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[[File:Ph_locator_region_4b.png|thumb|right|Map of Philippines showing MIMAROPA in the [[Luzon]] island group]]

[[File:Ph_locator_region_4b.png|thumb|right|Map of Philippines showing MIMAROPA in the [[Luzon]] island group]]

 

'''MIMAROPA''', also known as '''Southern Tagalog Islands''',<ref>Philippine Environmental Management Bureau [http://emb.gov.ph/eia-adb/eiaorg.html "EMB Central and Regional Offices"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512181942/http://emb.gov.ph/eia-adb/eiaorg.html |date=2013-05-12 }}; retrieved 2013-4-23.</ref> is a [[region]] of the [[Philippines]].<ref>MIMAROPA is an [[acronym]]. It stands for Occidental '''MI'''ndoro and Oriental '''MI'''ndoro, '''MA'''rinduque, ,'''RO'''mblon and  '''PA'''lawan.</ref> It was also called '''Region IV-B'''. The provinces of the region are [[Occidental Mindoro]], [[Oriental Mindoro]], [[Marinduque]], [[Romblon]], and  [[Palawan]].<ref name="order103">[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp  "Executive Order No. 103, Dividing Region IV into Region IV-A and Region IV-B, Transferring the Province of Aurora to Region III and for Other Purposes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518123918/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp |date=2016-05-18 }}; retrieved 2013-4-23.</ref> The capital is [[Calapan]].

'''MIMAROPA''', also known as '''Southern Tagalog Islands''',<ref>Philippine Environmental Management Bureau [http://emb.gov.ph/eia-adb/eiaorg.html "EMB Central and Regional Offices"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512181942/http://emb.gov.ph/eia-adb/eiaorg.html |date=2013-05-12 }}; retrieved 2013-4-23.</ref> is a [[region]] of the [[Philippines]].<ref>MIMAROPA is an [[acronym]]. It stands for Occidental '''MI'''ndoro and Oriental '''MI'''ndoro, '''MA'''rinduque, ,'''RO'''mblon and  '''PA'''lawan.</ref> The provinces of the region are [[Occidental Mindoro]], [[Oriental Mindoro]], [[Marinduque]], [[Romblon]], and  [[Palawan]].<ref name="order103">[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp  "Executive Order No. 103, Dividing Region IV into Region IV-A and Region IV-B, Transferring the Province of Aurora to Region III and for Other Purposes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518123918/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp |date=2016-05-18 }}; retrieved 2013-4-23.</ref> The capital is [[Calapan]].

[[Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park]] and [[El Nido, Palawan#Protected Area status|El Nido Marine Reserve Park]] are in the region.

[[Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park]] and [[El Nido, Palawan#Protected Area status|El Nido Marine Reserve Park]] are in the region.

== History ==

== History ==

The MIMAROPA region was created by Executive Order No. 103 in 2002.<ref name="order103"/>

The MIMAROPA region was created by Executive Order No. 103 in 2002.<ref name="order103"/>

== References ==

== References ==

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