Mariveles, Bataan

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Mariveles, Bataan is a coastal municipality in the Philippines historically known as one of the starting points of the Bataan Death March during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal town
municipality
borderedBy Manila Bay
South China Sea (west of Bataan Peninsula)
linked to: South China Sea
climate tropical monsoon climate
country Philippines
countrySubdivision Region III – Central Luzon
linked to: Central Luzon
formerName Mariveles, Bataan Export Processing Zone (area now Freeport Area of Bataan)
linked to: Mariveles, Bataan
governingBody Municipal Government of Mariveles
hasBodyOfWater Mariveles Bay
hasCommemoration annual observances related to Bataan Death March
hasEconomicActivity industrial processing
manufacturing
port operations
hasEconomicZone Freeport Area of Bataan
hasFeature deep-water port
mountainous terrain
volcanic mountain complex
hasHistoricalEvent Bataan Death March
hasLandmark Corregidor Island (nearby)
linked to: Corregidor

Freeport Area of Bataan
Mariveles Mountain Complex
Zero Kilometer Death March Marker (Mariveles)
linked to: Mariveles, Bataan
hasNearbyIsland Corregidor Island
linked to: Corregidor
hasNearbyMunicipality Limay, Bataan
Orion, Bataan
hasReligion Roman Catholicism (majority)
hasRole starting point of the Bataan Death March
hasTourismType historical tourism
nature and hiking tourism
hasTransportation ferry services to Manila (via nearby ports)
road connections to Balanga and other Bataan towns
historicalPeriod World War II
knownFor industrial freeport zone
role in Bataan Death March
strategic location at the mouth of Manila Bay
language English
Filipino
Tagalog
locatedIn Bataan
Central Luzon
locatedOn Bataan Peninsula
Luzon
Manila Bay
militaryHistory site of American and Filipino troop surrender in 1942 vicinity
partOf Province of Bataan
provinceCapitalDistance south of Balanga City
timeZone Philippine Standard Time
utcOffset +8

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Bataan Death March location Mariveles, Bataan
Mount Mariveles municipalityNamedAfter Mariveles, Bataan
Mariveles, Bataan hasLandmark Zero Kilometer Death March Marker (Mariveles)
linked to: Mariveles, Bataan
Mariveles, Bataan formerName Mariveles, Bataan Export Processing Zone (area now Freeport Area of Bataan)
linked to: Mariveles, Bataan
Bagac, Bataan borderedBy Mariveles, Bataan
Bagac borderedBy Mariveles, Bataan
Pilar, Bataan locatedNear Mariveles, Bataan
subject linked to: Pilar
Port of Mariveles locatedIn Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines
linked to: Mariveles, Bataan
Pantingan-Tarak traverse endingArea Mariveles, Bataan
Tarak Ridge accessFrom Mariveles, Bataan