Information About

Tawi Tawi





Philippine Information

  Infoboxtitle Province of Tawi-Tawi
  Sealfile
  Region Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
  Capital Panglima Sugala
  Founded June 6 , 1952
  Pop2000 322,317
  Pop2000rank 17th smallest
  Popden2000 296
  Popden2000rank 21st highest
  Areakm2 1,0874
  Arearank 7th smallest
  Hucities 0
  Componentcities 0
  Municipalities 10
  Barangays 203
  Districts 1
  Languages Tausug , Sinama
  Governor Sadikul Sahali
  Locatormapfile



PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Most of the people in Tawi-Tawi belong either to the Sama tribe or to the Badjao tribe. Many of the people maintain daily commerce with Sabah, since it is only 14 kilometers away. Sama dialects, Tausug, Badjao, Arabic, and Bahasa Malaysia are the most frequent languages spoken here.


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Political

Tawitawi is subdivided into 10 Municipalities . Most of the municipalities are located on the islands in the Sulu Archipelago . Two of them, Mapun , and Turtle Islands lie in the Sulu Sea .


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