Jolo
Jolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo, is a municipality and capital of the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 152,067 people.
- Type: Town with 137,000 residents
- Description: municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Sulu
- Also known as: “Bayan ng Jolo”, “Jolo, Sulu”, “kota Suluk”, “Municipality of Jolo”, “Município de Jolo”, “municipio de Tiangue”, “Tiyanggi”, “ხოლო (ფილიპინეფი)”, “ხოლოშ მუნიციპალიტეტი”, “ჰოლო”, and “賀洛”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Jolo Airport and Battle of Bud Dajo historical marker.
Princess Tarhata Kiram historical marker
Memorial
Jolo
- Categories: municipality of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Sulu, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.0531° or 6° 3′ 11″ north
Longitude
121.0008° or 121° 0′ 3″ east
Population
137,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
6QR33232+68
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Zulu—“Jolo” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Jolo”
- Arabic: “جولو”
- Arabic: “خولو”
- Asturian: “Jolo”
- Azerbaijani: “Xolo”
- Balinese: “Jolo”
- Banjar: “Jolo”
- Basque: “Jolo”
- Batak Toba: “Jolo”
- Buginese: “Jolo”
- Capiznon: “Jolo”
- Catalan: “Jolo”
- Cebuano: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Cebuano: “Jolo”
- Central Bikol: “Jolo”
- Chavacano: “Jolo”
- Chinese: “霍洛 (蘇祿)”
- Chinese: “霍洛”
- Croatian: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Czech: “Jolo”
- Dagbani: “Jolo”
- Danish: “Jolo”
- Dutch: “Jolo”
- Esperanto: “Jolo”
- Estonian: “Jolo”
- Fijian: “Jolo”
- Filipino: “Jolo”
- Finnish: “Jolo (kaupunki)”
- Finnish: “Jolo”
- French: “Jolo”
- Georgian: “ხოლო”
- German: “Jolo”
- Gorontalo: “Jolo”
- Hausa: “Jolo”
- Hebrew: “הולו”
- Hiligaynon: “Jolo”
- Hiri Motu: “Jolo”
- Igbo: “Jolo”
- Iloko: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Iloko: “Jolo”
- Indonesian: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Indonesian: “Suluk”
- Irish: “Jolo”
- Italian: “Jolo”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Jolo”
- Japanese: “ホロ”
- Javanese: “Jolo”
- Kinaray-A: “Joló”
- Kongo: “Jolo”
- Korean: “홀로”
- Latvian: “Holo (Sulu)”
- Latvian: “Holo”
- Lithuanian: “Holas (miestas)”
- Lithuanian: “Holas”
- Malagasy: “Jolo”
- Malay: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Malay: “Suluk”
- Maori: “Jolo”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jolo”
- Minangkabau: “Jolo”
- Mingrelian: “ხოლო”
- Nauru: “Jolo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jolo”
- Norwegian: “Jolo”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Jolo”
- Oromo: “Jolo”
- Paiwan: “Jolo”
- Pampanga: “Jolo”
- Pampanga: “Sug”
- Pangasinan: “Jolo”
- Persian: “جولو، سولو”
- Persian: “جولو”
- Polish: “Jolo”
- Portuguese: “Jolo”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Jolo”
- Russian: “Холо”
- Sakizaya: “Jolo”
- Samoan: “Jolo”
- Scots: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Scots: “Jolo”
- Silesian: “Jolo”
- Spanish: “Joló”
- Sundanese: “Jolo”
- Swahili: “Jolo”
- Swedish: “Jolo”
- Tagalog: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Tagalog: “Jolo”
- Tahitian: “Jolo”
- Tetum: “Jolo”
- Thai: “โฮโล”
- Tok Pisin: “Jolo”
- Ukrainian: “Голо”
- Urdu: “جولو، سولو”
- Venetian: “Sulù”
- Vietnamese: “Jolo, Sulu”
- Vietnamese: “Jolo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jolo, Sulu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jolo”
- Welsh: “Jolo”
- Wu Chinese: “霍洛”
- Xhosa: “Jolo”
- Yoruba: “Jolo”
- Zulu: “Jolo”
- “Jolo”
- “Tiankis”
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