Philippines
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Tawi-Tawi

Bongao

Bongao is the capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi in the , part of the autonomous region.
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  • 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:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Bongao.

Forest
Photo: Schadow1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain located on Bongao Island in the province of . It is a mountain formed with six limestone pillars that serves as its six peaks.

Bongao

Latitude
5.029° or 5° 1′ 44″ north
Longitude
119.7713° or 119° 46′ 17″ east
Population
116,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
6PQX2QHC+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198530708
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1724088
Wiki­data ID
Q155195
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Waray—“Bongao” goes by many names.
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bongao”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.