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href="#Administrative_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Administrative divisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_divisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_(%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86)" title="سولو (الفلبين) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سولو (الفلبين)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86)" title="سولو (فیلیپین) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سولو (فیلیپین)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinz_Sulu" title="Provinz Sulu – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Provinz Sulu" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Jol%C3%B3" title="Provincia de Joló – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Joló" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suluo" title="Suluo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Suluo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86)" title="سولو (فیلیپین) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سولو (فیلیپین)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu_(province)" title="Sulu (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sulu (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%A0%EB%A3%A8%EC%A3%BC" title="술루주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="술루주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="सुलु प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सुलु प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Sulu" title="Provincia di Sulu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Sulu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="სულუს პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სულუს პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu_(provincia)" title="Sulu (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sulu (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83" title="Сулу – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сулу" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu_(provincie)" title="Sulu (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sulu (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E" title="スールー州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スールー州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Сулу (провинция) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сулу (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu_(provins)" title="Sulu (provins) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sulu (provins)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B9" title="จังหวัดซูลู – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดซูลู" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Sulu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Сулу (провінція) – Ukrainian" 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Sulu</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i>Lupa' Sūg</i></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px solid black;width:250px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_(Asturias,_Jolo,_Sulu;_10-10-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_%28Asturias%2C_Jolo%2C_Sulu%3B_10-10-2023%29.jpg/250px-Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_%28Asturias%2C_Jolo%2C_Sulu%3B_10-10-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_%28Asturias%2C_Jolo%2C_Sulu%3B_10-10-2023%29.jpg/375px-Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_%28Asturias%2C_Jolo%2C_Sulu%3B_10-10-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_%28Asturias%2C_Jolo%2C_Sulu%3B_10-10-2023%29.jpg/500px-Sulu_Provincial_Capitol_%28Asturias%2C_Jolo%2C_Sulu%3B_10-10-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg/124px-Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg/186px-Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg/248px-Sunset_in_PDC_Kabucan_Sulu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mangkallay_Elementary_School,_Lugus,_Sulu,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mangkallay_Elementary_School%2C_Lugus%2C_Sulu%2C_Philippines.jpg/124px-Mangkallay_Elementary_School%2C_Lugus%2C_Sulu%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mangkallay_Elementary_School%2C_Lugus%2C_Sulu%2C_Philippines.jpg/186px-Mangkallay_Elementary_School%2C_Lugus%2C_Sulu%2C_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mangkallay_Elementary_School%2C_Lugus%2C_Sulu%2C_Philippines.jpg/248px-Mangkallay_Elementary_School%2C_Lugus%2C_Sulu%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tulay_Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tulay_Mosque.jpg/250px-Tulay_Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tulay_Mosque.jpg/375px-Tulay_Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tulay_Mosque.jpg/500px-Tulay_Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">(from top: left to right) Sulu Provincial Capitol Building in Jolo, scenery in Hadji Panglima Tahil, sunrise in Lugus and Tulay Mosque in Jolo.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulu_Province_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Sulu"><img alt="Flag of Sulu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Sulu_Province_Flag.svg/120px-Sulu_Province_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Sulu_Province_Flag.svg/180px-Sulu_Province_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Sulu_Province_Flag.svg/240px-Sulu_Province_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="354" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulu_Province_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Sulu"><img alt="Official seal of Sulu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Sulu_Province_Seal.svg/80px-Sulu_Province_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Sulu_Province_Seal.svg/120px-Sulu_Province_Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Sulu_Province_Seal.svg/160px-Sulu_Province_Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="478" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulu_in_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the Philippines"><img alt="Location in the Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sulu_in_Philippines.svg/250px-Sulu_in_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sulu_in_Philippines.svg/375px-Sulu_in_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sulu_in_Philippines.svg/500px-Sulu_in_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1869" data-file-height="2465" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the Philippines</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="7" data-overlays="["_37286c67bb6231469f7f6a98581401d45f16a47b"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Sulu&revid=1258355295&groups=_37286c67bb6231469f7f6a98581401d45f16a47b" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Sulu&revid=1258355295&groups=_37286c67bb6231469f7f6a98581401d45f16a47b 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6_N_121_E_region:PH_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°N</span> <span class="longitude">121°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6°N 121°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6; 121</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Undetermined</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">September 1, 1914</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jolo,_Sulu" title="Jolo, Sulu">Jolo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Patikul,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Patikul, Sulu">Patikul</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(seat of Government)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest Municipality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jolo,_Sulu" title="Jolo, Sulu">Jolo</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Sangguniang Panlalawigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdusakur_Mahail_Tan" title="Abdusakur Mahail Tan">Abdusakur M. Tan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lakas%E2%80%93CMD" title="Lakas–CMD">Lakas</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Governor">Vice Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Abdusakur A. Tan II (<a href="/wiki/Lakas%E2%80%93CMD" title="Lakas–CMD">Lakas</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sulu_Provincial_Board" title="Sulu Provincial Board">Sulu Provincial Board</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-area_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,600.40 km<sup>2</sup> (617.92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">66th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Tumatangis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mount Tumatangis (page does not exist)">Mount Tumatangis</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">811 m (2,661 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–ARMM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–ARMM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,000,108</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">28th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">620/km<sup>2</sup> (1,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">10th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonyms</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Suluan <br /> Tausug</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Divisions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Independent cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>19</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banguingui,_Sulu" title="Banguingui, Sulu">Banguingui</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hadji_Panglima_Tahil" title="Hadji Panglima Tahil">Hadji Panglima Tahil</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indanan" title="Indanan">Indanan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jolo,_Sulu" title="Jolo, Sulu">Jolo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kalingalan_Caluang" title="Kalingalan Caluang">Kalingalan Caluang</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lugus,_Sulu" title="Lugus, Sulu">Lugus</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Luuk,_Sulu" title="Luuk, Sulu">Luuk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maimbung" title="Maimbung">Maimbung</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Omar,_Sulu" title="Omar, Sulu">Omar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Panamao" title="Panamao">Panamao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pandami" title="Pandami">Pandami</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Panglima_Estino" title="Panglima Estino">Panglima Estino</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pangutaran" title="Pangutaran">Pangutaran</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Parang,_Sulu" title="Parang, Sulu">Parang</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pata,_Sulu" title="Pata, Sulu">Pata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Patikul" title="Patikul">Patikul</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Siasi" title="Siasi">Siasi</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Talipao" title="Talipao">Talipao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tapul" title="Tapul">Tapul</a></li></ul></div> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data">410</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Sulu" title="Legislative districts of Sulu">Legislative districts of Sulu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PHT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">7400–7416</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)68</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">PH-SLU</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output 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class</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sulu</b> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tagalog" title="Help:IPA/Tagalog">[sʊˈlu]</a></span>), officially the <b>Province of Sulu</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tausug_language" title="Tausug language">Tausūg</a>: <i>Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i lang="tl">Lalawigan ng Sulu</i>), is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province of the Philippines</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Archipelago" title="Sulu Archipelago">Sulu Archipelago</a>. </p><p>It was part of the <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a> (BARMM), until the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a> on September 9, 2024 declared its inclusion to be unconstitutional because of the province's simple majority vote against it during the <a href="/wiki/2019_Bangsamoro_autonomy_plebiscite" title="2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite">2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Jolo,_Sulu" title="Jolo, Sulu">Jolo</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Jolo" title="Jolo">island of the same name</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jolo_capitol_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jolo_capitol-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Maimbung" title="Maimbung">Maimbung</a>, the royal capital of the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sultanate of Sulu</a>, is also located in the province. Sulu is along the southern border of the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a> and the northern boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Celebes_Sea" title="Celebes Sea">Celebes Sea</a>. </p><p>Out of all 82 <a href="/wiki/Provinces_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces in the Philippines">provinces in the Philippines</a>, it is the poorest, as evidenced by it having the highest poverty rate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a>, poverty incidence in Sulu had reduced in 2021 with 51 percent compared to 75.3 percent in 2018. According to the PSA, this reduction in poverty incidence is an improvement for the province.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sultanate of Sulu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Moro_conflict" title="Spanish–Moro conflict">Spanish–Moro conflict</a></div> <p>Prior to the arrival of Islam in Sulu, the province used to adhere to local animist religions; this later changed to Hindu and Buddhist belief systems. Throughout this time, the Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Lupah_Sug" title="Lupah Sug">Lupah Sug</a> had been established centuries before Islam arrived. </p><p>The advent of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> around 1138 through merchants and traders had a distinct influence on <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. The coming of <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> paved the way for the arrival of religious missionaries, traders, scholars and travelers to Sulu and <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a> in the 12th century. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG/170px-Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG/255px-Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG/340px-Sulu_house_%26_coconut_plantation.JPG 2x" data-file-width="775" data-file-height="1094" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Sulu home & coconut plantation</figcaption></figure> <p>A landmark born of the social process was the founding of the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sultanate of Sulu</a>. Year 1380 CE, The Sunni Sufi Scholar <a href="/wiki/Makhdum_Karim" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhdum Karim">Karim-ul Makhdum</a> came to Sulu and introduced <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> to the Philippines. In 1450 CE, Johore-born Arab adventurer <a href="/wiki/Sharif_ul-H%C4%81shim_of_Sulu" title="Sharif ul-Hāshim of Sulu">Sayyid Abubakar Abirin</a> came to Sulu and lived with <a href="/wiki/Rajah_Baguinda" title="Rajah Baguinda">Rajah Baguinda Ali</a>. The Sunni Sufi Teacher and Sayyid Abubakar eventually married Ali's daughter, Dayang-dayang Paramisuli, and inherited Rajah Baguinda's polity (which was a <a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">principality</a> before), which he turned into the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Muslim_states_and_dynasties" title="List of Muslim states and dynasties">Sultanate</a> of Sulu and become its first <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a>. To consolidate his rule, Sayyid Abubakar united the local political units under the umbrella of the Sultanate. A Sultanate that followed the Ash'ari Aqeeda, Shafi'i Madh'hab and <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufism</a>. He brought Sulu, <a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_Peninsula" title="Zamboanga Peninsula">Zamboanga Peninsula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Basilan" title="Basilan">Basilan</a> under its aegis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_colonial_era">Spanish colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spanish colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png/200px-Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png/300px-Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png/400px-Sultan_Harun_Ar-Rashid_in_1886.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="804" /></a><figcaption>Sultan <a href="/wiki/Harun_Ar-Rashid_(sultan_of_Sulu)" title="Harun Ar-Rashid (sultan of Sulu)">Harun Ar-Rashid</a> in 1886, Sultan of Sulu from 1886–1894</figcaption></figure> <p>The navigational error that landed <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Limasawa" title="Limasawa">Limasawa</a> brought awareness of Europe to the Philippines and opened the door to <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1565%E2%80%931898)" title="History of the Philippines (1565–1898)">Spanish colonial incursion</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Spaniards" title="Spaniards">Spaniards</a> introduced <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and a political system of church-state dichotomy, which encountered fierce resistance in the devastating <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Moro_conflict" title="Spanish–Moro conflict">Moro wars</a> from 1578 to 1899. The Sultanate of Sulu formally recognised Spanish sovereignty in <a href="/wiki/Tawi-Tawi" title="Tawi-Tawi">Tawi-Tawi</a> and Sulu in middle of the 19th century, but these areas remained partially ruled by the Spanish as their sovereignty was limited to military stations, garrisons, and pockets of civilian settlements, until they had to abandon the region as a consequence of their defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_era">American era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: American era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Moro_Province" title="Moro Province">Moro Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Mindanao_and_Sulu" title="Department of Mindanao and Sulu">Department of Mindanao and Sulu</a></div> <p>After Spain ceded the Philippines to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, American forces came to <a href="/wiki/Jolo" title="Jolo">Jolo</a> and ended the 23 years of Spanish military occupation (1876 to 1899). On August 20, Sultan <a href="/wiki/Jamalul_Kiram_II" title="Jamalul Kiram II">Jamalul Kiram II</a> and Brig. Gen. <a href="/wiki/John_C._Bates" title="John C. Bates">John C. Bates</a> signed the Bates Agreement that continued the gradual emasculation of the Sultanate started by Spain (Treaty of 1878) until March 1915 when the Sultan abdicated his temporal powers in the Carpenter Agreement. The Agreement eliminated opposition to the civilian government of Gov. Clinton Solidum. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG/220px-Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG/330px-Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG/440px-Sulu_province_1918_map.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Sulu in 1918, which covered the current province of <a href="/wiki/Tawi-Tawi" title="Tawi-Tawi">Tawi-Tawi</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg/220px-Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg/330px-Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg/440px-Sultan_of_Sulu_with_others_of_his_suite_aboard_ship_LCCN2014685227.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5791" data-file-height="4260" /></a><figcaption>Sultan Jamalul Kiram II and Suite, published by <a href="/wiki/Bain_News_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bain News Service">Bain News Service</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Mindanao_and_Sulu" title="Department of Mindanao and Sulu">Department of Mindanao and Sulu</a> under Gov. Carpenter was created by <i>Philippine Commission Act 2309</i> (1914) and ended on February 5, 1920, by Act of Philippine Legislature No. 2878. The Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes was organized and briefly headed by <a href="/wiki/Teofisto_Guingona_Sr." title="Teofisto Guingona Sr.">Teofisto Guingona Sr.</a> With the enactment by the <a href="/wiki/US_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="US Congress">US Congress</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jones_Law_(Philippines)" title="Jones Law (Philippines)">Jones Law</a> (Philippine Autonomy Law) in 1916, ultimate Philippine independence was guaranteed and the Filipinization of public administration began. Sulu, however, had an appointed American governor until 1935, and the Governor General in Manila had a say in Sulu affairs. </p><p>At any rate, the essence of local governance forged by <a href="/wiki/Rajah_Baguinda" title="Rajah Baguinda">Rajah Baguinda</a> continued to permeate the ethos of Sulu politics despite centuries of colonial presence. History points to a local government in Sulu that antedates other similar systems in the country. </p><p>The province hosted the <a href="/wiki/Daru_Jambangan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daru Jambangan">Daru Jambangan</a> (Palace of Flowers) which was the royal palace of the Sultan of Sulu since historical times. The palace, located in <a href="/wiki/Maimbung" title="Maimbung">Maimbung</a> was made of wood, and was destroyed in 1932 by a huge storm. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_occupation">Japanese occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Japanese occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the brief Japanese occupation years, Sulu was bombed by the Japanese and was conquered afterwards. The Japanese were eventually expelled by the Americans and the natives of Sulu, and the Americans started to push for the independence of the Philippines as 'one country'. This prompted various leaders from Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago to campaign against being lumped with the Catholic natives of Luzon and the Visayas. Despite the campaign against the 'one Philippines model', the United States granted independence to the Philippines, effectively giving control of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago to the Filipino government in <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>. </p><p>It was during this period that the fighting 21 of Sulu rose with Lt. Abdulrahim Imao and Sayyid Captain Kalingalan Caluang who distinguished himself through extraordinary valor and leadership, earning widespread recognition and commendation. The Fighting 21 of Sulu was narrated by Ernesto M. Espaldon in his book. Among Sayyid Captain Kalingalan Caluang's notable accolades was the prestigious Bronze Star Medal, awarded on February 4, 1944, under Executive Order №9419 by the Commanding General of the 41st Infantry Division, for his meritorious achievements in the Sulu Archipelago, Philippine Islands. His exceptional acts of leadership, strategic resourcefulness, and decisive initiative during pivotal moments were highly praised. Despite facing harsh conditions and relentless enemy engagement, Captain Caluang demonstrated unwavering courage, sound judgment, and a steadfast commitment to duty.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daru_Jambangan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Daru_Jambangan.jpg/220px-Daru_Jambangan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Daru_Jambangan.jpg/330px-Daru_Jambangan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Daru_Jambangan.jpg/440px-Daru_Jambangan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="394" /></a><figcaption>Daru Jambangan (Palace of Flowers) in <a href="/wiki/Maimbung" title="Maimbung">Maimbung</a> before it was destroyed by a typhoon. The palace was the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sultanate of Sulu</a>'s reigning monarch for generations.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippine_independence">Philippine independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Philippine independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of Philippine independence era, the reconstruction of the Daru Jambangan continued to be of huge importance to the people of Sulu as only a few arches and posts remain from the once grand palace complex. Many members of the royal family advocated for the reconstruction of the palace, however, the government of the Philippines made no official position or fund for the matter. During that time, the Mindanao sentiment to become a free country on its own was also felt in Sulu. </p><p>In 1948, <a href="/wiki/Hadji_Kamlon" title="Hadji Kamlon">Hadji Kamlon</a>, a World War II veteran, started an uprising on Luuk, Sulu. He surrendered in 1949 but started another uprising in 1952. He then surrendered on July 31, 1952, to Secretary of Defense Ramon Magsaysay. However, he started a third uprising a week later. He surrendered again on November 9, 1952, but would start another uprising in early 1953. He would then surrender on August 11, 1953, after an encounter with Philippines Government troops. He violated the terms of his surrender a week later. Two years later, on September 24, 1955, he would then surrender after an encounter with government troops in Tandu Panuan, Luuk. </p><p>In 1973, the municipalities of South Ubian, Tandubas, Simunul, Sitangkai, Balimbing (Panglima Sugala), Bungao, Cagayan de Sulu (Mapun), and Turtle Island were transferred from the jurisdiction of Sulu to the newly formed province of Tawi-Tawi pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 302 of September 11, 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Marcos_Administration">The Marcos Administration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Marcos Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/Martial_law_under_Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos">Marcos era</a>, Sulu was one of the provinces that fought back against Ferdinand Marcos as his regime tortured, killed, and exterminated hundreds of Moros. When news broke out regarding the planned invasion of eastern <a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a>, Marcos ordered the military to massacre Tausug warriors, which led to the brutal 1968 <a href="/wiki/Jabidah_massacre" title="Jabidah massacre">Jabidah massacre</a>, the worst human rights violation against the natives of Sulu. </p><p>News about the Jabidah Massacre led to the rise of numerous separatist movements in Mindanao, including Sulu, eventually leading to groups engaging in armed conflict with the Philippine government.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BetweenIntegrationandSecession_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BetweenIntegrationandSecession-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the most destructive clashes, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jolo_(1974)" title="Battle of Jolo (1974)">1974 Battle of Jolo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ARMM_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARMM-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was so destructive that it was estimated to have rendered 40,000 people homeless in Jolo, the capital of Sulu.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sultan of Sulu, members of the royal family, and the leaders of Sulu were in favor of the <a href="/wiki/People_Power_Revolution" title="People Power Revolution">People Power Revolution</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> that successfully toppled the dictatorship and restored <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a> in the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary">Contemporary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Contemporary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989, the province of Sulu became part of the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao" title="Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao">Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a> or ARMM. A peace pact between the <a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a> or MNLF and the Philippine government was also made. The founder and leader of the MNLF, <a href="/wiki/Nur_Misuari" title="Nur Misuari">Nur Misuari</a>, who was a native of Sulu and adhered to the Sultanate of Sulu, became the governor of the entire ARMM from 1996 to 2001. </p><p>In 2016, a small replica of Daru Jambangan was built in the neighboring town of <a href="/wiki/Talipao,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Talipao, Sulu">Talipao</a> and became a centerpiece for a 'vacation park'. The replica was about 25% of the actual size of the real Daru Jambangan during its heyday. A campaign to restore the Daru Jambangan in its original location in Maimbung is still ongoing. The <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Culture_and_the_Arts" title="National Commission for Culture and the Arts">National Commission for Culture and the Arts</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Philippines" title="National Museum of the Philippines">National Museum of the Philippines</a> were tasked to faithfully restore or reconstruct the Daru Jambangan in Maimbung.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/2019_Bangsamoro_autonomy_plebiscite" title="2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite">Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite</a> led to the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) creating the <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro_Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao">Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a> (BARMM) to replace the ARMM. The initiative lost by a 54.3% margin in Sulu, but was carried nonetheless because the votes of the entire ARMM were counted as one.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However in September 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court</a> ruled that Sulu should have not been made part of Bangsamoro.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The status of which administrative region Sulu belongs to is unclear although the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_(Philippines)" title="Commission on Elections (Philippines)">Commission on Elections</a> <i>en banc</i> had the consensus that Sulu should revert back to the <a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_Peninsula" title="Zamboanga Peninsula">Zamboanga Peninsula</a>, the region it belonged to prior its inclusion in the ARMM back in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-comelec-mt-region9_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comelec-mt-region9-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-barmm-execs-sulu-exit_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barmm-execs-sulu-exit-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also proposed that Sulu become a "pilot province" under the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_President_of_the_Philippines" title="Office of the President of the Philippines">Office of the President</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg/220px-Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg/330px-Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg/440px-Jolo_Space_Shuttle_image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jolo" title="Jolo">Jolo</a> and its adjacent islets seen from space</figcaption></figure> <p>The province covers an area of 1,600.40 square kilometres (617.92 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-area_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sulu's main island, <a href="/wiki/Jolo" title="Jolo">Jolo</a>, has an area of 868.5 square kilometres (335.3 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the 16th largest island of the Philippine Archipelago by area. </p><p>Sulu is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Archipelago" title="Sulu Archipelago">Sulu Archipelago</a>, which stretches from the tip of the <a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_Peninsula_(geographical_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zamboanga Peninsula (geographical region)">Zamboanga Peninsula</a> on the north to the island of <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> in the south. The main island and its islets are situated between the island-provinces of <a href="/wiki/Basilan" title="Basilan">Basilan</a> to the northeast, and <a href="/wiki/Tawi-Tawi" title="Tawi-Tawi">Tawi-Tawi</a> to the southwest. Sulu is bordered by two seas; the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a> to the north, and the <a href="/wiki/Celebes_Sea" title="Celebes Sea">Celebes Sea</a> to its south. Sulu has over 157 islets, some of which remain unnamed.<sup id="cite_ref-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The islands are organized into four groups:<sup id="cite_ref-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Jolo group</li> <li>Pangutaran group</li> <li>Tongkil-Banguingui (Samales) group</li> <li>Siasi-Tapul group</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sulu comprises 19 <a href="/wiki/Philippine_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine municipality">municipalities</a> that are organized into <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Sulu" title="Legislative districts of Sulu">two legislative districts</a> and further subdivided into 410 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a>. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:40%;max-width:408px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_sulu.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Political map"><img alt="Political map of Sulu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ph_fil_sulu.png/400px-Ph_fil_sulu.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ph_fil_sulu.png/600px-Ph_fil_sulu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ph_fil_sulu.png/800px-Ph_fil_sulu.png 2x" data-file-width="4126" data-file-height="2026" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_sulu.png" title="File:Ph fil sulu.png"> </a></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Political map</div></div></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CCFFCC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> † </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Provincial capital</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;table-layout:fixed;text-align:right;background-color:#FDFDFD;font-size:90%;border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Municipality </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Sulu" title="Legislative districts of Sulu">District</a><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="3">Population </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Area<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Density </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Total number of barangays">Barangay</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinates">Coordinates</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Coordnone"><a href="#endnote_Coordnone">[A]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;" colspan="2"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–ARMM_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–ARMM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–ARMM_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–ARMM-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">/km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">/sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Banguingui,_Sulu" title="Banguingui, Sulu">Banguingui</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000356121538873801♠" style="display:none"></span>3.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right">35,616 </td> <td>24,161 </td> <td>7.67% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">352.59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">136.14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6.0256_N_121.8363_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Banguingui+%28Tongkil%29"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°01′32″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°50′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.0256°N 121.8363°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.0256; 121.8363</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Banguingui (Tongkil)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hadji_Panglima_Tahil,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadji Panglima Tahil, Sulu">Hadji Panglima Tahil</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6999790514624420562♠" style="display:none"></span>0.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">7,906 </td> <td>6,375 </td> <td>4.18% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">67.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26.22 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">310 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6.1104_N_120.9660_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Hadji+Panglima+Tahil+%28Marunggas%29"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°06′37″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°57′58″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.1104°N 120.9660°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.1104; 120.9660</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Hadji Panglima Tahil (Marunggas)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indanan,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Indanan, Sulu">Indanan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000931579389425942♠" style="display:none"></span>9.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">93,168 </td> <td>80,883 </td> <td>2.73% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170.72 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65.92 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">550 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,400 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9721_N_120.9695_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Indanan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°58′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°58′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9721°N 120.9695°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9721; 120.9695</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Indanan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#CCFFCC;border-right:0;"><a href="/wiki/Jolo,_Sulu" title="Jolo, Sulu">Jolo</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;border-left:0;">† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001137251176872897♠" style="display:none"></span>13.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">137,266 </td> <td>125,564 </td> <td>1.71% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">126.40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.80 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,100 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,800 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6.0536_N_121.0002_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Jolo"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°03′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°00′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.0536°N 121.0002°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.0536; 121.0002</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Jolo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kalingalan_Caluang,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu">Kalingalan Caluang</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000395447291692497♠" style="display:none"></span>4.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">39,549 </td> <td>31,567 </td> <td>4.39% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">166.50 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">64.29 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.8843_N_121.2632_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Kalingalan+Caluang"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°53′03″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°15′48″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.8843°N 121.2632°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.8843; 121.2632</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kalingalan Caluang</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lugus,_Sulu" title="Lugus, Sulu">Lugus</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000290398636947209♠" style="display:none"></span>2.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">29,043 </td> <td>21,897 </td> <td>5.52% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">133.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.37 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">220 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">570 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.7033_N_120.8197_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Lugus"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°42′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°49′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.7033°N 120.8197°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.7033; 120.8197</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Lugus</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Luuk,_Sulu" title="Luuk, Sulu">Luuk</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000378689101577029♠" style="display:none"></span>3.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">37,873 </td> <td>32,162 </td> <td>3.16% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">313.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120.87 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">310 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9677_N_121.3130_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Luuk"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°58′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°18′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9677°N 121.3130°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9677; 121.3130</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Luuk</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maimbung,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Maimbung, Sulu">Maimbung</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000595905642190643♠" style="display:none"></span>6.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">59,597 </td> <td>37,914 </td> <td>8.99% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">77.50 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.92 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">770 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9309_N_121.0269_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Maimbung"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°55′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°01′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9309°N 121.0269°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9309; 121.0269</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Maimbung</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Omar,_Sulu" title="Omar, Sulu">Omar</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000280669687673731♠" style="display:none"></span>2.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">28,070 </td> <td>25,116 </td> <td>2.14% </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6.0099_N_121.3837_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Omar"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°00′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°23′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.0099°N 121.3837°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.0099; 121.3837</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Omar</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Panamao" title="Panamao">Panamao</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000498436168893759♠" style="display:none"></span>5.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">49,849 </td> <td>40,998 </td> <td>3.79% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">107.57 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.53 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">460 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9801_N_121.2182_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Old+Panamao"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°58′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°13′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9801°N 121.2182°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9801; 121.2182</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Old Panamao</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pandami,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandami, Sulu">Pandami</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000331734172709347♠" style="display:none"></span>3.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">33,177 </td> <td>25,885 </td> <td>4.84% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170.89 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65.98 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">190 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">490 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.5505_N_120.8083_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Pandami"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°33′02″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°48′30″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.5505°N 120.8083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.5505; 120.8083</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pandami</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Panglima_Estino,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Panglima Estino, Sulu">Panglima Estino</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000342453015074371♠" style="display:none"></span>3.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right">34,249 </td> <td>28,817 </td> <td>3.34% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">125.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">270 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">700 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9569_N_121.1961_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Panglima+Estino+%28New+Panamao%29"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°57′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°11′46″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9569°N 121.1961°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9569; 121.1961</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Panglima Estino (New Panamao)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pangutaran,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Pangutaran, Sulu">Pangutaran</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000363700720322205♠" style="display:none"></span>3.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right">36,374 </td> <td>30,613 </td> <td>3.34% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">258.10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">99.65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">140 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">360 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6.3001_N_120.5837_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Pangutaran"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°18′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°35′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.3001°N 120.5837°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.3001; 120.5837</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pangutaran</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Parang,_Sulu" title="Parang, Sulu">Parang</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000714872793738276♠" style="display:none"></span>7.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">71,495 </td> <td>62,172 </td> <td>2.70% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">258.00 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">99.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">280 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">730 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9129_N_120.9052_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Parang"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°54′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°54′19″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9129°N 120.9052°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9129; 120.9052</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Parang</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pata,_Sulu" title="Pata, Sulu">Pata</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000247333288004895♠" style="display:none"></span>2.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">24,736 </td> <td>22,163 </td> <td>2.11% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">116.99 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">210 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">540 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><i><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.8411_N_121.1819_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Pata"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°50′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°10′55″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.8411°N 121.1819°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.8411; 121.1819</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pata</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patikul,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Patikul, Sulu">Patikul</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000795554080159342♠" style="display:none"></span>8.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">79,564 </td> <td>62,287 </td> <td>4.77% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">330.04 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">127.43 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=6.0886_N_121.1070_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Patikul"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°05′19″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°06′25″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.0886°N 121.1070°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.0886; 121.1070</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Patikul</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Siasi,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Siasi, Sulu">Siasi</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000816801785407176♠" style="display:none"></span>8.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">81,689 </td> <td>67,705 </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">192.87 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">74.47 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">420 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,100 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.5433_N_120.8146_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Siasi"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°32′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°48′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.5433°N 120.8146°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.5433; 120.8146</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Siasi</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Talipao,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Talipao, Sulu">Talipao</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001100077191663300♠" style="display:none"></span>10.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">100,088 </td> <td>80,255 </td> <td>4.29% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">380.57 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">146.94 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">670 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">52 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.9754_N_121.1080_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Talipao"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°58′31″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°06′29″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.9754°N 121.1080°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.9754; 121.1080</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Talipao</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tapul,_Sulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tapul, Sulu">Tapul</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000207967539505733♠" style="display:none"></span>2.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">20,799 </td> <td>18,197 </td> <td>2.58% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">89.17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.43 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">230 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">600 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sulu&params=5.7050_N_120.8813_E_region:PH-SLU_type:city&title=Tapul"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°42′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°52′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.7050°N 120.8813°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.7050; 120.8813</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tapul</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;">Total<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_TotalArea&Densitynone"><a href="#endnote_TotalArea&Densitynone">[B]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">1,000,108 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">824,731 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">3.74% </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">—<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_TotalArea&Densitynone"><a href="#endnote_TotalArea&Densitynone">[B]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">—<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_TotalArea&Densitynone"><a href="#endnote_TotalArea&Densitynone">[B]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">—<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_TotalArea&Densitynone"><a href="#endnote_TotalArea&Densitynone">[B]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">—<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_TotalArea&Densitynone"><a href="#endnote_TotalArea&Densitynone">[B]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">410 </th> <th scope="col" style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(see <a href="#External_links">GeoGroup box</a>)</span> </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;border-top:double grey;line-height:1.3em;"> <td colspan="13"> <div><ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Coordnone"><a href="#ref_Coordnone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Coordinates are sortable by <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>. <i>Italicized</i> entries indicate the generic location. Otherwise, they mark the <a href="/wiki/Town_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Town center">town center</a>.</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_TotalArea&Densitynone"><a href="#ref_TotalArea&Densitynone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Total population density and area (sum of all component municipalities: <b>3,436.99 km<sup>2</sup> or 343,699 ha</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA-NSCB-ProvinceList_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA-NSCB-ProvinceList-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is inconclusive as it conflicts with the figures given by the Sulu Provincial Government website (<b>1,600.40 km<sup>2</sup> or 160,040 ha</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Dashes (—) in cells indicate unavailable information.</li></ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Sulu</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">73,914</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">127,977</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.73%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">201,348</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.18%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">182,295</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.10%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">248,304</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.61%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">315,421</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.42%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">240,001</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.33%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">360,588</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">469,971</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.69%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">536,201</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.50%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">619,668</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.15%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">849,670</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">718,290</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.93%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">824,731</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.67%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,000,108</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.86%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Philippine Statistics Authority<sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–ARMM_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–ARMM-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–ARMM_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–ARMM-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–15_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–15-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The population of Sulu in the 2020 census was 1,000,108 people,<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–ARMM_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–ARMM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a density of 620 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,600 inhabitants per square mile. </p><p>Although consisting of a mixed community of <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Taus%C5%ABg_people" title="Tausūg people">Tausugs</a> dominate the Sulu Archipelago. The Tausug were among the first inhabitants of the Philippines to embrace <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> as a religion and a way of life. They are referred to as 'people of the current', reflective of their close ties to the sea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tulay_Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tulay_Mosque.jpg/220px-Tulay_Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tulay_Mosque.jpg/330px-Tulay_Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tulay_Mosque.jpg/440px-Tulay_Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Tulay Mosque in Jolo</figcaption></figure> <p>Sulu inhabitants are predominantly Muslim, constituting about 99%<sup id="cite_ref-PSA_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the provincial population in 2015. </p><p>A majority of Sulu's Muslim population practice <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shafi%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Shafi'i">Shafi'i</a> tradition, as taught by Arab, Persian, Indian Muslim, Chinese Muslim and Malaccan missionaries from the 14th Century onwards. </p><p>Relatively newer Islamic sects, mostly brought by returning veterans of the Afghan wars and missionaries from Pakistan's stricter <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> traditions, referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Tablighi_Jamaat" title="Tablighi Jamaat">Tableegh</a>, have been active in propagating what they believe to be a "purer" Islamic way of life and worship. A very small number who have since married into <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Iranian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi people">Iraqi</a> families have converted to <a href="/wiki/Shiite_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiite Islam">Shiite Islam</a>. </p><p>The majority of Sulu Christians are <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the Philippines">Catholics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuluGovPH-BriefProfile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are under the jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Zamboanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Zamboanga">Archdiocese of Zamboanga</a> through its suffragan <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Jolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo">Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo</a>. Non-Catholic Christians include <a href="/wiki/Evangelicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelicals">Evangelicals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Miracle_Crusade" title="Jesus Miracle Crusade">Jesus Miracle Crusade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Episcopalian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a> (INC), <a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventists" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventists">Seventh-day Adventists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, and a number of other Protestant denominations. Only the most recent Chinese immigrants adhere to <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a>, while most of the older Chinese families have acculturated and have either converted to Christianity or Islam while retaining many of their Chinese beliefs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tausug_language" title="Tausug language">Tausug language</a> is the <i><a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a></i> of Sulu. The other local language is the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Sama_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sama language">Sama</a>, which is widely used in varied tones and accents. This variety led to the development of Sinama dialects. The major ones are Sinama Sibutu (spoken mainly in the Sibutu-Sitangkai Region), Sinama Simunul (concentrated in Simunul-Manuk-Mangkaw Islands), Sinama Kapoan (spoken in the South Ubian-Tandubas and Sapa-Sapa Regions) and Sinama Banguingui (concentrated in Buan Island and spoken by Banguingui people). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sama%E2%80%93Bajaw_languages" title="Sama–Bajaw languages">Bajau-Sama</a> language is also spoken, as are the official languages of <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philippine_English" title="Philippine English">English</a>. Many locals and barter traders can speak <a href="/wiki/Sabah_Malay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabah Malay">Sabah Malay</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Chavacano" title="Chavacano">Chavacano</a> is also spoken by Christian and Muslim locals who maintain contacts and trade with the mainland <a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_Peninsula" title="Zamboanga Peninsula">Zamboanga Peninsula</a> and Basilan. </p> <ul><li>Tausug</li> <li>Pangutaran Sama</li> <li>Balangingih Sama</li> <li>Yakan</li> <li>Southern Sama</li> <li>Central Sama</li> <li>Mapun</li> <li>Ibatag</li> <li>Central Subanen</li> <li>Western Subanon</li> <li>Kolibugan Subanen</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Governors after People Power Revolution 1986: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1986 - 1989: <a href="/wiki/Tupay_Loong" title="Tupay Loong">Habib Loong</a></li> <li>1989 - 1992: Habib Loong</li> <li>1992 - 1995: Habib Loong</li> <li>1996 : Sayyid <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Hassan_Caluang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Hassan Caluang (page does not exist)">Al-Hassan Caluang</a></li> <li>1996 - 1998: <a href="/wiki/Abdusakur_Mahail_Tan" title="Abdusakur Mahail Tan">Abdusakur Mahail Tan</a></li> <li>1998 - 2001: Abdusakur Tan</li> <li>2001 - 2004: <a href="/wiki/Yusop_Jikiri" title="Yusop Jikiri">Yusop Jikiri</a></li> <li>2004 - 2007: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Tupay_Loong" title="Benjamin Tupay Loong">Benjamin Loong</a></li> <li>2007 - 2010: Abdusakur Tan</li> <li>2010 - 2013: Abdusakur Tan</li> <li>2013 - 2016: Abdusakur Tan II</li> <li>2016 - 2019: Abdusakur Tan II</li> <li>2019 - present: Abdusakur Tan</li></ul></div> <p>Vice Governors after People Power Revolution 1986: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1986 - 1989,</li> <li>1989 - 1992: Kimar Tulawie</li> <li>1992 - 1995:</li> <li>1995 - 1998,</li> <li>1998 - 2001: Munib Estino</li> <li>2001 - 2004: Abdel Anni</li> <li>2004 - 2007: <a href="/wiki/Nur-Ana_Sahidulla" title="Nur-Ana Sahidulla">Nur-Ana Sahidulla</a></li> <li>2007 - 2010: Nur-Ana Sahidulla</li> <li>2010 - 2013: Benjamin Loong</li> <li>2013 - 2016: Abdusakur Tan</li> <li>2016 - 2019: Nurunisah Tan</li> <li>2019 - present: Abdusakur Tan II</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-left"><div><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Sulu</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:121px;height:98px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sulu: 40.7"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:118px;height:101px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sulu: 41.59"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:108px;height:111px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sulu: 45.82"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:52px;height:167px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sulu: 68.71"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:18px;height:201px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sulu: 82.48"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:95px;height:124px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Sulu: 51"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:186px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:196px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:161px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:171px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:137px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:147px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:112px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:122px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:88px;padding:0 2px">50</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:98px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:63px;padding:0 2px">60</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:73px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:39px;padding:0 2px">70</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:49px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:14px;padding:0 2px">80</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:24px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">90</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 40.70</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 41.59</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 45.82</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 68.71</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 82.48</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 51.00</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <p>Sulu is predominantly agricultural with farming and fishing as its main livelihood activities. Its fertile soil and ideal climate can grow a variety of crops such as <a href="/wiki/Abaca" class="mw-redirect" title="Abaca">abaca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coconuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Coconuts">coconuts</a>, Sulu <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Orange_(fruit)" title="Orange (fruit)">oranges</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lanzones" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanzones">lanzones</a> as well as exotic fruits seldom found elsewhere in the country such as <a href="/wiki/Durian" title="Durian">durian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mangosteen" title="Mangosteen">mangosteen</a>. </p><p>Fishing is the most important industry since the <a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a> is one of the richest fishing grounds in the country. The province also has an extensive <a href="/wiki/Pearl" title="Pearl">pearl</a> industry, with a <a href="/wiki/Pearl_farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearl farm">pearl farm</a> on Marungas Island. The backs of <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtles" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea turtles">sea turtles</a> are made into beautiful trays and combs. During breaks from fishing, the people build boats and weave mats. Other industries include <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a> processing and fruit preservation. </p><p>The handicrafts of Sulu have both Islamic and <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Malays" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Malays">Malay</a> influences. Skilled artisans make boats, bladed weapons, bronze and brassware, pis cloth, embroidered textiles, <a href="/wiki/Shellcraft" title="Shellcraft">shellcraft</a>, traditional house carvings, and carved wooden <a href="/wiki/Grave_marker" class="mw-redirect" title="Grave marker">grave markers</a>. </p><p>The province used to be one of the most prosperous in the southern Philippines. However, due to conflicts, terrorism, and the establishment of jihadists groups following <a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabism</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf</a>, the province's economy has suffered badly and has been reduced to its current state. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the success of new flight of <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines" title="Philippine Airlines">Philippine Airlines</a> inside Bangsamoro region, the government is already looking forward to open the route to <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_City" title="Cotabato City">Cotabato City</a>. As of to date Gove Leading Edge,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cebu Pacific Cebgo and <a href="/wiki/Platinum_Skies" class="mw-redirect" title="Platinum Skies">Platinum Skies</a> from <a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_International_Airport" title="Zamboanga International Airport">Zamboanga</a> are existing operational flight utilizing the newly renovated <a href="/wiki/Jolo_Airport" title="Jolo Airport">Jolo Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hadji_Butu" title="Hadji Butu">Hadji Butu</a> – Filipino statesman, first Muslim member of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">Senate of the Philippines</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Rasul" title="Nina Rasul">Santanina Tillah Rasul</a> – <a href="/wiki/Filipino_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino people">Filipina</a> politician and the first Muslim woman member of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">Senate of the Philippines</a>.</li> <li>Panglima Bandahala,trusted adviser and close relative of the Sultan <a href="/wiki/Jamalul_Kiram_II" title="Jamalul Kiram II">Jamalul Kiram II</a>, he held significant positions such as Municipal President and peace emissary</li> <li>Sayyid Captain Kalingalan "Apuh Inggal" Caluang, son of Caluang son of Panglima Bandahala son of Sattiya Munuh son of Sayyid Qasim, one of the Fighting 21 of Sulu.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was one of the founders of Ansar El Islam (Helpers of Islam) along with Domocao Alonto,Rashid Lucman, Salipada Pendatun, Hamid Kamlian, Udtog Matalam, and Atty. Macapantun Abbas Jr. Accordingly, "it is a mass movement for the preservation and development of Islam in the Philippines".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Kho_Jr." title="Antonio Kho Jr.">Antonio Kho Jr.</a> – 193rd <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines">Associate Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdulmari_Imao" title="Abdulmari Imao">Abdulmari Imao</a> – <a href="/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines" title="National Artist of the Philippines">National Artist of the Philippines</a> for Visual Arts – Sculpture</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonor_Orosa-Goquingco" title="Leonor Orosa-Goquingco">Leonor Orosa-Goquingco</a> – <a href="/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines" title="National Artist of the Philippines">National Artist of the Philippines</a> for Dance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_K._Tan" title="Samuel K. Tan">Samuel K. Tan</a> – historian and former chairperson of <a href="/wiki/National_Historical_Commission_of_the_Philippines" title="National Historical Commission of the Philippines">National Historical Commission of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerima_Polotan_Tuvera" title="Kerima Polotan Tuvera">Kerima Polotan Tuvera</a> – fiction writer, essayist, and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuburan_Tamse" title="Tuburan Tamse">Tuburan Tamse</a> – swimmer and the first Muslim Filipino Olympian</li> <li>Princess <a href="/wiki/Tarhata_Kiram" title="Tarhata Kiram">Tarhata Kiram</a> – Moro leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Esmail_Kiram_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Esmail Kiram I">Mohammed Esmail Kiram I</a> – Sultan of Sulu from 1950 to 1974</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Mahakuttah_Abdullah_Kiram" title="Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram">Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram</a> – last Sultan of Sulu officially recognized by Philippine government</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamalul_Kiram_III" title="Jamalul Kiram III">Jamalul Kiram III</a> – self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nur_Misuari" title="Nur Misuari">Nur Misuari</a> - leader of the <a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muedzul_Lail_Tan_Kiram" title="Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram">Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram</a> – crown prince of <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Mahakuttah_Abdullah_Kiram" title="Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram">Sultan Mahakuttah Kiram</a> and current head of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_house_of_Sulu" title="Royal house of Sulu">Royal house of Sulu</a>. Sunni, Ash'ari in Aqeeda and Shafi'i in Madh'hab, leader.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro_Republik" title="Bangsamoro Republik">Bangsamoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_people" title="Moro people">Moro people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_Philippines" title="Islam in the Philippines">Islam in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front" title="Moro Islamic Liberation Front">Moro Islamic Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sultanate of Sulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jolo_(1974)" title="Battle of Jolo (1974)">Battle of Jolo (1974)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sulu&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110226001309/http://www.sulu.gov.ph/Profile.asp">"Brief Profile"</a>. <i>Province of Sulu, Philippines</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sulu.gov.ph/Profile.asp?">the original</a> on February 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 18,</span> 2016</span>. <q>Various government agencies report varying land areas for Sulu. According to the National Mapping and Resources Information Authority, Sulu has a total land area of 160,040 hectares. On the other hand, based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (NSO) 2000 Demographic and Socio-Economic profile, the province has a land area of 1,754.6.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Province+of+Sulu%2C+Philippines&rft.atitle=Brief+Profile&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sulu.gov.ph%2FProfile.asp%3F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASulu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-area-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-area_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-area_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Province of Sulu: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sulu.gov.ph/Profile.asp">Brief Profile</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110226001309/http://www.sulu.gov.ph/Profile.asp">Archived</a> February 26, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (There seems to be major discrepancies among authoritative sources: 343,699 ha (NSCB 2007), 175,460 ha (NSCB 2000), 167,377 ha (NAMRIA))</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PSA20–ARMM-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PSA20–ARMM_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PSA20–ARMM_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PSA20–ARMM_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCensus_of_Population2020" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Census of Population (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2022-12/Table%2520B%2520-%2520Population%2520and%2520Annual%2520Growth%2520Rates%2520by%2520Province%252C%2520City%252C%2520and%2520Municipality%2520-%2520By%2520Region_AGBA_rev.xlsx"><i>Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 22,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Museum&rft.atitle=Jolo+Branch+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalmuseum.gov.ph%2Fnationalmuseumbeta%2FASBMD%2FJolo.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASulu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManoguid2023" class="citation web cs1">Manoguid, Bart (February 15, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://saad.da.gov.ph/2023/02/saad-sulu-creates-significant-progress-in-agri-development-pines-for-consistent-social-protection-initiatives-2#:~:text=Likewise,%20PSA%20also%20reported%20that,and%20small-scale%20enterprises%20within">"SAAD Sulu creates significant progress in agri-development, pines for consistent social protection initiatives - Special Area for Agricultural Development"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 13,</span> 2024</span>. <q>Another [issue] is to which administrative region Sulu will belong to. The nearest to it is the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9), to which Lamitan City in Basilan, which is not part of the BARMM, belongs.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=INQUIRER.net&rft.atitle=BARMM+execs+seek+help+to+deal+with+Sulu%E2%80%99s+exit&rft.date=2024-09-13&rft.aulast=Umel&rft.aufirst=Richel&rft.au=Dela+Cruz%2C+Sheila+Mae&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsinfo.inquirer.net%2F1982725%2Fbarmm-execs-seek-help-to-deal-with-sulus-exit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASulu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2024/09/sakur-wants-sulu-to-be-a-pilot-province-under-the-office-of-the-president/">"Sakur wants Sulu to be a "pilot province under the Office of the President"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>MindaNews</i>. 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