Monday, October 1, 2007

GEOGRAPHY

Puerto Princesa City lies at the mid-section of the long strip of Palawan Island province. It is approximately 306 nautical miles from Manila, 206 nautical miles to Panay Island and about 250 nautical miles to Zambonga. It is bounded on the North by the Municipality of San Vicente and Roxas and on the South by the Municipality of Aborlan. Its Western side is a coastline of the South China Sea while to the East lies the Sulu Sea. Total land area is 253,982.00 hectares stretched over 106 kilometers long with the narrowest breadth of 8.5 kilometers in Barangay Bahile. Puerto Princesa City has now 35 urban barangays and 31 rural or a total of 66 barangays.

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