Sulu

Sulu Lupa' Sūg
Province
Province of Sulu
Sulu Provincial Capitol Building in Jolo
Flag Seal
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 6°N 121°E / 6°N 121°E / 6; 121
Country	Philippines
Region	Philippines
Founded	March 10, 1917
Capital	Jolo Patikul (seat of Government) Maimbung (seat of Sultanate)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Sultan	Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram
• Governor	Abdusakur M. Tan
• Vice Governor	Abdusakur A. Tan II
Area [1][2]
• Total	1,600.40 km2 (617.92 sq mi)
• Rank	66th out of 81
Highest elevation (Bud Dajo)	620 m (2,030 ft)
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	1,000,108
• Rank	33rd out of 81
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Rank	10th out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	0
• Municipalities	19 Banguingui Hadji Panglima Tahil Indanan Jolo Kalingalan Caluang Lugus Luuk Maimbung Omar Panamao Pandami Panglima Estino Pangutaran Parang Pata Patikul Siasi Talipao Tapul
• Barangays	410
• Districts	1st and 2nd districts of Sulu
Time zone	UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP code	7400–7416
IDD : area code	+63 (0)68
ISO 3166 code	PH-SLU
Spoken languages	Tausug Sama Tagalog English Sabah Malay
Income classification	2nd class

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

Its capital is Jolo on the island of the same name.^[3]

1. ↑ "Brief Profile". Province of Sulu, Philippines. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2016. Various government agencies report varying land areas for Sulu. According to the National Mapping and Resources Information Authority, Sulu has a total land area of 160,040 hectares. On the other hand, based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (NSO) 2000 Demographic and Socio-Economic profile, the province has a land area of 1,754.6.
2. ↑ Province of Sulu: Brief Profile Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine (There seems to be major discrepancies among authoritative sources: 343,699 ha (NSCB 2007), 175,460 ha (NSCB 2000), 167,377 ha (NAMRIA))
3. ↑ "Jolo Branch Museum". National Museum. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.