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sulu - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (141 words) |
 | Sulu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). |
| Its capital is Jolo and occupies the middle group of islands of the Sulu Archipelago, between Basilan and Tawi-Tawi. |
| Once ruled by a Sultan, a 1703 treaty between him and the Sultan of Brunei granted the modern Malaysian region of Sabah to the Sultan of Sulu. |
| The Provincial Profile of Sulu (1410 words) |
| In 1903, Sulu became a district of the Moro Province and in 1914 became a province of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu. |
| Sulu became part of an autonomous regional government in Western Mindanao in 1979 and in 1989, became one of four provinces which constituted the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. |
| Sulu’s terrain is a combination of mountains punctuated by valleys and stretches of undulating to rolling plains. |
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