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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kepulauan Sulu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ