LOCATION
Located in a cove at the southernmost tip of The Bataan Peninsula, 165 kilometers from Manila. It is bounded on the East by Manila Bay and the North Channel which separates it from Corregidor Island; on the South and West by South China Sea; on the Northwest by Bagac; and on the North by Limay.
LAND AREA
Mariveles covers a total land area of 15,920 hectares or 153 kilometers representing 12% of the total land area of Bataan Province. Of this, 19% is forest land; 6% is agricultural land; 15% is industrial and residential; and 60% is pasture land which could easily be converted into an industrial facility.
DEMOGRAPHY
The 2000 Census showed that Mariveles has a total population of 85,780 spread among its 18 barangays with a population growth rate of 4.71% per annum. It has a young population and posted a high employment rate of 30% with more than 27,000 people working in the different industrial firms in the locality or into livelihood programs and entrepreneurship.
ACCESSIBILITY
By Land
Two to three-hour drive from the business capital of Manila and Makati via a well-paved road network .
There are 3 big bus companies with more than 100 air-conditioned buses plying the Mariveles-Manila-Baguio routes and vice versa. There are also regular mini-buses that ply the Mariveles-Balanga route.
The vicinity of the market serves as terminal of both jeepneys and tricycles which serve as transportation going to barangays and within the inner arteries of the municipality.
By Water
One-hour trip by ferry boat service from the CCP boat terminal via Port of Orion or Limay Port.
By Air
Twenty five-minute flying time by private aircraft services from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It has no airstrips to accommodate fixed wing aircraft but it has 4 helipads owned and controlled by the government and by various private companies thereat.
