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The capital city of the island group Palawan in the Philippines, Puerto Princesa lies in the middle of this very well environmentally-protected island. Palawan is considered as the country's last frontier for maintaining a diverse reserve of flora and fauna.
The city is among those cities in the country that is seldomly hit by a typhoon. It has two main climates, dry during November thru April and wet during May to October. Normally, September has the heaviest rainfall in a year. With this, Puerto Princesa generally has a good weather specially in the summer period of March to May.
Puerto Princesa is connected to domestic air travel with the Puerto Princesa Airport (Airport Code: PPS) with the following carriers:
A common mode of transport around the city is on tricycles. These are regular motorcycles with a sidecar and is used like a local taxi where they transport passengers to any destination in the city.
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