El Nido is a fourth class municipality and marine reserve park in the province of Palawan in the 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. Eighty-five percent (85%) of the population are living in the rural barangays, while only fifteen (15%) of them are in the Población (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 Guilin in China , as well as Krabi in Thailand , all of which are part of the Eurasian Plate .

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