Palawan

Palawan
Palawan
Province
	Province of Palawan
	Clockwise from the top: Coron Island, El Nido, Fort Santa Isabel, San Vicente, Puerto Princesa Cathedral
	Flag Seal
	Nicknames: The (Spaniards') Land of Promise; Philippines' Best Island ; Philippines' Last Frontier;
	Location in the Philippines
	OpenStreetMap
	Coordinates: 10°00′N 118°50′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa (in transition)
Founded	1818
Capital; and largest city	Puerto Princesa
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Victorino Dennis M. Socrates (PPPL)
• Vice Governor	Leoncio N. Ola (PPPL)
• Legislature	Palawan Provincial Board
Area
• Total	14,649.73 km2 (5,656.29 sq mi)
• Rank	1st out of 81
	(excludes Puerto Princesa)
Highest elevation (Mount Mantalingajan)	2,086 m (6,844 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	939,594
• Rank	31st out of 81
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Rank	79th out of 81
	(excludes Puerto Princesa)
Demonym	Palaweño
Divisions
• Independent cities	1 Puerto Princesa; (Highly urbanized city) ;
• Component cities	0
• Municipalities	23 Aborlan ; Agutaya ; Araceli ; Balabac ; Bataraza ; Brooke's Point ; Busuanga ; Cagayancillo ; Coron ; Culion ; Cuyo ; Dumaran ; El Nido ; Kalayaan ; Linapacan ; Magsaysay ; Narra ; Quezon ; Rizal ; Roxas ; San Vicente ; Sofronio Española ; Taytay ;
• Barangays	367; including independent cities: 433;
• Districts	Legislative districts of Palawan (shared with Puerto Princesa City)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP Code	5300–5322
IDD : area code	+63 (0)48
ISO 3166 code	PH-PLW
Spoken languages	Tagalog Cuyonon; Agutaynen; Kinaray-a; Palawano; Hiligaynon; Molbog; Batak; Aborlan Tagbanwa; Calamian Tagbanwa; Central Tagbanwa; Kagayanen; English;
Website	www.palawan.gov.ph

Palawan (/pəˈlɑːwən/, Tagalog: [pɐˈlaʊan]), officially the Province of Palawan (Cuyonon: Probinsya i'ang Palawan; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of 14,649.73 km² (5,656.29 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Puerto Princesa wherein it is geographically grouped but administered independently from the province. Palawan is known as the Philippines' Last Frontier and as the Philippines' Best Island.

The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro island in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island (09°30′N 118°30′E), measuring 450 kilometers (280 mi) long, and 50 kilometers (31 mi) wide.

In 2019, it was proposed to divide Palawan into three separate provinces, though it was rejected by the local population in a 2021 plebiscite.

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