Tawi-Tawi Island

Tawi-Tawi is an island in the Sulu Archipelago of the southern Philippines and the largest island in Tawi-Tawi Province.

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Tawi-Tawi Province: A province in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The island is the province’s largest landmass and gives it its name.
Sulu Sea: A sea in the southwestern Philippines, bounded by Palawan, the Visayas, Mindanao, and the Sulu Archipelago. The sea lies north of Tawi-Tawi Island and links it with the wider Philippine archipelago.
Sama-Bajau: An Austronesian ethnolinguistic group with communities across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and Indonesia. Sama-Bajau communities are among the island’s longstanding inhabitants.
Fisheries of the Philippines: The capture and cultivation of aquatic resources in Philippine inland and marine waters. Fishing is a major livelihood around the island’s extensive coastline.
Bongao: A municipality and the provincial capital of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines. The provincial capital occupies the island’s southwestern coast.
Celebes Sea: A deep sea in the western Pacific bordered by Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It lies south of Tawi-Tawi and frames the island’s position near international waters.
Tausug people: A Muslim ethnolinguistic group native chiefly to the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines. Tausug communities form part of the island’s cultural and historical setting.
Coral reef: A marine ecosystem built largely by colonies of reef-forming corals in shallow tropical waters. Reefs support coastal fisheries and biodiversity around Tawi-Tawi.
Sulu Archipelago: An island chain in the southwestern Philippines between the Sulu and Celebes seas. Tawi-Tawi Island is one of the archipelago’s principal islands.
Basilan Strait: A strait in the southern Philippines separating Basilan Island from the Zamboanga Peninsula. It marks a northern maritime passage toward the Sulu Archipelago.