This is Palawan

The flight Areas Towns LGUs Tours Getting around Before you go

This is Palawan

The flight Areas Towns LGUs Tours Getting around Before you go

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An area of Palawan

North Central

North of Puerto Princesa the mainland narrows. San Vicente faces the open sea on the west coast with the 14.7 km of Long Beach and the harbour village of Port Barton, while Roxas, Dumaran and Araceli face the Sulu Sea on the east.

Alimanguan beach in San Vicente from the air: white sand, clear shallows and a palm-covered headland — Photo: Michael Maga-ao, via Unsplash

Towns: 4
Barangays: 70
Land: 3,280 km²
Signature places: 2

Dumaran and Araceli share Dumaran Island off the northeast coast, a quieter corner where the forests still hold the Philippine cockatoo.

Getting around

The national highway north from Puerto Princesa reaches Roxas after about 135 km. Vans from the city reach San Vicente in about 3 hours, and Roxas is an hour from San Vicente by road. San Vicente Airport has flights from Cebu three times a week.

Its towns

Point at a town

San VicenteMunicipality, 10 barangays, 1,463 km²
RoxasMunicipality, 31 barangays, 1,178 km²
DumaranMunicipality, 16 barangays, 435 km²
AraceliMunicipality, 13 barangays, 204 km²

North Central in pictures

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Alimanguan beach in San Vicente from the air: white sand, clear shallows and a palm-covered headlandPhoto: Michael Maga-ao, via Unsplash

An outrigger boat moored on the still, glassy sea off Roxas in the evening lightPhoto: Kingnaharry, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fish cages with small huts floating on calm open water off DumaranPhoto: Troy Kolokoy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The forested coast of San Vicente seen through tall trees on a hillsidePhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lone trees standing in the surf on a beach in Roxas, facing the Sulu SeaPhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The mint-green municipal hall of Dumaran, with yellow flowers in frontPhoto: Troy Kolokoy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A bangka in clear shallow water off the San Vicente coast, seen from the slope abovePhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Banana leaves framing the blue Sulu Sea from the shore at RoxasPhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Twilight at Port Barton, San Vicente, palms dark against the evening skyPhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trees and dark rocks at the water's edge on the Sulu Sea shore of RoxasPhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Leaning coconut palms over the curve of Port Barton beach, San VicentePhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Forest opening onto the Sulu Sea from a bluff on the east coast at RoxasPhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rows of coconut palms behind the surf of Long Beach, San VicentePhoto: Jimaggro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roxas from the air: a river running to the sea between two villages, a footbridge across itPhoto enhanced with AI

Coconut palms leaning over the long curve of Port Barton's beachPhoto: Owt, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Roxas from the air: a long sandbar curving between tidal flats and a turquoise reef, bancas moored off itPhoto enhanced with AI

Bancas drawn up on the sand at Port Barton, the forested hills behindPhoto: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roxas from the air: a palm-covered island with a white beach and a reef, mountains across the waterPhoto enhanced with AI

Port Barton's beach and its cottages under the palms, seen from the bow of a bancaPhoto: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roxas from the air: a small palm island ringed by white sand and turquoise shallowsPhoto enhanced with AI

Turtle Point, a small forested islet in turquoise water, on an island-hopping trip from Port BartonPhoto: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roxas from the air: a river bending past villages and a wide stand of mangrovesPhoto enhanced with AI

White Beach near Port Barton: pale sand curving under palms beside clear shallow waterPhoto: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roxas from the air: a waterfall dropping through rainforest into a blue poolPhoto enhanced with AI

Places in North Central

Long BeachSan Vicente
Port BartonSan Vicente

North of hereSulu Sea Islands South of herePuerto Princesa