Bongao
Bongao is the capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi in the Sulu Islands, part of the Bangsamoro autonomous region.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 116,000 residents
- Description: municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi
- Also known as: “Bangaw”, “Bongao Poblacion”, “Bonggao”, “Bonggaw”, and “Municipality of Bongao”
- Neighbors: Lahad Datu
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Bongao.
Mount Bongao
Forest
Photo: Schadow1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Bongao is a mountain located on Bongao Island in the province of Tawi-Tawi. It is a mountain formed with six limestone pillars that serves as its six peaks.
Bongao
- Categories: municipality of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Tawi-Tawi, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.029° or 5° 1′ 44″ northLongitude
119.7713° or 119° 46′ 17″ eastPopulation
116,000Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)IATA airport code
TWTOpen location code
6PQX2QHC+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 198530708OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Bongao from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Bongao” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Bongao”
- Cebuano: “Bongao”
- Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Bongao”
- Central Bikol: “Bongao”
- Chavacano: “Bongao”
- Chinese: “塔威塔威”
- Chinese: “崩高”
- Chinese: “邦奥岛”
- Chinese: “邦奧島”
- Dutch: “Bongao”
- Esperanto: “Bongao”
- French: “Bongao”
- Georgian: “ბონგაო”
- German: “Bongao”
- Iloko: “Bongao”
- Indonesian: “Bongao”
- Italian: “Bongao”
- Japanese: “ボンガオ”
- Korean: “봉가오”
- Latvian: “Bongao”
- Malay: “Bongao”
- Min Nan Chinese: “望餚”
- Norwegian: “Bongao”
- Pampanga: “Bongao”
- Pangasinan: “Bongao”
- Persian: “بونگائو”
- Portuguese: “Bongao”
- Spanish: “Bongao”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Bongao”
- Swedish: “Bongao”
- Tagalog: “Bayan ng Bongao”
- Tagalog: “Bongao”
- Tagalog: “Munisipalidad ng Bongao”
- Tagalog: “Munisipyo ng Bongao”
- Thai: “โบนเกา”
- Urdu: “بوناگاؤ، تاوی تاوی”
- Urdu: “بوناگاؤ”
- Vietnamese: “Bongao”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bongao”
- “Bongao”
- “Bongao, Tawi-Tawi”
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