- Bataraza, Palawan
Bataraza is a second class municipality in the province of Palawan,
Philippines . It is named after Datu Bataraza Narrazid, a locally influential Muslim chieftain and father of the town's first mayor and former mayor of Brooke's Point, the late Datu Sapiodin Narrazid. Bataraza was part of the municipality of Brooke's Point until 1964.According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 41,458 people in 8,658 households. Main industries of Bataraza includes farming, fishing, and nickel mining and processing.
Geography
Bataraza is located on the southernmost tip of mainland Palawan, approximately 236 km from
Puerto Princesa City and about five to six hours by land. It has total land area of 957 km².Bataraza is situated some convert|775|km|mi|-1|abbr=on southwest of
Manila . It stretches approximately 80 km in northeasterly to southwesterly direction between roughly 8.3 and 8.75 degrees latitude north of the equator.Bataraza lies amidst the south Sulu Sea Malis River rounded at Cape Buliluyan and further extended up to Wangly River in the south western part of the mainland. It is bounded in the east by the
Sulu Sea , in the west by a great mountain range, extending fromMount Mantalingahan (the highest peak in the province) toMount Malitub , which serves as the divider between Bataraza and Rizal, and in the southwest by theSouth China Sea .Barangays
Bataraza is politically subdivided into 22
barangay s:Rio Tuba is one of the populated barangays of Bataraza and known for its nickel mineral reserves. Since it is an economically and technologically advanced community, the entire municipality literally depends on it. It is also in here where means of transport are available to reach most of the inner barangays of Bataraza. Nickel mining is a very important industry in the locality. The primary mine site of [http://www.riotuba.com Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation] is located within its jurisdiction.Trivia
*The largest
pearl in the world, ThePearl of Lao Tzu (also known as the "Pearl of Allah") was recovered here by a Filipino diver from a giant Tridacna (mollusk) under the Palawan Sea in 1934. The gem weighs 14 pounds and measures 9 1/2 inches long and 5 1/2 inches in diameter.External links
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
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