Mariveles is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. 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.