Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Mimaropa
- Founded
- November 15, 1950
- Capital
- Mamburao
- Largest municipality
- San Jose
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan
- Governor
- Eduardo Gadiano ( PFP )
- Vice governor
- Diana Apigo-Tayag ( PFP )
- Representative
- Leody F. Tarriela ( PFP )
- Legislature
- Occidental Mindoro Provincial Board
- Total
- 5,865.71 km (2,264.76 sq mi)
- Rank
- 11th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount baco
- 2,488 m (8,163 ft)
- Density
- 87.1876/km (225.815/sq mi)
- Demonyms
- Mindoreño Mindorense
- Municipalities
- 11 Abra de Ilog Calintaan Looc Lubang Magsaysay Mamburao Paluan Rizal Sablayan San Jose Santa Cruz
- Districts
- Legislative district of Occidental Mindoro
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PHT )
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 511417
- Area
- 5865.71
- Official website
- occidentalmindoro.gov.ph
- Image
- Mount Iglit (Mounts Iglit - Baco National Park, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines) - panoramio (1).jpg
- Households
- 126633
- Dialing code
- 43
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- Commons category
- Occidental Mindoro
- postal code
- 5100–5111
- inception
- 1950-00-00
- electorate
- 321699
- poverty incidence
- 23.00
- total assets
- 5002284531.24
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 2462898693.20
- total liabilities
- 900796300.53
- total expenditure
- 1916655590.76
- native label
- Lalawigan ng Occidental Mindoro
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Occidental Mindoro (Tagalog: Kanlurang Mindoro), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Mindoro or Lalawigan ng 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 most populous municipality is San Jose. Sablayan is its largest municipality in terms of area, occupying almost half of the entire province. 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 world's marine biodiversity.
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