Sulu

Also known as Province of Sulu

Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausūg: ''Wilaya' sin Lupa' Sūg''; ; ); is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Zamboanga Peninsula region.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sulu
Settlement.official_name: Province of Sulu
Settlement.native_name: Lupa' Sūgلُفَأْ سُوْݢْ
Settlement.native_name_lang: tsg
Settlement.image_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.
Settlement.image_flag: Sulu Province Flag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_seal: Sulu Province Seal.svg
Settlement.seal_size: 100x80px
Settlement.nickname: Pearl of the Sulu sea The Stronghold Of Islam In The Philippines The Gateway Of Islam To The Philippines
Settlement.motto: Build Back Better Sulu
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the Philippines
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 7
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Zamboanga Peninsula
Settlement.established_title: Founded

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: province of the Philippines
Official name: Lalawigan ng Sulu
Country: Philippines
Located in: Zamboanga Peninsula
Contains: Tapul
Capital: Jolo
Population: 1146097
Area: 1600.40
Shares border with: Basilan
Official website: www.sulu.gov.ph
Image: Sulu Provincial Capitol building.JPG
Households: 166140
Dialing code: 68

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postal code: 7400–7416
inception: 1917-03-10
Commons category: Sulu (province)
topic's main category: Category:Sulu
Köppen climate classification: tropical climate
electorate: 464393
poverty incidence: 51.00
native label: Wilāya Sūg
total assets: 3777483984.72
fiscal/tax revenue: 2355594063.26
total liabilities: 513037442.84
total expenditure: 1100286858.51

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History
Early history
Spanish colonial era
American era
Japanese occupation
Philippine independence
The Marcos Administration
Contemporary
Geography
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Demographics
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Notable people
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Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausūg: ''Wilaya' sin Lupa' Sūg''; ; ); is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Zamboanga Peninsula region.

It was part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), until the Supreme Court of the Philippines on September 9, 2024, declared its inclusion to be unconstitutional because of the province's simple majority vote against it during the 2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sulu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.