Puerto Princesa City
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Puerto Princesa City

Administration
Full namePuerto Princesa
Settlement typeHighly-urbanized City
CountryPhilippines
RegionMIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
ProvincePalawan
District2nd district of Palawan
CityhoodJune 21, 1961
Government
MayorEdward S. Hagedorn (Lakas-CMD)
Geography
Total Area926.4 sq mi (2400 km2)
Demography
Total Population210508 (2007)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePHT (UTC+8)
Income class1st class city; highly urbanized

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Puerto Princesa City (Filipino: Lungsod ng Puerto Princesa), the capital of Palawan, is a first class city in the Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 210,508 people in 33,306 households. It is famous for its crocodile farm, underground river and numerous dive spots. It is also the second largest city in the Philippines (after Davao City) in terms of total land area. The outlying parts of the city contain the hometown of the former House Speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr..

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with its underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that it flows directly into the sea, and the lower portion of the river is subject to tidal influences. The area also represents a significant habitat for biodiversity conservation. The site contains a full mountain to the sea ecosystem and protects forests, which are among the most significant in Asia.

On 30 June 1992, Edward S. Hagedorn was elected Mayor of the city and completed his three term limit of three years for every term. In November 2002, Hagedorn was re-elected as mayor of the city.

As the city was recently declared a highly-urbanized city, per Section 29 of the Local Government Code of the Philippines, it is no longer under the administrative supervision of the provincial government of Palawan, and its residents are no longer eligible to vote for provincial officials.

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WESCOM promotes healthy lifestyle among personnel - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Puerto Princesa City- (18 October) -- To open the eyes and raise the awareness of its personnel to the dangers of living an unhealthy lifestyle, ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:01:32 GMT+00:00
Rule Of Law -- By Augusto R. Bundang - BusinessWorld Online Tweet this news
BusinessWorld Online---...- its baroque churches, Tubbataha Reefs, rice terraces of the Cordilleras, the town of Vigan, and the -Puerto Princesa- Subterranean River national park. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:41:53 GMT+00:00
WESCOM Promotes Healthy Lifestyle Among Personnel - TopNews United Kingdom Tweet this news
TopNews United Kingdom--The seminar, which took place at Headquarters in -Puerto Princesa City-, Palawan, was intended to raise awareness among personnel about the dangers of living ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:18:30 GMT+00:00
La Salle Pair Wins Beach Volley Title - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---PUERTO PRINCESA CITY- � It was payback time for Jennifer Manzano as she retained the Battle of Champions title in the 2010 Petron Ladies Beach Volleyball ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:26:15 GMT+00:00
Illegal wildlife traders arrested in Palawan - Cebu Daily News Tweet this news
Cebu Daily News---PUERTO PRINCESA CITY-, Philippines -A volunteer group working with law enforcement agencies busted Thursday a syndicate believed behind the rampant smuggling ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:28:23 GMT+00:00
Ateneo, Letran plod on - Malaya Tweet this news
Malaya---PUERTO Princesa City-. - Ateneo's Asia Urquico and Jessica Morado and Letran's Gena Andaya and Marinelle Jane Carolino found themselves sharing the lead ... - Date : Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:25:53 GMT+00:00
Sam's Vision of a World - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin--The team visited one of the area development programs in -Puerto Princesa City- in Palawan run by the Ligaya ng Buhay Community Development Foundation, ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:28:27 GMT+00:00
Fil-Am Mutya ng Pilipinas winner vies for intercontinental tilt - ABS CBN News Tweet this news
ABS CBN News---...- the East Coast Fil-Ams was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas Miss Asia-Pacific 2010 last month at the Sheridan Beach Resort in -Puerto Princesa-, Philippines. ... - Date : Sat, 16 Oct 2010 03:58:04 GMT+00:00
Palawan launches KASAMA program - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Puerto Princesa City- (12 October) -- The province of Palawan partners with Pfizer Philippines, one of the leading biopharmaceutical companies in the country ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:35:31 GMT+00:00
Universiade slots staked in Petron tilt - Manila Standard Today Tweet this news
Manila Standard Today---PUERTO Princesa City-�Collegiate standouts mix it up when the 2010 Petron Ladies' Beach Volleyball Battle of Champions begins with late-afternoon encounters ... - Date : Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:05:10 GMT+00:00

Component local government units of Palawan

Municipalities: 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 ----
Highly urbanized city: Puerto Princesa City
(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Palawan by the [http://www.census.gov.ph National Statistics Office])

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