Bataraza

Bataraza is a first class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.The municipality was named after Datu Bataraza Narrazid, a locally influential Muslim chieftain and father of the town's first mayor and former mayor of Brooke's Point, then Datu Sapiodin Narrazid. Bataraza was part of the municipality of Brooke's Point until 1964 by the virtue of Philippine RA 3425.Main industries of Bataraza includes farming, fishing, and nickel mining and processing.GeographyBataraza is located on the southernmost tip of Palawan Island, approximately from Puerto Princesa City and about five to six hours by land. It has total land area of 957 km².Bataraza is situated some 775km south-west of Manila, between roughly 8.3 and 8.75 degrees latitude north of the equator. It stretches approximately in north-easterly to south-westerly direction along the Sulu Sea, from the Malis River to Cape Buliluyan in the south. On the western side, it extends up to Wangly River.It is bounded in the east by the Sulu Sea, in the west by a great mountain range, extending from Mount Mantalingahan (the highest peak in the province) to Mount Malitub, which serves as the divider between Bataraza and Rizal, and in the south-west by the South China Sea. Two large crocodiles were recovered here and were taken to Crocodile Farm in Puerto Princesa City.