Nueva Valencia , officially the Municipality of Nueva Valencia ( Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Nueva Valencia ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Nueva Valencia ), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Guimaras , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,771 people.
6-820: Taklong Island is the main island of the Taklong Island National Marine Reserve located in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras , off the southern end of the island of Guimaras , in the West Visayas of the Philippines . The island and nearby vicinity was declared by President Corazon Aquino in June 1990. A marine biological station run by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) of nearby Iloilo Province
12-469: Is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Jordan . Nueva Valencia is politically subdivided into 22 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In the 2020 census, the population of Nueva Valencia was 42,771 people, with a density of 310 inhabitants per square kilometre or 800 inhabitants per square mile. Poverty incidence of Nueva Valencia Source: Philippine Statistics Authority This article about
18-492: Is located on this island. The one-storey station established in 1977 and renovated twice (in 1987 and in 2008) sits on a 1.64 hectares parcel of land donated to UP in 1964, with Carlos P. Romulo as then University President. Donors included the family of the first Lieutenant Governor of then SubProvince of Guimaras, the late Antonio Ortiz. When proclaimed as a national marine reserve in Feb. 8, 1990 by then President Corazon C. Aquino, there
24-635: The islands of Guiwanon (or Guiuanon), Panobolon, etc. Guisi Lighthouse, considered the second oldest lighthouse in the Philippines, is also one of the attractions in the municipality. This is the site of the Guimaras oil spill in August 2006, when the oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank a few kilometers from Nueva Valencia. Nueva Valencia is a part of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras area, centered on Iloilo City . It
30-462: The oil sludge. Rehabilitation efforts in the area was started in 2007. It has fully recovered. This article about a location in Western Visayas region is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nueva Valencia, Guimaras Nueva Valencia is known for its numerous white sand beaches, including the popular Alubihod Beach and Taklong Island Beach , as well as islets such as
36-593: Was only one family residing in the island, the family of Vicente Basco, the only recognized tenured migrant when Taklong Island became part of the national marine reserve. Mr. Basco was employed by UPV as caretaker of its Station in Taklong Island since the 1970s until his retirement. There are UPV staff, including security guards stationed in the island. Takong Island was affected by the Guimaras Oil Spill of 2006 with 90% of its mangrove forest being coated with
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