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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 is a volcanic island located 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of the southern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao Island. The island is part of the Sulu Archipelago, in the province of Sulu, located within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, one of the Regions of the Philippines.
The Sulu Archipelago rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0156) covers the Sulu Archipelago, excepting Basilan Island at the northern end, in the southwest of the Philippines. The islands are separated enough from Borneo to the south and Mindanao to the north that they have developed their own distinctive floral and faunal communities. Most of the ...
[2] [3] Basilan, Jolo, Tawi-Tawi and other islands in the group are extinct volcanic cones rising from the southernmost ridge. Tawi-Tawi, the southernmost island of the group, has a serpentine basement-complex core with a limestone covering. [3] This island chain is an important migration route for birds.
Poverty Incidence of Jolo 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 43.02 2003 39.14 2006 43.30 2009 46.11 2012 48.37 2015 40.68 2018 58.94 2021 53.14 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Downtown Jolo Industry In Jolo, most of the residents are in the agriculture industry. Agricultural products include coconut, cassava, abaca, coffee, lanzones, jackfruit, durian, mangosteen and marang. Jolo is the only ...
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]
An Iranun pirate armed with a spear, a kampilan sword, and a kris dagger. The Sulu and Celebes Seas, a semi-enclosed sea area and porous region that covers an area of space around 1 million square kilometres, [1] have been subject to illegal maritime activities since the pre-colonial era [2] and continue to pose a maritime security threat to bordering nations up to this day.
The sea as viewed from Palawan Shark found in the Tubbataha National Marine Park, Sulu Sea, Philippines. The Sulu Sea (Filipino: Dagat Sulu; Tausug: Dagat sin Sūg; Malay: Laut Sulu) is a body of water in the southwestern area of the Philippines, separated from the South China Sea in the northwest by Palawan [1] and from the Celebes Sea in the southeast by the Sulu Archipelago. [2]