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'''El Nido''' is a fourth class [[Philippine municipality|municipality]] and marine reserve park in the [[Philippine province|province]] of [[Palawan province|Palawan]], [[Philippines]]. It is about 420 kilometers southwest of [[Manila]]. According to the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 27,029 people in 5,191 households. 85% of the population are living in the rural barangays, while only 15% of them are in the Poblacion (town proper).

The municipality covers the northernmost tip of mainland Palawan. It is composed of 45 islands and islets, each has its own unique geological formations. Like the rest of Palawan, it is part of the [[Eurasian Plate]], a plate that is entirely separate from the [[Philippine Plate]] to which the rest of the Philippines belongs. The limestone cliffs here are similar to those that can be found in Ha Long Bay in [[Vietnam]] and Guillin in [[China]], as well as Krabi in [[Thailand]], all of which are part of the [[Eurasian Plate]].

==History==