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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> now officially known as the '''Southwestern Tagalog Region''',<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2016/07/17/republic-act-no-10879/ |title=An Act establishing the Southwestern Tagalog Region, to be known as the MIMAROPA Region|chamber=RA|number=10879 |date=July 17, 2016 |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|The Official Gazette]]|access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listreg.asp |title=Philippine Statistics Authority | Republic of the Philippines |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228024626/http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listreg.asp |url-status=dead }}</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]].
[[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.