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Jolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo (Kawman sin Tiyanggi; Bayan ng Jolo), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Sulu, Philippines.[1]

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  1. 156 relations: Abacá, Abu Sayyaf, Adat, Agriculture, Al-Amanah Islamic Bank, Al-Qaeda, Allied Banking Corporation, Anniversary, Archipelago, Artocarpus odoratissimus, Asset, Australian Aid, Automated teller machine, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Bangsamoro, Barangay, Basilan, Battle of Jolo (1974), Borneo, Cassava, Catholic Church, Celebes Sea, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Chavacano, China, Chinese Filipinos, Clan, Coconut, Coffee, Crime statistics, Datu, Datu Uto, Deputy mayor, Development Bank of the Philippines, Dick Gordon (politician), Durian, Early Modern Spanish, Economy, Economy of the Philippines, English language, Expense, Ferdinand Marcos, First Battle of Bud Dajo, Fruit preserves, Fujian, Gabbang, General Santos, Geneva, George W. Bush, Hadji Panglima Tahil, ... Expand index (106 more) »

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Abacá

Abacá (Spanish) (Abaka), Musa textilis, is a species of banana endemic to the Philippines.

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Abu Sayyaf

Abu Sayyaf (جماعة أبو سياف;, ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.

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Adat

Adat (адет adet) is a generic term derived from Arabic to describe a variety of local customary practices and traditions deemed compatible with Islam as observed by Muslim communities in the Balkans, North Caucasus, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

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Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Al-Amanah Islamic Bank

The Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines (abbreviated AAIIBP) or Al-Amanah Islamic Bank is the first and only Islamic bank in the Philippines.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.

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Allied Banking Corporation

Allied Banking Corporation (now Philippine National Bank) was one of the largest banks in the Philippines.

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Anniversary

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Artocarpus odoratissimus

Artocarpus odoratissimus is a species of flowering plant in the Moraceae family.

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Asset

In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity.

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Australian Aid

Australian Aid is the brand name used to identify projects in developing countries supported by the Australian Government.

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Automated teller machine

An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, funds transfers, balance inquiries or account information inquiries, at any time and without the need for direct interaction with bank staff.

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Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Muslim Mindanao; الحكمالذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu; abbreviated as ARMM) was an autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao island group of the Philippines, that consisted of five predominantly Muslim provinces: Basilan (except Isabela City), Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.

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Bangsamoro

Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Bangsamoro sa Muslim Mindanao; منطقة باڠسامورو ذاتية الحكمفي مينداناو المسلمة, Minṭaqah Banjisāmūrū dhātiyyah al-ḥukm), is an autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao.

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Barangay

A barangay (abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as a barrio (Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward.

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Basilan

Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan (Provincia de Basilan; Wilayah Basilanin; Wilaya' sin Basilan; Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

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Battle of Jolo (1974)

The battle of Jolo, also referred to as the burning of Jolo or the siege of Jolo, was a military confrontation between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the government of the Philippines in February 1974 in the municipality of Jolo, in the southern Philippines.

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Celebes Sea

The Celebes Sea (Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea (Laut Sulawesi; Laut Sulawesi) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, and the west by northern Kalimantan in Indonesia.

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Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), otherwise known as the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, works to prevent and resolve armed conflicts around the world through mediation and discreet diplomacy.

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Chavacano

Chavacano or Chabacano is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinese Filipinos

Chinese Filipinos (sometimes referred as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent with ancestry mainly from Fujian, but are typically born and raised in the Philippines.

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Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.

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Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos.

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Coffee

Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans.

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Crime statistics

Crime statistics refer to systematic, quantitative results about crime, as opposed to crime news or anecdotes.

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Datu

Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of numerous Indigenous peoples throughout the Philippine archipelago.

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Datu Uto

Datu Uto (reigned: 1875–1902), also known as Sultan Anwarud-din Utto or Sultan Utto Anwaruddin, alternatively spelled as Datu Utto, was the 18th Sultan of Buayan, one of the major sultanates of Mindanao.

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Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor, assistant mayor, mayor pro tem, or mayor pro tempore) is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many, but not all, local governments.

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Development Bank of the Philippines

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is a state-owned development bank headquartered in Makati, Philippines.

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Dick Gordon (politician)

Richard Juico Gordon (born August 5, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who most recently served as a Senator from 2016 to 2022, and previously from 2004 to 2010.

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Durian

The durian is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio.

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Early Modern Spanish

Early Modern Spanish (also called classical Spanish or Golden Age Spanish, especially in literary contexts) is the variant of Spanish used between the end of the 15th century and the end of the 17th century, marked by a series of phonological and grammatical changes that transformed Old Spanish into Modern Spanish.

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Economy

An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services.

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Economy of the Philippines

The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Expense

An expense is an item requiring an outflow of money, or any form of fortune in general, to another person or group as payment for an item, service, or other category of costs.

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Ferdinand Marcos

--> Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, dictator and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

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First Battle of Bud Dajo

The First Battle of Bud Dajo, also known as the Moro Crater Massacre, was a counterinsurgency action conducted by the United States Army and Marine Corps against the Moro people in March 1906, during the Moro Rebellion in the southwestern Philippines.

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Fruit preserves

Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.

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Fujian

Fujian is a province on the southeastern coast of China.

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Gabbang

The gabbang, also known as bamboo xylophone, is a musical instrument made of bamboo widely used in southern Philippines.

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General Santos

General Santos, officially the City of General Santos, and abbreviated as GenSan, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Hadji Panglima Tahil

Hadji Panglima Tahil, officially the Municipality of Hadji Panglima Tahil (Tausūg: Kawman sin Hadji Panglima Tahil; Bayan ng Hadji Panglima Tahil), is a 6th class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. Jolo, Sulu and Hadji Panglima Tahil are municipalities of Sulu.

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History of the Philippines (1898–1946)

The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946.

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Hokkien

Hokkien is a variety of the Southern Min languages, native to and originating from the Minnan region, in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China.

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Household

A household consists of one or more persons who live in the same dwelling.

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Improvised explosive device

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action.

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Indanan

Indanan, officially the Municipality of Indanan (Tausūg: Kawman sin Indanan; Bayan ng Indanan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. Jolo, Sulu and Indanan are municipalities of Sulu.

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Internal Revenue Allotment

The Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) is a local government unit’s (LGU) share of revenues from the Philippine national government.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islamism

Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.

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Ivory

Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks.

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Jackfruit

The jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae).

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Japan International Cooperation Agency

The Japan International Cooperation Agency, also known as JICA, is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan.

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Jemaah Islamiyah

Jemaah Islamiyah (الجماعة الإسلامية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) was a Southeast Asian Islamist militant group based in Indonesia, which was dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia.

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Jolo

Jolo (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.

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Jolo Airport

Jolo Airport is an airport serving the general area of Jolo, located in the province of Sulu, Philippines.

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Jolo Cathedral

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also known as Jolo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu and the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.

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Karen Hughes

Karen Parfitt Hughes (born December 27, 1956) is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller.

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Kauman

Kauman is a village name used by regencies and municipalities in Central and East Java to name an area where pious Muslim communities are concentrated.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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King of Malaysia

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, unofficially known as the king of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.

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Kristie Kenney

Kristie Anne Kenney (born May 24, 1955) is a former senior U.S. diplomat who served as the 32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State from 2016 to 2017.

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Kulintang

Kulintang (kolintang, kulintangan) is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums.

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Land Bank of the Philippines

Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP; often referred to simply as LandBank), is a government-owned bank in the Philippines with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen.

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Languages of the Philippines

There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification.

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Lansium domesticum

Lansium domesticum, commonly known as langsat or lanzones (--) is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae with commercially cultivated edible fruits.

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Lee–Enfield

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.

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Liability (financial accounting)

In financial accounting, a liability is a quantity of value that a financial entity owes.

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List of electric distribution utilities in the Philippines

This is a complete list of electric utilities in the Philippines.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Maimbung

Maimbung, officially the Municipality of Maimbung (Tausūg: كاومن سين ماءيمبوڠ; Bayan ng Maimbung), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. Jolo, Sulu and Maimbung are municipalities of Sulu.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Mangosteen

Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo.

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Measuring poverty

Poverty is measured in different ways by different bodies, both governmental and nongovernmental.

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Metrobank (Philippines)

The Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (also known in Hokkien; & Mandarin), commonly known as Metrobank, is the third largest bank in the Philippines in terms of total assets.

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Mindanao

Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago.

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Moro National Liberation Front

The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF; الجبهة الوطنية لتحرير مورو) is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972.

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Moro people

The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. Moro nation or Moro country).

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Moro Rebellion

The Moro Rebellion (1902–1913) was an armed conflict between the Moro people and the United States military during the Philippine–American War.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Municipalities of the Philippines

A municipality (bayan / munisipalidad / munisipyo / puweblo; bayan; banwa; lungsod; baley; balen / balayan; banwaan; bungto; ili) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines.

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Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines

Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines (OEF-P) or Operation Freedom Eagle was part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the global War on Terror.

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Opium

Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.

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Patikul

Patikul, officially the Municipality of Patikul (Tausūg: Kawman sin Patikul; Bayan ng Patikul), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. Jolo, Sulu and Patikul are municipalities of Sulu.

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Patriarchy

Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are held by men.

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Philippine Hokkien

Philippine Hokkien is a dialect of the Hokkien language of the Southern Min branch of Min Chinese descended directly from Old Chinese of the Sinitic family, primarily spoken vernacularly by Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, where it serves as the local Chinese lingua franca within the overseas Chinese community in the Philippines and acts as the heritage language of a majority of Chinese Filipinos.

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Philippine National Bank

The Philippine National Bank (PNB, lit; Banco Nacional Filipino; Hokkien) is one of the largest banks in the Philippines.

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Philippine Spanish

Philippine Spanish (español filipino or castellano filipino) is the variety of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines, used primarily by Spanish Filipinos.

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Philippine Standard Time

Philippine Standard Time (PST or PhST; Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines.

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The Philippine Statistics Authority (Pangasiwaan ng Estadistika ng Pilipinas; PSA) is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government that collects, compiles, analyzes, and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs, and general affairs of the people of the Philippines, as well as enforcing the civil registration functions in the country.

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Philippine–American War

The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged following the conclusion of the Spanish–American War in December 1898 when the United States annexed the Philippine Islands under the Treaty of Paris.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Photographer

A photographer (the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Provinces of the Philippines

In the Philippines, provinces (lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions.

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Purok

A purok (district or zone) is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines.

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Rajah Baguinda

Rajah Baguinda Ali, also known as Rajah Baginda Ali, Rajah Baginda, Raha Baguinda, or Rajah Baguinda, was a prince from a Minangkabau kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia called "Pagaruyung".

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Ransom

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice.

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Regions of the Philippines

In the Philippines, regions (rehiyon; ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs).

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Revenue

In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business.

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Rice

Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.

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Sama–Bajaw languages

The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well-established group of languages spoken by the Sama-Bajau peoples (sea gypsies) of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

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Sangguniang Bayan

The Sangguniang Bayan is the local legislative branch of the municipal governments in the Philippines.

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Sangley

Sangley (English plural: Sangleys; Spanish plural: Sangleyes) and Mestizo de Sangley (Sangley mestizo, mestisong Sangley, chino mestizo or Chinese mestizo) are archaic terms used in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era to describe respectively a person of pure overseas Chinese ancestry and a person of mixed Chinese and native Filipino ancestry.

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Seaweed farming

Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed.

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Separatism in the Philippines

Separatism in the Philippines refers to bids for secession or greater autonomy for certain areas in the Philippines.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sipadan

Sipadan (Pulau Sipadan) is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising from the seabed.

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Sitio

A sitio (Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Sovereignty

Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Spencer repeating rifle

The Spencer repeating rifles and carbines were 19th-century American lever-action firearms that were invented by Christopher Spencer.

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Submarine eruption

Submarine eruptions are volcano eruptions which take place beneath the surface of water.

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Sultanate of Sulu

The Sultanate of Sulu (Kasultanan sin Sūg; Kesultanan Sulu; Sultanato ng Sulu) was a Sunni Muslim state that ruled the Sulu Archipelago, coastal areas of Zamboanga City and certain portions of Palawan in the today's Philippines, alongside parts of present-day Sabah and North Kalimantan in north-eastern Borneo.

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Sulu

Sulu, officially the Province of Sulu (Tausūg: Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg; Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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Sulu Archipelago

The Sulu Archipelago (Tausug:, Jawi: كڤولاوان سولو, Kapuluan ng Sulu) is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the southwestern Philippines.

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Sulu Sea

The Sulu Sea (Dagat Sulu; Tausug: Dagat sin Sūg; 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 and from the Celebes Sea in the southeast by the Sulu Archipelago.

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Tableware

Tableware items are the dishware and utensils used for setting a table, serving food, and dining.

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Tausūg people

The Tausūg (Tau Sūg), are an ethnic group of the Philippines and Malaysia.

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Tausug language

Tausūg (Bahasa Sūg; Jawi: بَهَسَ سُوگ; lit) is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines and in the eastern area of the state of Sabah, Malaysia as well as in the Nunukan Regency, province of North Kalimantan, Indonesia by the Tausūg people.

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Tawi-Tawi

Tawi-Tawi, officially the Province of Tawi-Tawi (Tausug: Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi; Sinama: Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih; Lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Treaty of Paris (1898)

The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, was signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish–American War.

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Tropical rainforest climate

A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from lit) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

The under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs is currently a top-ten ranking position in the U.S. Department of State tasked to help ensure public diplomacy is practiced in combination with public affairs and traditional diplomacy to advance U.S. national interests.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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United States Army Special Forces

The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army.

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Velarde map

Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas (Spanish, lit. "Hydrographical and Chorographical Chart of the Philippine Islands"), more commonly known as the Velarde map, is a map of the Philippines made and first published in Manila in 1734 by the Jesuit cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde, the engraver Nicolás de la Cruz Bagay, and the artist Francisco Suárez.

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Voiceless glottal fricative

The voiceless glottal fricative, sometimes called voiceless glottal transition or the aspirate, is a type of sound used in some spoken languages that patterns like a fricative or approximant consonant phonologically, but often lacks the usual phonetic characteristics of a consonant.

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Volcanic crater

A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.

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Volcanic island

Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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War on terror

The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global counterterrorist military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks and is the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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Xiamen

Xiamen is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait.

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Yakan language

Yakan is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in Basilan in the Philippines.

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Zamboanga City

Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Ciudad de Zamboanga, Dāira sin Sambuangan, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga) or Jambangan in the native Subanon language, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines.

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Zamboanga Peninsula

Zamboanga Peninsula (Lawis sa Zamboanga.; Peninsula de Zamboanga; Tangway ng Zamboanga) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IX.

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ZIP codes in the Philippines

In the Philippines, a ZIP code is used by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost) to simplify the distribution of mail.

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19th Congress of the Philippines

The 19th Congress of the Philippines (Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, convened on July 25, 2022.

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2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings

In the morning of January 27, 2019, two bombs exploded at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines.

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See also

Municipalities of Sulu

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolo,_Sulu

Also known as Jolo, Philippines, Municipality of Jolo.

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