Also known as: Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro is a province in Region IV-B (MIMAROPA). Population 511K (PSA 2024 census), 0 cities + 11 municipalities, 164 barangays total, land area 5,851.09 km². Provincial capital: Mamburao.
Occidental Mindoro is a province in Region IV-B (MIMAROPA). Its capital is Mamburao.
Occidental Mindoro had 511,417 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Occidental Mindoro covers 5,851.09 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Occidental Mindoro has 0 component cities and 11 municipalities (11 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 164 barangays.
Occidental Mindoro has no component cities. Its 11 municipalities are Abra De Ilog, Calintaan, Looc, Lubang, Magsaysay, Mamburao, Paluan, Rizal, Sablayan, San Jose and Santa Cruz.
Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro were split from a single undivided Mindoro province by Republic Act No. 505, approved June 13, 1950 and taking effect that November. The province has zero chartered cities — San Jose, its largest municipality, has had multiple cityhood bills filed in Congress over the years without success.
Key industries: Rice/palay (highest-yielding province in MIMAROPA), Fishing (BFAR-supported hatchery and livelihood programs), Nickel mining (Sablayan), Tourism (Apo Reef Natural Park)
Occidental Mindoro is home to Apo Reef Natural Park in Sablayan, a roughly 27,500-hectare protected area designated an ASEAN Heritage Park in September 2024 and widely cited (though not independently verified by Nova Gov) as the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system. Seven Mangyan Indigenous groups live across the province, with uneven ancestral-domain recognition between communities. A 2009 provincial moratorium on large-scale mining was nullified by the Supreme Court in January 2025. Flooding has become a recurring and escalating concern: in August 2026, Tropical Depressions Luis and Maymay combined with the southwest monsoon to flood Sablayan, prompting a state of calamity across all 22 of its barangays and roughly ₱1.4 billion in damage.
Key industries: Rice/palay (highest-yielding province in MIMAROPA), Fishing (BFAR-supported hatchery and livelihood programs), Nickel mining (Sablayan), Tourism (Apo Reef Natural Park)
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