Coron Island
Coron is the third largest of the Calamian Islands, which in turn belongs to the Palawan Islands in the west of the Philippines.
To the north is the island of Busuanga. The island has an area of 71 km ² and about 2,500 inhabitants ( 2007).
Coron is densely covered, although the steep slopes of the Karst Mountains do not permit a dense tropical forest and home to a predominantly macciaähnliche vegetation with some low trees. It is inhabited exclusively by Tagbanuwa who have fought for a semi -autonomous status. The name comes from Coron their dialect and means as much as " included ". This included referring to their first settlement reason which was protected by high mountains on three sides. The island of Coron is a nature reserve and is a state-protected ancestral homeland of the indigenous people. This combined, semi-autonomous reserve Coron Iceland Protected Area covers an area of 22 248 hectares.
The Coron Bay in the north of the island is famous among divers through a variety of Japanese shipwrecks.
The island consists of two municipal districts ( barangays ) of a total of 23 of the Municipality of Coron (based on the neighboring island of Busuanga ), with a population at 1 May 2000:
- Banuang Daan ( 546)
- Cabuago ( 1696 )
Historical Report
As the 1912 American Pacific Mail Steamship "Korea" docked in Coron, the captain Thomas Maher asked the governor after a few wooden huts for himself and his team. Instead, the prison it was recommended. Helpful it was pointed out that it was free of large cockroaches, lizards and mosquitoes. Maher drew the somewhat amusing conversation in his notes: "I said, ' how could that be if the prison is full? ' " " No, Senor, it is only filled during the day In the night we send inmates home, .. Keeping them in prison would only punish the family You know, the Filippino loves fishing and the cockfight The can. it only during the day and in prison is not possible. " In order not to give the team more inconveniences, the governor sent the " convicts " in the end for two weeks on vacation. Captain Maher wrote in his notebook: " The Filipinos are in many ways quite practical people Such decisions could never take place in America, as a plethora of bureaucratic processes would be necessary, perhaps even an action of the Supreme Court. ". Until then, he would be but certainly worn again.