Kepulauan Sulu

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Kepulauan Sulu is an archipelago in the southwestern Philippines, forming part of the Sulu Archipelago between Mindanao and Borneo and known for its strategic maritime location and diverse Muslim-majority communities.

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Label Occurrences
Kepulauan Sulu canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
island group
administrativeRegion Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
borderingSea Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea
climate tropical
containsProvince Basilan
Sulu
Tawi-Tawi
country Philippines
culturalRegion Muslim South Philippines
linked to: Muslim Filipinos
demographicCharacteristic Muslim-majority population
economicActivity copra production
fishing
seaweed farming
small-scale agriculture
ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau people
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Yakan people
ethnicMajority Tausug people
hasCapitalIsland Jolo (for Sulu Province)
linked to: Jolo
hasMajorIsland Basilan
Jolo
Pangutaran
Siasi
Tawi-Tawi
historicallyPartOf Sultanate of Sulu
historicalRole base of the Sultanate of Sulu
center of maritime trade in Sulu Sea
language Chavacano (in some areas)
English
Filipino
linked to: Tagalog

Sama language
Tausug language
linked to: Tausug
locatedBetween Borneo
Mindanao
locatedIn Southwestern Philippines
locatedInBodyOfWater Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea
nearbyCountry Indonesia
Malaysia
nearbyRegion Sabah
partOf Mindanao island group (Philippines)
linked to: Mindanao

Sulu Archipelago
religiousMajority Islam
religiousSiteType mosques
strategicImportance gateway between Mindanao and Borneo
maritime trade route
sea-lane between South China Sea and Celebes Sea

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laut Sulawesi locatedSouthOf Kepulauan Sulu
Laut Sulawesi borderedBy Kepulauan Sulu