Editing Mimaropa (section)

{{short description|Administrative region of the Philippines}}
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{{For|the historical region|Southern Tagalog}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=November 2022}}
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'''Clockwise from the top''': [[El Nido, Palawan]], [[Mount Guiting-Guiting]], [[Puerto Galera|Tamaraw Falls]], [[Boac Cathedral]], [[Coron Island]]
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'''Mimaropa''' (officially stylized in [[all caps]]), officially the '''Southwestern Tagalog Region'''<ref name="RA10869">{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2016/07/17/republic-act-no-10879/ |title=An Act establishing the Southwestern Tagalog Region, to be known as the MIMAROPA Region|chamber=RA|number=10879 |date=July 17, 2016 |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|The Official Gazette]]|access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listreg.asp |title=Philippine Statistics Authority &#124; Republic of the Philippines |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228024626/http://nap.psa.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listreg.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{langx|fil|Rehiyong Timog-Kanlurang Tagalog}}), is an [[Regions of the Philippines|administrative region]] in the [[Philippines]]. The name is an acronym combination of its constituent [[Provinces of the Philippines|provinces]]: [[Mindoro]] (divided into [[Occidental Mindoro]] and [[Oriental Mindoro]]), [[Marinduque]], [[Romblon]], and [[Palawan]]. It is the only region in the country outside the [[Visayas]] that has no land border with another region. 

The region was part of the now-defunct [[Southern Tagalog]] region until May 17, 2002.<ref name=PSA-NSCB>{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=103|title=Dividing Region IV into Region IV-A and Region IV-B, Transferring the Province of Aurora to Region III and for Other Purposes|date=2002-05-17|url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp|publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority|National Statistical Coordination Board]]|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518123918/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO103.asp|archivedate=May 18, 2016}}</ref> On May 23, 2005, Palawan and the [[highly urbanized city]] of [[Puerto Princesa]] were moved to the region of [[Western Visayas]] by Executive Order No. 429.<ref name=PSA-NSCB[2]>{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=429|title=Providing for the Reorganization of Administrative Region VI to Include the Province of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City|url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO429.asp|date=2005-05-23|publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority|National Statistical Coordination Board]]|access-date=November 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531080428/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/intro_EO429.asp|archivedate=May 31, 2016}}</ref> However, on August 19, 2005, President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|Arroyo]] issued Administrative Order No. 129 to put in abeyance Executive Order No. 429 pending a review.<ref name="AO129">{{cite PH act|url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/admin_order_no_129.asp|title=Directing the Department of the Interior and Local Government to Hold In Abeyance the Implementation of Executive Order No. 429 (s. 2005) Pending Its Submission of an Implementation Plan and Its Subsequent Approval by the Office of the President|chamber=AO|number=129|date=2005-08-19|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219200435/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/articles/admin_order_no_129.asp |archivedate=February 19, 2006|publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority|National Statistical Coordination Board]]|accessdate=March 22, 2011}}</ref> On July 17, 2016, Republic Act No. 10879 formally established the Southwestern Tagalog Region to be known as Mimaropa, discontinuing the '''Region IV-B''' designation; however, no boundary changes were involved.<ref name="RA10869" />

[[Calapan]] is Mimaropa's regional center while the highly-urbanized city of [[Puerto Princesa]] is the most populous in the region.<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2007/11nov/20071122-EO-0682-GMA.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|title=Designating Calapan City as the Regional Center of Region IV-B Otherwise Referred to as the MIMAROPA Region|chamber=EO|number=682|date=2007-11-22|publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|The Official Gazette]]|accessdate=2023-12-03}}</ref> However, most regional government offices such as the [[Department of Public Works and Highways]]<ref name=DPWHGov>{{cite web|title=Region IV-B Directory: Regional Office Directory|url=http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/offices/region/04b/directory.asp|website=[[Department of Public Works and Highways]]|access-date=November 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120802161719/http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/offices/region/04b/directory.asp|archivedate=August 2, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Department of Budget and Management]] are in [[Quezon City]], [[Metro Manila]], because Quezon City was the regional capital of Southern Tagalog.