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Bataraza is a second class municipality in the province of Palawan, PhilippinesPhilippines Summary

The Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an island nation located in the Malay archipelago in...
. It is named after Datu Bataraza Narrazid, a locally influential Muslim chieftain and father of the town's first mayor and former mayor of Brooke's Point, the late Datu Sapiodin Narrazid. Bataraza was part of the municipality of Brooke's PointBrooke's Point, Palawan

Brooke's Point is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines....
 until 1964.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 41,458 people in 8,658 households. Main industries of Bataraza includes farming, fishing, and nickel mining and processing.

Geography


Bataraza is located on the southernmost tip of mainland Palawan, approximately 236 kmKilometre

A kilometre is a unit of length that is equal to 1,000 metres, the current International System of Units base unit of leng...
 from Puerto Princesa CityPuerto Princesa City

The City of Puerto Princesa is a first class city in the province of Palawan, Philippines....
 and about five to six hours by land. It has total land area of 957 kmē.

Bataraza is situated some southwest of ManilaFacts About Manila

The City of Manila, or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines....
. It stretches approximately 80 km in northeasterly to southwesterly direction between roughly 8.3 and 8.75 degrees latitude north of the equator.

Bataraza lies amidst the south Sulu Sea Malis River rounded at Cape Buliluyan and further extended up to Wangly River in the south western part of the mainland. It is bounded in the east by the Sulu SeaSulu Sea

The Sulu Sea is a large sea in the southwestern area of the Philippines....
, in the west by a great mountain range, extending from Mount MantalingahanMount Mantalingahan

Mount Mantalingahan is a mountain in southern Palawan, Philippines, that forms the highest part of the Mount Beaufort Ultram...
 (the highest peak in the province) to Mount Malitub, which serves as the divider between Bataraza and RizalRizal, Palawan

Rizal is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines....
, and in the southwest by the South China SeaSouth China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China....
.

Barangays

Bataraza is politically subdivided into 22 barangayBarangay

A barangay, also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the n...
s:


  • Bono-Bono
  • Bulalacao
  • Buliluyan
  • Culandanum
  • Igang-Igang
  • Inogbong
  • Iwahig
  • Malihud
  • Malitub
  • Marangas (Poblacion)
  • Ocayan
  • Puring
  • Rio TubaRio Tuba Summary

    Rio Tuba is one of the populated barangays in the Municipality of Bataraza in the Province of Palawan in the Philippines....
  • Sandoval
  • Sapa
  • Sarong
  • Sumbiling
  • Tabud
  • Tagnato
  • Tagolango
  • Taratak
  • Tarusan



    • Rio TubaRio Tuba Summary

    Rio Tuba is one of the populated barangays in the Municipality of Bataraza in the Province of Palawan in the Philippines....
     is one of the populated barangays of Bataraza and known for its nickel mineral reserves. Since it is an economically and technologically advanced community, the entire municipality literally depends on it. It is also in here where means of transport are available to reach most of the inner barangays of Bataraza. Nickel mining is a very important industry in the locality. The primary mine site of is located within its jurisdiction.

    Trivia

    • The largest pearlPearl

      A pearl is a hard, rounded object produced by certain animals, primarily mollusks such as oysters....
       in the world, The Pearl of Lao TzuPearl of Lao Tzu

      The Pearl of Lao Tzu also known as the Pearl of Allah is the largest known pearl in the world measuring ten inches in diameter...
       (also known as the "Pearl of Allah") was recovered here by a Filipino diver from a giant Tridacna (mollusk) under the Palawan Sea in 1934. The gem weighs 14 pounds and measures 9 1/2 inches long and 5 1/2 inches in diameter.

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