FAST
FACTS
Based on the 1995 census, the total
population of Mariveles is 76,626 where 78%
MARIVELES
MARIVELES
reside in the urban area and 22% in rural
areas. Population growth rate per annum is
4.71% or twice that of the province itself.
BY: VERNON LUIS REAL
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know about Mariveles
It has a total land area of 15,390.00
hectares representing 12% of the total
land area of Bataan Province. Of this,
It can also be reached through jet ferry
about 69% consist of the pasture lands
plying the Mariveles to Manila route that has and the remaining 6% for residential and
an approximate travel time of 40 minutes.
industrial use.
Mariveles is located in a cove at the southern
most tip of the Bataan peninsula and is Agricultural resources of the municipality
about 173 kilometers from Manila through include rice, mangoes, legumes, vegetables and
the North Luzon Expressway, Gapan- coffee. IT also has aquatic resources like round
Olongapo Road and Roman Highway. scad, grouper, mussel and abalone; mineral
deposits of granite and basalt and forest
Mariveles takes pride as the host of the very
first economic zone in the country, the
Bataan Economic Zone, formerly Bataan
Export Processing Zone.
products like vines and bamboo.