El Nido</a>'s sister hotel resorts El Nido Lagen Island and El Nido Miniloc Island in Miniloc and Lagen Islands as "conservation-minded places on a mission to protect the local environment". <i>Travel + Leisure</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 20 Favorite Green Hotels scored El Nido Resort's protection of Palawan's <a href="/wiki/Giant_clam" title="Giant clam">giant clam</a> gardens and the re-introduction of endangered Philippine <a href="/wiki/Cockatoo" title="Cockatoo">cockatoos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PhilStar-PalawanResorts_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilStar-PalawanResorts-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guest cottages on stilts are set above the crystalline ocean. The resorts are active in both reef and island conservation."<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malampaya_Sound_Land_and_Seascape_Protected_Area">Malampaya Sound Land and Seascape Protected Area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Malampaya Sound Land and Seascape Protected Area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Malampaya_Sound" title="Malampaya Sound">Malampaya Sound</a></div> <p>Located in the <a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Municipality of Taytay</a>, this important ecological and economic zone is a watershed and fishing ground, and the habitat of Bottle-nosed and <a href="/wiki/Irrawaddy_dolphin" title="Irrawaddy dolphin">Irrawaddy dolphins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ptc_environ_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptc_environ-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites">UNESCO World Heritage Sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: UNESCO World Heritage Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puerto-Princesa_Subterranean_River_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park">Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park</a> (1999)</li></ul> <p>Puerto Princesa City is the home of the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park or the Underground River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 8-kilometer long tourist spot that showcases limestone karsts, diverse species and tropical rainforest is one of the world’s longest underground rivers and was also named as one of the “New 7 Wonders of Nature.” </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tubbataha_Reef_Marine_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Tubbataha Reef Marine Park">Tubbataha Reef Marine Park</a> (1993)</li></ul> <p>The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park covers 332 km<sup>2</sup>, including the North and South Reefs. It is a unique example of an <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a> reef with a very high density of marine species; the North Islet serving as a nesting site for birds and marine turtles. The site is an excellent example of a pristine coral reef with a spectacular 100 m perpendicular wall, extensive lagoons, and two coral islands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ursula_Island">Ursula Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Ursula Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This game refuge and bird sanctuary is situated near the Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Bataraza" title="Bataraza">Bataraza</a> in southern Palawan. The islet is a migratory and wintering ground for shorebirds and seabirds.<sup id="cite_ref-ptc_environ_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptc_environ-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rasa_Island_Wildlife_Sanctuary">Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rasa_Island" title="Rasa Island">Rasa Island</a></div> <p>This 1,983-hectare (4,900-acre) protected area located in the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Narra,_Palawan" title="Narra, Palawan">Narra</a> is a nesting ground of the endemic <a href="/wiki/Philippine_cockatoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine cockatoo">Philippine cockatoo</a> or <i>katala</i>. It also harbors other rare bird species and marine turtles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security">Security</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Armed Forces of the Philippines">Armed Forces of the Philippines</a>–Western Command in Canigaran and the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" title="Philippine National Police">Philippine National Police</a>-Palawan Command with headquarters in Tiniguiban, Puerto Princesa, are responsible for maintenance of the peace and order. Military units in the province under the Western Command are the Naval Forces Northwest (Task Force 41 and 42), <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a> 4th Naval District IV, Delta Company and 10th Marine Battalion Landing Team located in Tiniguiban, Puerto Princesa. There has been discussion about dredging Ulugan Bay in order to build a larger naval base on Palawan, allowing the Philippines to project naval power into the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">U.S. Department of State</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Travel_warning" title="Travel warning">travel warning</a> in May 2015, advising foreigners against travel to the southern part of Palawan.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The warning continues to be in effect as of May 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communication">Communication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Communication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Four telecommunication companies provide local and international direct distance dialing and fax services. Inter island communications is available through the government's telegraph network and the Provincial Radio Communication System. In addition, there are 19 post offices, a number of cargo forwarders provide air parcel and freight services.<sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province has access to two satellite-linked television stations. Cable television in the City of Puerto Princesa offers dozens of foreign channels while smaller firms provide cable services in selected towns. Individual cable facility (Dream Cable) is available locally. Thirteen radio stations are based in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa</a>, four on the AM and nine on the FM bands. Community-based radio stations operate in some of the municipalities in the north and south of the province. Additional stations are expected to set up local affiliates in the capital city of Puerto Princesa.<sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two mobile phone companies, <a href="/wiki/Smart_Communications" title="Smart Communications">Smart Communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/Globe_Telecom" title="Globe Telecom">Globe Telecom</a>, are operating in the province. <a href="/wiki/Dito_Telecommunity" title="Dito Telecommunity">Dito</a> is expected to start operations in the province soon.<sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_facilities">Health facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Health facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg/220px-DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg/330px-DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg/440px-DOH_Dental_Buses_in_Palawan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1120" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption>Dental Buses provided by the Department of Health for use of provincial government of Palawan.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are nine provincial government hospitals, two national government hospitals, one military hospital and nine private hospitals in the province. The Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital, <i>Ospital ng Palawan</i>, managed and administered by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Health">Department of Health</a> (DOH), MMG-PPC Cooperative Hospital, and the Palawan Adventist Hospital are located in Puerto Princesa.<sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utilities">Utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Power_Corporation" title="National Power Corporation">National Power Corporation</a> has 14 electric facilities all over Palawan. It operates with a total of 51.363 megawatts of electricity. The effective power rates vary across different municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO), the main island composed of 19 city and municipalities, has 59% of electrification with 135,284 households connected to the grid.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Water facilities in Palawan are classified as Level I (deepwell, handpump), Level II (communal faucet), or Level III (house connection). Among all of these types, Level I has the most units, accounting to 17,438; this is followed by Level III, with 1,688 units; and Level II, with only 94 units.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What "unit" is meant? (October 2016)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg/220px-Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg/330px-Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg/440px-Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport_Outside_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport" title="Puerto Princesa International Airport">Puerto Princesa International Airport</a>, the main gateway to the province of Palawan</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air">Air</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_International_Airport" title="Puerto Princesa International Airport">Puerto Princesa International Airport</a> is the only international airport in Palawan, serving as the main gateway to the province. Other airports include: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Domestic">Domestic</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Domestic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francisco_B._Reyes_Airport" title="Francisco B. Reyes Airport">Francisco B. Reyes Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Busuanga_Island" title="Busuanga Island">Busuanga Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Nido_Airport" title="El Nido Airport">El Nido Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Nido,_Palawan" title="El Nido, Palawan">El Nido</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Vicente_Airport" title="San Vicente Airport">San Vicente Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Vicente,_Palawan" title="San Vicente, Palawan">San Vicente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuyo_Airport" title="Cuyo Airport">Cuyo Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magsaysay,_Palawan" title="Magsaysay, Palawan">Magsaysay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taytay_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Taytay Airport">Taytay Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taytay,_Palawan" title="Taytay, Palawan">Taytay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Del_Pilar_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Del Pilar Airport (page does not exist)">Del Pilar Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roxas,_Palawan" title="Roxas, Palawan">Roxas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bugsuk_(Bonbon)_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bugsuk (Bonbon) Airport (page does not exist)">Bugsuk (Bonbon) Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a> (Bugsuk Island)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tagbita_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tagbita Airport (page does not exist)">Tagbita Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rizal,_Palawan" title="Rizal, Palawan">Rizal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balabac_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Balabac Airport (page does not exist)">Balabac Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Tuba_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rio Tuba Airport (page does not exist)">Rio Tuba Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bataraza,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bataraza, Palawan">Bataraza</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Other">Other</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coron_Airstrip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coron Airstrip (page does not exist)">Coron Airstrip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Culion_Airstrip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Culion Airstrip (page does not exist)">Culion Airstrip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culion,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Culion, Palawan">Culion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke%27s_Point_Airstrip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brooke's Point Airstrip (page does not exist)">Brooke's Point Airstrip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooke%27s_Point,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooke's Point, Palawan">Brooke's Point</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candaraman_Airstrip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Candaraman Airstrip (page does not exist)">Candaraman Airstrip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a> (Candaraman Island)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inandeng_Airstrip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inandeng Airstrip (page does not exist)">Inandeng Airstrip</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Vicente,_Palawan" title="San Vicente, Palawan">San Vicente</a> (under construction)</li> <li>Pamalican (Amanpulo) Airstrip, <a href="/wiki/Cuyo,_Palawan" title="Cuyo, Palawan">Cuyo</a> (Pamalican Island)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Busuanga_Airstrip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Busuanga Airstrip (page does not exist)">Old Busuanga Airstrip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Busuanga,_Palawan" title="Busuanga, Palawan">Busuanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancudo_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Rancudo Airfield">Rancudo Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalayaan,_Palawan" title="Kalayaan, Palawan">Kalayaan</a> (military)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarumpitao_Point_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarumpitao Point Airfield (page does not exist)">Tarumpitao Point Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rizal,_Palawan" title="Rizal, Palawan">Rizal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seaports">Seaports</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Seaports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Puerto_Princesa" title="Port of Puerto Princesa">Port of Puerto Princesa</a> is the main port on Palawan, serving both cargo and passenger traffic to the island. Scheduled passenger ferry services are running weekly from Manila to this port.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The port is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Ports_Authority" title="Philippine Ports Authority">Philippine Ports Authority</a>. Other ports include: </p> <ul><li>Port of Coron</li> <li>Port of El Nido</li> <li>Port Of Mangingisda</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Palawan" title="Governor of Palawan">Governor of Palawan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Palawan" title="Legislative districts of Palawan">Legislative districts of Palawan</a></div> <p>Provincial Government of Palawan (2022–2025)<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-leg_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leg-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Governor</b>: <a href="/wiki/Victorino_Dennis_Socrates" title="Victorino Dennis Socrates">Victorino Dennis M. Socrates</a></li> <li><b>Vice Governor</b>: Leoncio N. Ola</li></ul> <p>Board Members of Palawan (2022–2025)<sup id="cite_ref-leg_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leg-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1st District</b>: <ul><li>Juan Antonio E. Alvarez</li> <li>Winston G. Arzaga</li> <li>Roseller S. Pineda</li> <li>Maria Angela V. Sabando</li> <li>Nieves C. Rosento</li></ul></li> <li><b>2nd District</b>: <ul><li>Ryan D. Maminta</li> <li>Al-Nashier M. Ibba</li> <li>Marivic H. Roxas</li> <li>Ariston D. Arzaga</li></ul></li> <li><b>3rd District</b>: Rafael V. Ortega Jr.</li> <li><b>PCL</b>: Al-Shariff W. Ibba</li></ul> <p>Legislative District Representatives of Palawan (2022–2025)<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1st District</b>: Edgardo Salvame</li> <li><b>2nd District</b>: Jose C. Alvarez</li> <li><b>3rd District</b>: Edward S. Hagedorn</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The literacy rate in Palawan is increasing by 2% annually because of expanding access to education. Among these programs are the establishment of schools in remote barangays, non-formal education, multi-grade mobile teaching and the drop-out intervention program.<sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Public schools in the province consist of 623 elementary schools, 126 secondary schools and two universities. Private schools are as follows: 26 elementary, 19 secondary, 4 private colleges, and 10 vocational schools. </p><p>Among the public institutions of higher education are the <a href="/wiki/Palawan_State_University" title="Palawan State University">Palawan State University</a> in Puerto Princesa City with 17 other campuses across the province, <a href="/wiki/Western_Philippines_University" title="Western Philippines University">Western Philippines University</a> with campuses in Aborlan and Puerto Princesa City, Coron College of Fisheries, Puerto Princesa School of Arts and Trade and the Palawan College of Arts and Trade in Cuyo, Palawan. </p><p>Some of the private institutions are the Holy Trinity University run by the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Sisters_of_Saint_Catherine_of_Siena" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena">Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena</a>, Palawan Polytechnical College Inc., in Roxas, San Vicente and Puerto Princesa City, Systems Technology Institute (STI), AMA Computer Learning Center (ACLC) in Puerto Princesa City, San Francisco Javier College run by the <a href="/wiki/Augustinian_Recollect_Sisters" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustinian Recollect Sisters">Augustinian Recollect Sisters</a> in Narra, Loyola College in Culion run by the <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a>, St. Joseph Academy in Cuyo, St. Augustine Academy in Coron, Coron Technical School, Sacred Heart of Jesus High School in Brooke's Point; Northern Palawan Christian Institute (owned and manage by the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Palawan Diocese) and the unique educational institution called the <a href="/wiki/St._Ezekiel_Moreno_Dormitory" title="St. Ezekiel Moreno Dormitory">St. Ezekiel Moreno Dormitory</a> located in barangay Macarascas, Puerto Princesa City, founded by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Broderick_Pabillo" title="Broderick Pabillo">Broderick Pabillo</a>, the present auxiliary bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Manila" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Manila">Archdiocese of Manila</a>. The Palawanologist, Andrei Ustares Acosta of El Nido, Palawan, founded the new discipline on the studies of Palawan called the Palawanology.<sup id="cite_ref-palawan_social_services_102-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palawan_social_services-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Palawan earned the third spot in the annual <a href="/wiki/Cond%C3%A9_Nast_Traveler" title="Condé Nast Traveler">Condé Nast Traveler</a> (CNT) readers' choice awards for top islands to visit in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_personalities">Notable personalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Notable personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Palawan" title="Category:People from Palawan">Category:People from Palawan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa#Notable_personalities" title="Puerto Princesa">Puerto Princesa § Notable personalities</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Palawan" title="Legislative districts of Palawan">Legislative districts of Palawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewil_Valley" title="Dewil Valley">Dewil Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_Philippines" title="List of islands of the Philippines">List of islands of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_Subterranean_River_National_Park" title="Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park">Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aborlan,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Aborlan, Palawan">Aborlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abra_de_Ilog,_Occidental_Mindoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro">Abra de Ilog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agutaya,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Agutaya, Palawan">Agutaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcantara,_Romblon" title="Alcantara, Romblon">Alcantara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Araceli,_Palawan" title="Araceli, Palawan">Araceli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baco,_Oriental_Mindoro" title="Baco, Oriental Mindoro">Baco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balabac,_Palawan" title="Balabac, Palawan">Balabac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansud,_Oriental_Mindoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Bansud, Oriental Mindoro">Bansud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banton,_Romblon" title="Banton, Romblon">Banton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bataraza,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bataraza, Palawan">Bataraza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boac,_Marinduque" title="Boac, Marinduque">Boac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongabong,_Oriental_Mindoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro">Bongabong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke%27s_Point,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooke's Point, Palawan">Brooke's Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenavista,_Marinduque" title="Buenavista, Marinduque">Buenavista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulalacao,_Oriental_Mindoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro">Bulalacao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busuanga,_Palawan" title="Busuanga, Palawan">Busuanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagayancillo,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cagayancillo, Palawan">Cagayancillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cajidiocan,_Romblon" 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title="Gloria, Oriental Mindoro">Gloria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalayaan,_Palawan" title="Kalayaan, Palawan">Kalayaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linapacan,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Linapacan, Palawan">Linapacan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Looc,_Occidental_Mindoro" title="Looc, Occidental Mindoro">Looc (Occidental Mindoro)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Looc,_Romblon" title="Looc, Romblon">Looc (Romblon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubang,_Occidental_Mindoro" title="Lubang, Occidental Mindoro">Lubang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdiwang,_Romblon" title="Magdiwang, Romblon">Magdiwang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magsaysay,_Occidental_Mindoro" title="Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro">Magsaysay (Occidental Mindoro)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magsaysay,_Palawan" title="Magsaysay, Palawan">Magsaysay (Palawan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamburao,_Occidental_Mindoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro">Mamburao</a></li> <li><a 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title="Court of Appeals of the Philippines">Court of Appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Trial_Court" title="Regional Trial Court">Regional Trial Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Armed Forces of the Philippines">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Army" title="Philippine Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Navy" title="Philippine Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Marine_Corps" title="Philippine Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Coast_Guard" title="Philippine Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines" title="Economy of the Philippines">Economy</a></th><td 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