Marinduque

Marinduque
Province
Province of Marinduque
(Clockwise from top:) Northern section of Marinduque a street in Mogpog Marinduque Island viewed from a passenger ship in Tayabas Bay a street in Boac
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Location in the Philippines
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Coordinates: 13°24′N 121°58′E / 13.4°N 121.97°E / 13.4; 121.97
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Founded	May 1, 1901
Annexation to Tayabas	November 10, 1902
Reestablished	February 21, 1920
Capital and largest municipality	Boac
Government
• Governor	Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. (PFP)
• Vice Governor	Adeline Marciano-Angeles (PFP)
• Legislature	Marinduque Provincial Board
Area [1]
• Total	952.58 km2 (367.79 sq mi)
• Rank	76th out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Malindig)	1,157 m (3,796 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Total	239,207
• Rank	69th out of 81
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
• Rank	37th out of 81
Demonym(s)	Marinduquehin, Marinduqueño/a, Marindukanon
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	0
• Municipalities	6 Boac Buenavista Gasan Mogpog Santa Cruz Torrijos
• Barangays	218
• Districts	Legislative district of Marinduque
Time zone	UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP code	4900–4905
IDD : area code	+63 (0)42
ISO 3166 code	PH-MAD
Spoken languages	Tagalog (Marinduqueño dialect) English
Website	www.marinduque.gov.ph

Marinduque (/ˌmærənˈduːkeɪ/; Tagalog pronunciation: [maɾinˈduke]), officially the Province of Marinduque, is an island province in the Philippines located in Southwestern Tagalog Region or Mimaropa, formerly designated as Region IV-B. Its capital is the municipality of Boac. Marinduque lies between Tayabas Bay to the north and Sibuyan Sea to the south. It is west of the Bondoc Peninsula of Quezon province in mainland Luzon; east of Mindoro Island; and north of the island province of Romblon. Some parts of the Verde Island Passage, the center of the center of world's marine biodiversity and a protected marine area, are also within Marinduque's provincial waters.

The province of Marinduque was ranked number 1 by the Philippine National Police and Philippine Security Forces as the 2013 Most Peaceful Province of the country due to its low crime rate statistics alternately ranking with the province of Batanes yearly. Furthermore, for almost 200 years, the province is home to one of the oldest religious festivals of the country, the Moriones celebrated annually every Holy Week.