Bataraza is a second class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines

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. It is named after Datu Bataraza Narrazid, a locally influential Muslim chieftain and father of the town's first mayor and former mayor of Brooke's Point, the late Datu Sapiodin Narrazid. Bataraza was part of the municipality of Brooke's Point

Brooke's Point, Palawan

Brooke's Point is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines.Named after Sir James Brooke, the municipality has become famous for its promotion of ecotourism...

 until 1964 by the virtue of Philippine RA 3425.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 41,458 people in 8,658 households.