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Southern Philippines

Mindanao
Mindanao Red.png
Mindanao mainland in red;
its associated islands in maroon
Mindanao is located in Philippines
Mindanao
Mindanao
Location within the Philippines
Geography
Location Southeast Asia
Coordinates 8°00′N 125°00′E / 8.000°N 125.000°E / 8.000; 125.000Coordinates: 8°00′N 125°00′E / 8.000°N 125.000°E / 8.000; 125.000
Archipelago Philippines
Adjacent bodies of water
Major islands
Area 104,530 km2 (40,360 sq mi)
Area rank 19th
Highest elevation 3,144 m (10,315 ft)
Highest point Mount Apo
Administration
Regions
Provinces
Largest settlement Davao City (pop. 1,632,991)
Demographics
Demonym Mindanaoans
Population 21,968,174 (Mindanao island group) (2010)
Pop. density 243 /km2 (629 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups

Mindanao (Listeni/mɪndəˈn/; Tagalog pronunciation: [minˈdɐnaw]) is the second largest and southernmost major island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country (the other two being Luzon and the Visayas), consisting of the island of Mindanao and smaller outlying islands. Davao City is the largest city in Mindanao. As of the 2010 census, the island's population itself is 20,281,545 people, while the Mindanao island group has 21,968,174 inhabitants. Davao City is the most populous in Mindanao as 1,632,991 population, and the 2nd is Zamboanga City as 861,799 population, the 3rd is Cagayan de Oro City as 675,950 population, and followed by General Santos City as 594,446 population as of 2015 census.

Parts of south-western Mindanao island group, particularly the provinces of Maguindanao, Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi (part of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)), are home to a sizeable Muslim population, making the island group, along with Palawan, the only area of the Philippines with a significant Muslim presence. The island has seen a communist insurgency as well as armed Moro separatist movements.


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