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The total land area of Bongao Island is approximately 10.44 square kilometers (4.03 sq mi). Directly north of the island is the island of Sanga-Sanga and its northeast is Pababag island. Both islands are still part of the municipality of Bongao. The island is around 58 kilometers (36 mi) from Sabah, Malaysia, much nearer than Jolo or Zamboanga.
Bongao, officially the Municipality of Bongao (Tagalog: Bayan ng Bongao), is a municipality and capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 116,118 people.
The province was named after its main island, which at 580.5 km 2 (224.1 sq mi) accounts for a little more than half the province's 1,087.40 km 2 (419.85 sq mi) land area. . Tawi-Tawi is the Sinama form of jawi-jawi, Malay for the banyan tree; [5] the island is known for having an abundance of this tre
The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.
Bongao: Demographics; Population: 17,212 (2010) [1] Sanga-Sanga is an island of the Celebes Sea in the southwestern Philippines, bordered to nordwest by the Sulu Sea.
The land is situated between barangay Biaan of Mariveles and barangay Quinawan of Bagac. The private owner of the land reportedly pays taxes to the Mariveles local government. [4] Bangui–Vintar boundary: Bangui, Ilocos Sur Vintar, Ilocos Sur: The boundary between the two towns involves land covering an area of 10.4996 km 2 (4.0539 sq mi). In ...
Mount Bongao (famously known as Bud Bongao) is a mountain located on Bongao Island in the province of Tawi-Tawi. It is a mountain formed with six limestone pillars that serves as its six peaks. It is the Philippines' southernmost peak. [2] Bud Bongao is inside the Bongao Peak Eco-Tourism Park that was inaugurated on July 3, 2017. [3]
The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, [8] and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), it is the world's fifth largest island country. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 9 ] The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area.