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A valuable key to an understanding of the Philippines' pre-colonial history lies on the island of Marinduque. Archaeological artifacts that have been found in numerous caves here over the years still wait to be carefully analyzed. Curiously, this heart-shaped island is also smack-center of the Philippine Archipelago that a 1911 American-built marker north-east of the island attests to this fact.

The dialect spoken in Marinduque has been described as the root from which modern national forms of speech have sprung, where remnants of archaic Tagalog could be found, spoken in a lilting manner by its inhabitants. Characterized by pristine natural beauty, Marinduque boasts of a wide spectrum of unspoiled beaches, mountain peaks, fabled sulfur springs and limestone caves, cascading waterfalls, fringing reefs, virgin islets and old churches. Spanish and American rule over the island saw significant acts of local heroism in revolutionary fights. The accounts of victorious battles continue to surface today as Marinduque rewrites its history. Marinduque and its surrounding islets is a vital part of the MIMAROPA regional group of island-provinces (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan), steadily rising as a prime tourist destination in the south of Luzon. Marinduque is located some 137 nautical miles from Manila and is accessible by water and air transport. Its total land area is 95,925 hectares, subdivided into six municipalities comprising 218 barangay communities.

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