Mariveles, Bataan
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Mariveles is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 85,779 people in 19,460 households. Population growth rate per annum is 4.71%, twice that of the province itself.
Mariveles is located in a cove at the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula. It is about 173 kilometers from Manila via the North Luzon Expressway, Gapan-Olongapo Road and Roman Highway. It has a total land area of 153.9 km² representing 12% of the total land area of Bataan. Of this, about 69% consist of the pastureland, 19% of forestland, 6% agricultural lands and the remaining 6% for residential and industrial use. It is home to an Aeta community speaking a Sambalic language called Mariveleño.
Agricultural resources include rice, mangoes, legumes, vegetables and coffee. It also has aquatic resources like round scads, grouper, mussel, and abalone; mineral deposits of granite and basalt and forest products like vines and bamboo. Mariveles takes pride as the host of the very first economic zone in the country, the Bataan Economic Zone (formerly Bataan Export Processing Zone).
[edit] Access
It can also be reached through jet ferry plying the Mariveles to Manila route that has an approximate travel time of 40 minutes.
[edit] Barangays
Mariveles is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.
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[edit] External links
- Mariveles Bataan General Information
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/tmlfi00/tmlfir.htm
- http://www.saigon.com/~nike/christian-aid.htm
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
