Palawan

Palawan
Province
Province of Palawan
Palawan Provincial Capitol
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): Philippines' Best Island Philippines' Last Frontier The (Spaniards') Land of Promise
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°00′N 118°50′E / 10°N 118.83°E / 10; 118.83Coordinates: 10°00′N 118°50′E / 10°N 118.83°E / 10; 118.83
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa (Region IV-B) (in transition)
Founded	1818
Capital	Puerto Princesa
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Jose C. Alvarez (NPC)
• Vice Governor	Victorino Dennis M. Socrates (NUP)
Area
• Total	14,649.73 km2 (5,656.29 sq mi)
Area rank	1st out of 81
	(excludes Puerto Princesa)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	849,469
• Rank	31st out of 81
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Density rank	79th out of 81
	(excludes Puerto Princesa)
Demonym(s)	Palaweño
Divisions
• Independent cities	1 Puerto Princesa
• Component cities	0
• Municipalities	23 Aborlan Agutaya Araceli Balabac Bataraza Brooke's Point Busuanga Cagayancillo Coron Culion Cuyo Dumaran El Nido Kalayaan Linapacan Magsaysay Narra Quezon Rizal Roxas San Vicente Sofronio Española Taytay
• Barangays	367 including independent cities: 433
• Districts	1st to 3rd districts of Palawan (shared with Puerto Princesa City)
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code	5300–5322
IDD : area code	+63 (0)48
ISO 3166 code	PH-PLW
Spoken languages	Tagalog Cuyonon Hiligaynon Palawano Tausug Batak Aborlan Tagbanwa Calamian Tagbanwa Central Tagbanwa Kagayanen English
Website	www.palawan.gov.ph

Palawan (Pron. /pəˈlɑːwɑːn/, from Tagalog pronunciation: [paˈlawan]), officially the Province of Palawan (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Palawan; Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang Palawan; Spanish: Provincia de Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the Mimaropa region. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. Its capital is the City of Puerto Princesa, but it is governed independently from the province as a highly urbanized city.

The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island (09°30′N 118°30′E / 9.500°N 118.500°E / 9.500; 118.500), measuring 450 kilometres (280 mi) long, and 50 kilometres (31 mi) wide.