Place:Tawi-Tawi, Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines

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NameTawi-Tawi
Alt namesTawitawisource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-207
Tawitawi Islandsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates5.167°N 120.167°E
Located inRegion in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Balimbing
Bonggaw
Si Tangkay
Municipality
Bongao
Languyan
Mapun
Panglima Sugala
Sapa-Sapa
Simunul
Sitangkai
South Ubian
Tandubas
Turtle Islands
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Tawi-Tawi (; Tausug: Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi; Sinama: Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih) is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital of Tawi-Tawi is Bongao.

It is the southernmost province of the country, sharing sea borders with the Malaysian state of Sabah and the Indonesian North Kalimantan province, both on the island of Borneo to the west. To the northeast lies the province of Sulu. Tawi-Tawi also covers some islands in the Sulu Sea to the northwest, Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island and the Turtle Islands, just away from Sabah.

The municipalities comprising the current Tawi-Tawi province were formerly under the jurisdiction of Sulu until 1973.

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