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Jolo (Tausug: Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago , between Borneo and Mindanao , and has a population of approximately 500,000 people.
Jolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo (; Tausug: Kawman sin Tiyanggi; Tagalog: Bayan ng Jolo), is a municipality and capital of the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 137,266 people.
The battle of Jolo, also referred to as the burning of Jolo or the siege of Jolo, [3] was a military confrontation between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the government of the Philippines [1] [4] in February 1974 in the municipality of Jolo, in the southern Philippines. [5] [2]
Bud Dajo (Tausug: Būd Dahu; Spanish: Monte Dajó), is a cinder cone and the second highest point (+600m) in Sulu, a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago.It is one of the cinder cones that make up the island of Jolo and part of the Jolo Volcanic Group. [2]
The Jolo Group of Volcanoes, more commonly referred to as the Jolo Group, are an active group of volcanoes on the island of Jolo in Southern Philippines. The Global Volcanism Program lists Jolo as one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines [ 1 ] while the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) collectively lists the ...
In 1630, another expedition was launched against Jolo with a force of 350 [4] or 400 [5] Spanish soldiers alongside 2,000 or 2,500 [6] native soldiers and an armada of 1 galley, 3 brigantines, 12 frigates, and 50 caracoas. [7] They had such considerable supplies that it was quite sufficient for another conquest, and they were led by Dom Lorenzo ...
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The Spanish and the Moros had signed the Jolo treaty to stop hostilities decades before renewed Spanish-Moro hostilities during Koxinga's planned invasion. Despite the Jolo treaty, the Jolo datu, Salicala, and a datu from Borneo ravaged the Visayan coast. The force of the latter was defeated by Monforte near Masbate, and Salicala returned to ...