Place:Occidental Mindoro, MIMAROPA, Philippines

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NameOccidental Mindoro
Alt namesKanlurang Mindorosource: Wikipedia
Occidental Mindorosource: wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates13.0°N 120.917°E
Located inMIMAROPA, Philippines
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Agcawayan
Ambil
Mananao
San Agustin
Municipality
Abra de Ilog
Calintaan
Looc
Lubang
Magsaysay
Mamburao
Paluan
Rizal
Sablayan
San Jose
Santa Cruz
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Occidental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. Its capital is Mamburao, but the largest municipality is San Jose. As of 2020, Occidental Mindoro has 525,354 inhabitants.

The province is bordered on the east by the province of Oriental Mindoro, and on the south by the Mindoro Strait. The South China Sea is to the west of the province and Palawan is located to the southwest, across the Mindoro Strait. Batangas is to the north, separated by the Verde Island Passage, a protected marine area and the center of the center of the world's marine biodiversity.

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