Moro Province

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Moro Province was a former administrative region of the southern Philippines under U.S. colonial rule, encompassing much of the Muslim-majority areas in Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Military District of Mindanao and Jolo 1
Moro Province canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
province ⓘ
borderedBy Celebes Sea ⓘ
Moro Gulf ⓘ
Sulu Sea ⓘ
capital Zamboanga ⓘ
linked to: Zamboanga City
containsAdministrativeUnit Cotabato District ⓘ
linked to: Cotabato

Davao District ⓘ
Lanao District ⓘ
Sulu District ⓘ
linked to: Sulu Province

Zamboanga District ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization of Mindanao and Sulu administration ⓘ
endTime 1914 ⓘ
establishedBy United States colonial administration in the Philippines ⓘ
governedBy civil governors ⓘ
military governors ⓘ
governingBody Office of the Governor of Moro Province ⓘ
hasCommonLanguage Cebuano ⓘ
linked to: Cebuano language

Chavacano ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
various Moro languages ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Lumad groups ⓘ
linked to: Lumad

Maguindanaon people ⓘ
Maranao people ⓘ
linked to: Maranao

Moro people ⓘ
Sama-Bajau people ⓘ
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Tausug people ⓘ
Yakan people ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao ⓘ
Sulu Sultanate territories under U.S. control ⓘ
hasLegalStatus special province under the Philippine Commission ⓘ
hasMajorityReligion Islam ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
historicalRole administrative unit for Muslim-majority areas in southern Philippines ⓘ
legalBasis Philippine Commission Act No. 787 ⓘ
locatedIn Mindanao ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
namedAfter Moro people ⓘ
partOf American colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
partOfConflict Moro Rebellion ⓘ
precededBy Military District of Mindanao and Jolo ⓘ
linked to: Moro Province
replacedBy Department of Mindanao and Sulu ⓘ
startTime 1903 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Moro Rebellion → historicalRegion → Moro Province ⓘ
Moro Province → precededBy → Military District of Mindanao and Jolo ⓘ
linked to: Moro Province