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The Sulu Sea contains a number of islands. The Cuyo Islands [3] [4] and the Cagayan Islands are part of the province of Palawan whereas Mapun [5] and the Turtle Islands are part of the province of Tawi-Tawi. [6] Sulu Sea is also where the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park, one of the World Heritage Sites is located. [7]
The Sulu Archipelago (Tausug: سُوگْ , Jawi: كڤولاوان سولو , Filipino: Kapuluan ng Sulu) is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the southwestern Philippines. The archipelago forms the northern limit of the Celebes Sea and southern limit of the Sulu Sea . [ 1 ]
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.
The natural park is located near the middle of Sulu Sea, 150 kilometers (93 mi) southeast of Puerto Princesa, covering a total of 97,030 hectares (239,800 acres; 374.6 sq mi). [2] The smaller Jessie Beazley Reef is located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) north of the two atolls.
The town of Jolo is located on the north-west side of the Jolo Island, which is located south-west of the tip of Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao island. The island is situated between the provinces of Basilan and Tawi-Tawi, bounded by Sulu Sea to the north and Celebes Sea to the south.
It was formerly known as Cagayan de Sulu until 1984, then as Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi until 1988. [6] Mapun is an island municipality in the Sulu Sea [7] on the south-western extreme of the Philippines, located very close to Sabah, Malaysia as well as to Palawan. The people inhabiting the island are known as Jama Mapun or "people of Mapun".
Sandakan is located on the eastern coast of Sabah facing the Sulu Sea, with the town is known as one of the port towns in Malaysia. [40] The town is located approximately 1,900 kilometres from the Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur , 28 kilometres from the international border with the Philippines and 319 kilometres from Kota Kinabalu , the ...
The Malaysia–Philippines border is a maritime boundary located in the South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas. It separates the Malaysian state of Sabah, which is on the island of Borneo, and the Sulu Islands of the southern Philippines. The boundary is the result of the division of the Sulu Sultanate through the cession of its territories to ...