MIMARO

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Region IV-B
MIMARO

Regional center	Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro
Bilang na too	1,543,817
– Density	122.9 per km²
Awang	12,559.8 km²
Divisions
– Saray Luyag	4
– Saray Siyudad	1
– Saray Baley	48
– Saray Barangay	1,025
– Saray Distrito na Congress	5
Saray salita	Tagalog, Romblomanon, Asi, Onhan, and languages spoken by Mangyans

MIMARO, also known as Region IV-B, is a region of the Philippines located in Luzon. The name is an acronym that stands for its provinces, which are: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon. There is only one city in the entire region: Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro.

History

Executive Order No. 103, dated May 17, 2002, divided Region IV (Southern Tagalog) into MIMAROPA and Region IV-A (CALABARZON). Executive Order No. 429, dated May 23, 2005, transferred Palawan to Region VI

Administrative Order No. 129 was issued on August 19, 2005, to "resolve" the negative backlash and as part of the supervison of the transfer process of Palawan from MIMAROPA to Western Visayas.

Political Divisions

Province		Capital	Population (2000)	Area (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)
	Marinduque	Boac	217,392	959.3	226.6
	Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	380,250	5,879.9	64.7
	Oriental Mindoro	Calapan City	681,818	4,364.7	156.2
	Romblon	Romblon	264,357	1,355.9	195.0

Component City

• Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro

Languages

Tagalog is spoken in the province of Marinduque as well as the northeastern and southerwestern coasts of Mindoro.

In the interior of Mindoro, various languages are spoken by Mangyans. They are Iraya, Alangan, Tawbuid, Hanunoo, Tadyawan, Buhid, and Ratagnon. The later is a Visayan language with less than three speakers.

In Romblon, there are three main languages: Romblomanon, Asi, and Onhan. These languages belong to the Visayan language family.