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Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausūg: Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago.. 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 ...
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 ]
According to Dr. Najeeb M. Saleeby (1908) and in old maps such as the Velarde map, "Joló" was the historical Spanish spelling of the word "Sulu" that now refers to the province and the whole Sulu Archipelago, which the early Spaniards historically spelt as "Xoló", with the initial letter most likely formerly pronounced with the Early Modern Spanish [] sound, with [ʃoˈlo] the Spanish ...
In the Muslim-dominated provinces of Cotabato, Lanao and Sulu, however, voter qualifications were more restrictive: the only persons allowed to vote for the province's representative were past and present municipal officials (municipal president, vice-president, municipal councilors); present senators, assembly representatives and 1935 ...
Talipao, officially the Municipality of Talipao (Tausūg: Kawman sin Talipao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Talipao), is a municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 80,255 people.
The Sulu Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Sulu. The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district being elected.
Sulu Province — on the middle group of islands in the Sulu Archipelago, and within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in the Mindanao islands group of the southern Philippines. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
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