Mariveles | |
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| Municipality of Mariveles | |
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| Coordinates:14°26′N120°29′E / 14.43°N 120.48°E /14.43; 120.48 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Bataan |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | 1754 |
| Named after | Maria Velez |
| Barangays | 18 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Ace Jello Concepcion |
| • Vice Mayor | Jesse I. Concepcion |
| • Representative | Maria Angela S. Garcia |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 95,756 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 153.90 km2 (59.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 561 m (1,841 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 156,200 |
| • Density | 1,015/km2 (2,629/sq mi) |
| • Households | 39,410 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 10.64 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 1,067 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 2,338 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 786.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 1,660 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Peninsula Electric Cooperative (PENELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2105, 2106 (Freeport Area of Bataan), 2109 (Cabcaben) |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)47 |
| Native languages | Mariveleño Tagalog |
| Website | marivelesbataan |
Mariveles, officially theMunicipality of Mariveles (Tagalog:Bayan ng Mariveles), is amunicipality in theprovince ofBataan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 156,200 people, making it the most populous in the province.[5]
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Incorporated to the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies by aFranciscan friar in 1578, Mariveles was called the town of Camaya and was part of the Corregimiento of Mariveles, includingBagac andMorong,Corregidor andMaragondon, Cavite. The name Mariveles comes from "Maria Velez", a Mexican nun who eloped with a monk back in the 1600s. With its natural cove, the port was used by ships from China and Spain to resupply.[6]
The Superior Decree of July 1754 declared Mariveles' independence fromPampanga.
In the 19th century, the Americans established the first quarantine station in the old SpanishLeprosarium Hospital (now known as theMariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital).
Mariveles Bay was the site ofMariveles Naval Section Base, completed for theUnited States Asiatic Fleet on 22 July 1941, and wassurrendered to theImperial Japanese Army on 9 April 1942. The Mariveles Airfield, a 3,800-foot (1,200 m) dirt runway at the Section Base, was the starting point of theBataan Death March.[7]
Just as the Philippines faced economic and political instability during therunup to the 1969 Philippine presidential election and the subsequentsecond term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos,[8][9] it was revealed that two communities - Barrio NASSCO and Barrio Camaya - where the workers of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation lived would be torn down for conversion into the newMariveles Free Trade Zone in 1969 (also establishing thePhilippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), compelling the relocation of the residents who in turn launched protests until the MFTZ became BEPZ in 1972. BEPZ has made the port a trading zone, and brought industry to the municipality. Agriculture is a large part of the port export.[10]
With only a year left in his last constitutionally allowed term as president, Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines underMartial Law in September 1972 and thus retained the position for fourteen more years.[11] This martial law era became known forhuman rights abuses,[12][13] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against the Marcos dictatorship.[14] This included activists who fought the relocation of the communities in Barrio NASSCO and Barrio Camaya.[15]. One of the most prominent of these activists was Evelyn Pacheco-Mangulabnan, a Mariveles native who would later be honored at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani for her role in resisting Marcos' authoritarian regime.[15]
On July 2010, the Freeport Area of Bataan Act (Republic Act 9728, approved on October 23, 2009) became effective, turning the Bataan Export Processing Zone or Bataan Economic Zone (BEPZ/BEZ) under PEZA into Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) ofAuthority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB).[6]
During the first term of Mayor Ace Jello Concepcion in 2017, the municipality's coat of arms was updated to the current one featuring a Philippine flag star and sun, fish, grain,Bataan Death March marker, mountain, and gear, and with the founding year 1757. It changed its color from green to pink as the second version from 2019 to 2022 under Jo Castañeda. With Concepcion's start of second term as mayor on June 30, 2022, the seal reverted to its original green color.
On February 12, 2024, with the approval of theOffice of the President of the Philippines throughExecutive SecretaryLucas Bersamin, the current third version of the 2017 seal began to be used where the seal now resembles theGreat Seal of the Philippines and dropped the establishment year. However, the first version still continued to be used nowadays.
Mariveles is located around the Mariveles Bay, a largecove at the southern tip of theBataan Peninsula. It is adjacent toManila Bay to the east, and theSouth China Sea to the west.
Mariveles is 40 kilometres (25 mi) fromBalanga and 164 kilometres (102 mi) fromManila via theNorth Luzon Expressway (NLEX),Jose Abad Santos Avenue, and Roman Highway. It bordersBagac to the west and northwest,Limay to the north and northeast, andManila Bay to the east.
According to thePhilippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 153.90 square kilometres (59.42 sq mi) [16] constituting11.21% of the 1,372.98-square-kilometre- (530.11 sq mi) total area of Bataan. Of this, about 69% consist of the pastureland, 19% of forestland, 6% agricultural lands and the remaining 6% for residential and industrial use.
| Climate data for Mariveles, Bataan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 34 (93) | 35 (95) | 33 (91) | 31 (88) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 20 (68) | 23 (73) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) | 8 (0.3) | 14 (0.6) | 26 (1.0) | 127 (5.0) | 210 (8.3) | 263 (10.4) | 272 (10.7) | 218 (8.6) | 114 (4.5) | 46 (1.8) | 21 (0.8) | 1,326 (52.3) |
| Average rainy days | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 11.2 | 21.0 | 24.5 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 25.9 | 21.9 | 13.4 | 6.3 | 193.4 |
| Source: Meteoblue(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[17] | |||||||||||||
Mariveles is politically subdivided into 18barangays, with two are located within the jurisdiction ofFreeport Area of Bataan (FAB).[18] Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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| 2024[19] | 2010[20] | |||||
| 030807001 | Alas‑asin | 9.6% | 15,047 | 11,606 | ▴ | 1.90% |
| 030807002 | Alion | 2.1% | 3,264 | 3,015 | ▴ | 0.58% |
| 030807013 | Balon‑Anito | 7.9% | 12,286 | 10,255 | ▴ | 1.32% |
| 030807006 | Baseco Country (Nassco) | 2.9% | 4,581 | 3,440 | ▴ | 2.10% |
| 030807003 | Batangas II | 3.8% | 5,951 | 5,122 | ▴ | 1.09% |
| 030807014 | Biaan | 1.2% | 1,837 | 1,571 | ▴ | 1.14% |
| 030807004 | Cabcaben | 4.1% | 6,427 | 6,269 | ▴ | 0.18% |
| 030807015 | Camaya | 9.5% | 14,869 | 12,077 | ▴ | 1.52% |
| 030807016 | Ipag | 6.4% | 10,010 | 9,430 | ▴ | 0.43% |
| 030807005 | Lucanin | 3.3% | 5,169 | 3,570 | ▴ | 2.72% |
| 030807017 | Malaya | 3.1% | 4,910 | 5,211 | ▾ | −0.43% |
| 030807018 | Maligaya | 2.8% | 4,407 | 4,416 | ▾ | −0.01% |
| 030807019 | Mt. View | 6.7% | 10,461 | 8,843 | ▴ | 1.23% |
| 030807008 | Poblacion | 5.1% | 7,938 | 8,074 | ▾ | −0.12% |
| 030807009 | San Carlos | 1.0% | 1,517 | 1,592 | ▾ | −0.35% |
| 030807010 | San Isidro | 3.7% | 5,761 | 5,816 | ▾ | −0.07% |
| 030807011 | Sisiman | 4.0% | 6,221 | 5,837 | ▴ | 0.46% |
| 030807020 | Townsite | 4.4% | 6,880 | 6,563 | ▴ | 0.34% |
| Total | 156,200 | 112,707 | ▴ | 2.39% | ||
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| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[21][22][20][23][24] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2024 census, Mariveles had a population of 156,200 people.[25] The population density was 1,000 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,600/sq mi).
Mariveles is home to anAeta community speaking aSambalic language calledMariveleño.
Poverty incidence of Mariveles
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
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TheFreeport Area of Bataan[34] (formerly known asMariveles Free Trade Zone from June 21, 1969 to November 20, 1972, andBataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) andBataan Economic Zone (BEZ) from November 20, 1972 to July 2010 underPhilippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)) is a 1,691 hectares (4,180 acres) industrial complex in Mariveles town that enjoys business advantages, including tax incentives, natural endowments, and leadership underAuthority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) Chairman and Administrator Mohammed Hussein Pangandaman.[35] It is the only freeport in the country with a 10.9 million cubic meter-capacity dam that delivers 14 million gallons of water every day. It is complemented by water treatment and sewerage treatment plants which employ a sustainable waste water solution.
Pursuant to theLocal government in the Philippines",[36][37] the political seat of the municipal government is located at the Municipal Hall. In theHistory of the Philippines (1521–1898), theGobernadorcillo is the Chief Executive who held office in thePresidencia. During the American rule (1898–1946) (History of the Philippines (1898-1946)), the elected Mayor and local officials, including the appointed ones held office at the Municipal Hall. The legislative and executive departments perform their functions in the Sangguniang Bayan (Session Hall) and Municipal Trial Court, respectively, and are located in the second floor of the Town Hall and in the adjacent building.
The Municipal Mayor as of the 2022 national and local elections, serving his second term in office, is Ace Jello "AJ" C. Concepcion.
Members of the Mariveles Municipal Council (2022-2025):[38]
District Representative (3rd Legislative District, Bataan): Maria Angela Garcia
Mariveles' attractions, events and historical landmarks include:
Mariveles can be reached by a ferry plying the Mariveles to Manila route that has an approximate travel time of 40 minutes.
TheBataan Provincial Expressway, also called Roman Super-Highway, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Bataan to the provinces of theCentral Luzon region in the Philippines. Mariveles is off Exit 55.
Utilities:
The Mariveles Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[43]
Tertiary educational institutions include:
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