Jolo (island)
| Native name: Sūg / Lupah Sug | |
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Jolo as seen from the Space Shuttle in 1992
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 Jolo
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 5°58′23″N 121°9′0″E / 5.97306°N 121.15000°ECoordinates: 5°58′23″N 121°9′0″E / 5.97306°N 121.15000°E |
| Archipelago | Sulu archipelago |
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| Major islands | |
| Area | 869 km2 (336 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 811 m (2,661 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
| Province | Sulu |
| Municipalities | |
| Largest settlement | Jolo (pop. 87,998) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 447,700 (2000) |
| Pop. density | 515.6 /km2 (1,335.4 /sq mi) |
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Jolo (Tausūg: Sūg, Filipino: Holo) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and is the primary island of the province of Sulu wherein its capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has a population of approximately 300,000 people.
The island is the location of the Jolo Group of Volcanoes, and contains numerous volcanic cones and craters, including the active Bud Dajo cinder cone. The Island is also headquarter of Abu Sayyaf Terrorists.
After a series of less-than-successful attempts during the centuries of Spanish rule in the Philippines, Spanish forces captured the city of Jolo, the seat of the Sultan of Sulu, in 1876.
On that year, the Spanish launched a massive campaign to occupy Jolo. Spurred by the need to curb slave raiding once and for all and worried about the presence of other Western powers in the south (the British had established trading centers in Jolo by the 19th century and the French were offering to purchase Basilan Island from the cash strapped government in Madrid, Spain), the Spanish made a final bid to consolidate their rule in this southern frontier. On 21 February of that year, the Spaniards assembled the largest contingent against Jolo, consisting of 9,000 soldiers, in 11 transports, 11 gunboats, and 11 steamboats. Headed by Admiral Jose Malcampo, the contingent captured Jolo and established a Spanish settlement with Capt. Pascual Cervera appointed to set up a garrison and serve as military governor; he served from March 1876 to December 1876 followed by Brig.Gen. Jose Paulin (December 1876 – April 1877), Col. Carlos Martinez (Sept 1877 – Feb 1880), Col. Rafael de Rivera (1880–1881), Col. Isidro G. Soto (1881–1882), Col. Eduardo Bremon, (1882), Col. Julian Parrrado (1882–1884), Col. Francisco Castilla (1884–1886), Col. Juan Arolas (1886–1893), Col. Caesar Mattos (1893), Gen. Venancio Hernandez (1893–1896) and Col. Luis Huerta (1896–1899).
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