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Oriental Mindoro | |
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      (From top: left to right) Puerto Galera, Lake Naujan, Mount Halcon, Puerto Galera white beach, Calapan and Sabang Bay. | |
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| Anthem: Martsa ng Silangang Mindoro (Oriental Mindoro March) | |
 Location in the Philippines | |
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| Coordinates: 13°00′N 121°25′E / 13°N 121.42°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
| Founded | November 15, 1950[1] |
| Capital and largest city | Calapan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Panlalawigan |
| • Governor | Humerlito "Bonz" A. Dolor (PDP–Laban) |
| • Vice Governor | Edward Jake "Ejay" L. Falcon (PDP–Laban) |
| • Legislature | Oriental Mindoro Provincial Board |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,238.38 km2 (1,636.45 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 28th out of 81 |
| Highest elevation | 2,616 m (8,583 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 908,339 |
| • Rank | 33rd out of 81 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 47th out of 81 |
| Divisions | |
| • Independent cities | 0 |
| • Component cities | 1 |
| • Municipalities | |
| • Barangays | 426 |
| • Districts | Legislative districts of Oriental Mindoro |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PHT) |
| ZIP code | 5200–5214 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
| ISO 3166 code | PH-MDR |
| Spoken languages | |
| Website | www |
Oriental Mindoro (Tagalog: Silangang Mindoro), officially the Province of Oriental Mindoro (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Silangang Mindoro (Oriental Mindoro)), is a province in the Philippines located on the island of Mindoro under Mimaropa region in Luzon, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) southwest of Manila. The province is bordered by the Verde Island Passage and the rest of Batangas to the north, by Marinduque, Maestre de Campo (or known as Sibale but official name is Concepcion) Island, Tablas Strait and the rest of Romblon to the east, by Semirara and the rest of Caluya Islands, Antique to the south, and by Occidental Mindoro to the west. Its provincial capital Calapan, the only city in the island, is the most-populous in the province, and Mimaropa's regional center.
Oriental Mindoro is touted as the country's emerging eco-tourism destination. In 2005, the Philippines was found to be the center of marine fish biodiversity and the home of the most diverse marine ecosystem in the world,[4] by American biologists Kent Carpenter and Victor Springer. Most of the endemic species in the Philippines are found in the Verde Island Passage between Mindoro island and the main island of Luzon. The passage houses 2,983 individual species of algae, corals, crustaceans, mollusks, fishes, marine reptiles, and marine mammals, based on a study conducted by Carpenter and Springer in 2005.
UNESCO declared Puerto Galera a biosphere reserve[5] under its Man and the Biosphere Programme in the 1970s. The Verde Island Passage is at the apex of the so-called Coral Triangle – the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia – which has the distinction of being the "center of the center of the world's marine biodiversity" and the "center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity".
- ^ "FIXING THE DATE OF EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 505 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE THE PROVINCES OF ORIENTAL MINDORO AND OCCIDENTAL MINDORO."". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 13 June 1950. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Carpenter, Kent; Springer, Victor, "The center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity: the Philippine Islands", Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 72, Number 4, April 2005, pp. 467-480(14)".
- ^ "Puerto Galera Biosphere Reserve".