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Province in Bangsamoro, Philippines
Sulu
Lupa' Sūg
Province
Province of Sulu
(from top: left to right) Sulu Provincial Capitol Building in Jolo, scenery in Hadji Panglima Tahil, sunrise in Lugus and Tulay Mosque in Jolo.
Flag
Seal
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 6°N121°E / 6°N 121°E / 6; 121
Country
Philippines
Region
Bangsamoro
Founded
March 10, 1917
Capital
Jolo
Patikul (seat of Government)
Largest Municipality
Jolo
Government
• Type
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor
Abdusakur M. Tan (PDP-Laban)
• Vice Governor
Abdusakur A. Tan II (PDP-Laban)
• Legislature
Sulu Provincial Board
Area
[1][2]
• Total
1,600.40 km2 (617.92 sq mi)
• Rank
66th out of 81
Highest elevation
(Mount Tumatangis)
811 m (2,661 ft)
Population
(2020 census)[3]
• Total
1,000,108
• Rank
28th out of 81
• Density
620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Rank
10th out of 81
Demonym(s)
Suluan Tausug
Divisions
• Independent cities
0
• Component cities
0
• Municipalities
19
Banguingui
Hadji Panglima Tahil
Indanan
Jolo
Kalingalan Caluang
Lugus
Luuk
Maimbung
Omar
Panamao
Pandami
Panglima Estino
Pangutaran
Parang
Pata
Patikul
Siasi
Talipao
Tapul
• Barangays
410
• Districts
Legislative districts of Sulu
Time zone
UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP code
7400–7416
IDD: area code
+63 (0)68
ISO 3166 code
PH-SLU
Spoken languages
Tausug
Sama
Tagalog
English
Sabah Malay
Chavacano
Income classification
2nd class
Sulu ([sʊˈlu]), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausūg: Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Its capital is Jolo on the island of the same name.[4] Maimbung, the royal capital of the Sultanate of Sulu, is also located in the province. Sulu is along the southern border of the Sulu Sea and the northern boundary of the Celebes Sea.
Out of all 82 provinces in the Philippines, it is the poorest, as evidenced by it having the highest poverty rate.
^"Brief Profile". Province of Sulu, Philippines. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2016. 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.
^Province of Sulu: Brief Profile Archived February 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (There seems to be major discrepancies among authoritative sources: 343,699 ha (NSCB 2007), 175,460 ha (NSCB 2000), 167,377 ha (NAMRIA))
^Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^"Jolo Branch Museum". National Museum. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
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