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El Nido, PalawanFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

El Nido

Bayan ng El Nido

Municipality

Municipality of El Nido

View of El Nido

Seal

Nickname(s): Heaven on Earth[1]
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Map of Palawan showing the location of El Nido

El Nido

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 1120N11941ECoordinates:1120N11941E

Country Philippines

Region MIMAROPA(Region IV-B)

Province Palawan

District 1st district

Formed 1916
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Barangays 18

Government[2]

Mayor Edna Gacot-Lim

Vice Mayor Edgardo O. Trinidad

Area

Total 465.10 km2

(179.58 sq mi)

Elevation 609 m (1,998 ft)

Population (2010)[3]

Total 36,191

Density 78/km (200/sq mi)

Time zone PST(UTC+8)

Zip Code 5313

Dialing code 48

El Nido (officially the Municipality of El Nido) is a first classmunicipality[4]andmanaged resource protected

area[5]in theprovinceofPalawanin thePhilippines. It is about 420 kilometres (260 mi) southwest

ofManila,[6]and about 238 kilometres (148 mi) northeast ofPuerto Princesa, Palawans capital.[5]According

toCNNGo, it is the Best Beach and Island destination in the Philippines[7][8]for its "extraordinary natural

splendor and ecosystem.

Geography

Situated in Bacuit Bay, El Nido, covering a land area of 465.1

square kilometres (179.6 sq mi)[5][10]in the northernmost tip of

mainland Palawan, is bordered by theLinapacan Straitin the

north, theSulu Seain the east, and theSouth China Seain the

west. It is composed of 45 islands and islets,[6]each has its own

unique geological formations. The highest peak is at Cadlao

Island, towering up to 640 metres (2,100 ft)[11]above sea level.
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Together withSulu Archipelago,Sabah, andSouth China Sea, El

Nido, being part of Palawan, is located in the tectonically active

and seismically activeSunda Plate,[12]a plate that is entirely

separate from thePhilippine Mobile Beltto which the rest of the

Philippines belongs. ThePermiantoPaleogenerocks and

limestone cliffs of El Nido are similar to those that can be found

inHa Long BayinVietnam,GuilininChina, as well

asKrabiinThailand, all of which are part of theSunda Plate.[12][13]

[edit]Barangays

El Nido is politically subdivided into eighteenbarangays. Four of

which are situated in the Poblacin (town proper), and are also

known by their respective zones.

Bagong Bayan Buena Suerte(Zone II) Barotuan

Bebeladan Corong-corong (Zone IV) Mabini (formerly Oton) Manlag Masagana (Zone III) New Ibajay Pasadea Maligaya (Zone I)

San Fernando Sibaltan

Teneguiban Villa Libertad Villa Paz Bucana
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Aberawan

[edit]Poblacin (Town proper)

Poblacion, El Nido

ThePoblacion, consisting of barangaysBuena Suerte, Corong-

corong, Maligaya and Masagana, sits in a sheltered bay with a

pier at one end along a crescent beach, and is flanked by the

area's famouslimestonecliffs on the eastern section and hills on

the western side. It is a small town center with tree-lined streets,

and the lifestyle is laidback.

The Municipal Building, which houses the offices of the head of

the municipality, the local legislature and several local

government agencies, is located at the middle of the town square

between Calle Real and Abdulla Street. It is interconnected with

other buildings that house other government facilities such as the

Rural Health Unit, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, El Nido Post

Office, just to name a few.

[edit]History

El Nido has been inhabited by humans as early2680 BC, or even

up to 22,000 years ago.[14]This was confirmed by the fossils and
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burial sites, dating back to theLate Neolithic Age, that can be

found in many caves and excavation sites surrounding the

municipality, particularly the Ille Cave in New Ibajay. Chinese

traders had been regularly visiting the area of El Nido for its edible

birds' nests during theSung Dynasty(960-1279 BC). In fact, El

Nido is specifically mentioned in Chinese records as far

back1225 BC. Caho Ju-Kua, a member of the Chinese Royal

Family, Trade Commissioner and Superintendent of Customs of

the Port of Chuan How wrote about the island, Pa-Lao-Yu orLand

of Beautiful Harbors in his book Chu Fan Chai.[6]

The town traces its roots from a smallTagbanwavillage

called Talindak. Some time in the 16th century, waves of migrants

fromCuyo Islandscame here to settle. In the 1800s,

theSpaniardsarrived, and they moved to the part where the

present-dayPoblacinand Mabini are located.[6]The first Spanish

families were the Canovas, Vzquez, Ros and Rey. In 1890, theSpaniards renamed it as Bacuit. At the time, the center of the

town was Cabigsing, then known as Inventario.Chinese families

moved into the area about the same period, first settling in

Langeblangeban. The first Chinese settlers were named Lim,

Chin, Liao, Edsan, Ambao, Que-Ke, Lim Piao, Yu His, Pe Phan

and Pe Khen.[6]

During the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, the town was

under the jurisdiction of theMunicipality of Taytay, which was the

capital of the formerProvince of Calamianes from 1818, and

the Province of Castilla, the area of what is now known as
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northern Palawan, from 1858. It remained part of Taytay until

1916 when it formally became an independent municipality.[6]The

new municipality was then known as Bacuit.

On June 17, 1954, Republic Act No. 1140 [15]was approved

changing the name of the town from Bacuit to its present name El

Nido after the edible nests ofswiftlets(collocalia fuciphaga),

found in the crevices of itslimestonecliffs. These

nests, nido inSpanish, the main ingredient for the gourmet nido

soup, are being sold at approximatelyUS$3,000 per kilogram.[5]

In 1957, the following barrios were created:

Villa Paz comprising the sitios of New Igabas, Candolay,

Malapaho, Mabegeten, Dewel, Nalbekan, and Lapia;

Bebeladan comprising the sitios of Mainlong, Bolabod, Balete,

Culiong, Codongnon, Vigan, Pagawanen, Langeblangeban,

Talulap, Bocboc, Miadiao, Avirawan, Pita, Deboluan, Balay-

Bacaco, Kiminawit, Pamontonan, Simpian, Binabanan, Tegas,

and Pinacpanacan;

Bagong-Bayan comprising the sitios of Manogtog, Cadleman,

Pinagtual, Omao, Nami, Tebey, Bato, Tugay, Cataaban, and

Lomocob;

Pasadea comprising the sitios of Lamoro, Cagbatang,

Bulalacao, Pinagantegan, Quinawagan, Nagbaclao,

Colantod, Loblob, and Badiang;
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Sibaltan comprising the sitios of Turatod, Buluang, Santa

Monica, Senodioc, Laolao, Cabogan, Tapic, Panian, Guitan,

Loro, and Nagcalasag;

Barotuan comprising the sitios of Taberna, Locaroc, Nagpan,

Yocoton, Calitang, Wawa, Makinit, Canoling, Mabagaon, and

Mapeldeten;

San Fernando comprising the sitios of Panian, Madorianen,

Dipnay, Maubog, Guenleng, Palabuayan, Paragaycayan, San

Pablo, and Olac-olacan; and,

Villa Libertad comprising the sitios of Calelenday, Taolili, Boloc,Inigtan, Mepague, Matolatolaon, Dao, Batbat, Madacotdacot,

Nasigdan, Semenled, Bancalen, and Cagbanaba.[16]In the

same year, the barrio of Oton was renamed to Mabini.[17]

Because El Nido was quite remote from most of the inhabited

islands in the Philippines, its pristine beauty was hidden to the

world until 1979 when a sea accident happened in Bacuit Bay. Asthe story goes, "a tuna line disabled a dive boat's propeller in the

middle of the night forcing it to drop anchor in an inlet. The

following morning, the divers woke up to an amazing scenery of

skyscraping dark cliffs, thick green forest, white sandbeach,

sparkling water and, rising above it, a series of magnificently

sculpted jade islands."[6]

In 1983, a dive station was established in Miniloc Island by a

group of divers who were on board the diveboat M/V Via Mare. In

the same year, major tourism commenced in El Nido, when the

Ten Knots Development Corporation, a Filipino-Japanese joint
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venture company, opened a divers' resort on Miniloc Island, and

an airstrip (Lio Airport) at Villa Libertad on the mainland. In 1992,

the company set up a second resort on Pangulasian Island, and

in 1998, the third and largest Ten Knots resort on Lagen Island.

The opening of the third resort coincided with the destruction of

the Pangulasian Resort by fire. During this period several other

tourism establishments were developed, paving the way for

tourism to become a thriving economic sector.[6]

El Nido is a showcase of the Philippines' geological and biological

diversity. In recognition of the importance of its uniqueecosystem,the Philippine government made the entire area of El Nido first to

a turtle sanctuary in 1984, then to amarine reserve parkin

1991,[18]and finally in 1998, to that of amanaged resource

protected area.[19]

[edit]Government

Aerial view of the cape between Nacpan and Calitang Beaches in Bucana,one of the eighteenbarangaysof El Nido.

Aerial view of Bucana, in the Northern partof El Nido.

El Nido is governed by a Mayor and a Vice Mayor, who are

elected to three-year terms. TheMayoris the executive head and

leads the municipality's departments in executing the municipalordinances and improving public services. TheVice Mayorheads

the legislative council consisting of eight councilors, or more

commonly known asSangguniang Bayan members.
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TheMunicipal Councilis in charge of creating the municipality's

policies in the form ofOrdinancesandResolutions.

[edit]Seal

The municipality seal shows a silhouette of the territory of El Nido

inside an armour-shaped picture. The famous marble and

limestone cliffs represents the nestling ground of theswiftlets.

Behind it is the oil rig, representing the areas within its

administrative boundaries that are found to be rich

inoilandnatural gassuch as the Malampaya Sound, which is 50

kilometers[20]within its borders, and the Cadlao Oilfield in Bacuit

Bay area.[21]At the bottom of the picture is the ricefield, with the

carabao head superimposed at the center, and on the other side,

the sea, with the fish and the squid in situated the middle,

representingfarming andfishing, the two main industries of its

people.

Protected Area statusEstablishment

In 1984, the then Ministry of Natural Resources issued the

Administrative Order No. 518, establishing a 360 square

kilometres (140 sq mi) maritime area in El Nido as a turtle

sanctuary. In 1991, the rest of the Bacuit Bay, including its island

and islets, was proclaimed by the Philippine government as a

marine reserve. A year later, by virtue of Administrative Order No.

14 Series of 1992 of theDepartment of Environment and Natural

Resources, this area was expanded even more. In 1998, its
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status was elevated to that of a protected area, and it included

even theterrestrialecosystem of El Nido and portions

ofTaytay.[18]

Extent and scope

The so-called El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected

Area is the largest marine sanctuary in the entire

Philippines. TheProtected Areastatus accords the areas of El

Nido and portions of its neighboring town ofTaytay[18] a place

among the eight priority sites[11][23]in the country in need

ofconservation. The Protected Area covers a total of 903.21

square kilometers,[24]of which 40% are terrestrial and 60%

marine.[25]

The provincial government has mobilized its citizenry to actively

participate in various environmental conservation and protection

programs, such as the "Bantay Gubat" for forest protection, and

the "Bantay Dagat" for the marine life preservation.[20]Patrollingwithin the Protected Area especially in the marine zones is

regularly conducted with the help of theWorld Wildlife Fund -

Philippinesthat allocates funds to support the said activity. Other

logistic support is by the concerned municipal governments. The

Palawan Council for Sustainable Management (PCSD) provides

legal assistance during the litigation of cases filed by theProtected Area Office (PAO).[24]

As a protected area, the Philippine government needs

approximatelyUS$180,000 annually to protect and manage its

natural resources.[11][25]Tourists are encouraged to payUS$0.50
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per day as conservation fee for the duration of their visit at the

Municipal Tourism Office or the Office of the Protected Area

Management Board (PAMB), which are housed in the Municipal

Building in Calle Real.[25]This was embodied in the PAMB

Resolution No. 08 series 2000 from the National Integrated

Protected Area Program (NIPAP) of theDepartment of

Environment and Natural Resources(DENR).[20]

El Nido, being one of the most diverse ecosystem in the country,

is protected for its unique flora and fauna, and pristine geologic

formations. These include:

limestone cliffs, the home of theswiftlets

50 white sand beaches

5 types of forest (the lowland evergreen rainforests found in the

mainland and islands such as Miniloc, Lagen and Pangulasian;

semi-deciduous forests; forests over limestone; beach forests;

and, the mangrove forests found mostly around major rivers

and creeks in the mainland)

3 major marine habitats

16endemicand 10threatenedspecies of birds (including

thePalawan Hornbill, thePalawan Shama, thePalawan

tit,Palawan Scops Owl, and thePalawan Peacock Pheasant)

6 species ofmarine mammalsendemic to Palawan(includingdolphins and its nativedugong)

thePalawan Tree Shrew, thePalawan Stink Badger,

thePalawan Spiny Rat, thePalawan Anteater, and

theNorthern Palawan Tree Squirrel
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4 species of endagered marine turtles (hawksbill,olive

ridley,leatherbackandgreen sea turtles)

100 species of corals,[26]45 of which belongs to the genera of

hardcorals

813 species of fish

Climate and sea conditions

Black snapper in El Nido

The climate in El Nido is distinguished by two seasons: generally

dry, from December to May, and wet, from June to November.April and May are typically the driest months, while the heaviest

rainfall occurs around August. The Northeast wind blows from

December to March, occasionally interchanging with the North

wind during December to February. The Southwest wind is felt

from June to October while the East wind, the mildest of all winds,

blows during the months of April and May.[27]

Surface Temperature

The average surface temperature ranges from a low of 22C to a

high of 33C. The coolest temperatures are usually experienced

during the month of January, while the hottest temperatures are

felt in April and May.[27]

Water Current

The current in El Nido differ from very slight to moderate

depending on tidal conditions. Divers and snorkellers can swim

back to the boat without difficulty since currents are usually very

manageable.[27]
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Water Temperature

The average water temperature ranges from 24C to 26C during

the months of December to March and 26C to 29C during the

months of April to November.[27]

Water Visibility

Water visibility ranges from 3 meters to 10 meters from December

to February, 10 meters to 30 meters from March to May, and 10

meters to 15 meters from June to November. The best time for

diving at El Nido is during the months of March to May, as surface

conditions are good.[27]
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