Bongao

Bongao is the capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi in the , part of the autonomous region.
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  • Town with 116,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code TWT
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi
  • Also known as
    “Bangaw”
    “Bongao Poblacion”
    “Bonggao”
    “Bonggaw”
    “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 .

Bongao

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Latitude
5.029° or 5° 1′ 44″ north
Longitude
119.7713° or 119° 46′ 17″ east
Open location code
6PQX2QHC+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198530708
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1724088
Wiki­data ID
Q155195

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In Other Languages

From Amis to Yoruba—“Bongao” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Bongao”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bongao”
  • Capiznon: “Bongao”
  • Cebuano: “Bongao”
  • Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Bongao”
  • Central Bikol: “Bongao”
  • Chavacano: “Bongao”
  • Chinese: “塔威塔威”
  • Chinese: “邦奥岛”
  • Chinese: “邦奧”
  • Chinese: “邦奧島”
  • Czech: “Bongao”
  • Danish: “Bongao”
  • Dutch: “Bongao”
  • Esperanto: “Bongao”
  • Finnish: “Bongao”
  • French: “Bongao”
  • Georgian: “ბონგაო”
  • German: “Bongao”
  • Hausa: “Bongao”
  • Hiligaynon: “Bongao”
  • Hungarian: “Bongao”
  • Iloko: “Bongao”
  • Indonesian: “Bongao”
  • Italian: “Bongao”
  • Japanese: “ボンガオ”
  • Javanese: “Bongao”
  • Kinaray-A: “Bongao”
  • Korean: “봉가오”
  • Latvian: “Bongao”
  • Malay: “Bongao”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “望餚”
  • Norwegian: “Bongao”
  • Paiwan: “Bongao”
  • Pampanga: “Bongao”
  • Pangasinan: “Bongao”
  • Persian: “بونگائو”
  • Polish: “Bongao”
  • Portuguese: “Bongao”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Bongao”
  • Romanian: “Bongao”
  • Sakizaya: “Bongao”
  • Slovak: “Bongao”
  • Spanish: “Bongao”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Bongao”
  • Swahili: “Bongao”
  • Swedish: “Bongao”
  • Tagalog: “Bayan ng Bongao”
  • Tagalog: “Bongao”
  • Tagalog: “Munisipalidad ng Bongao”
  • Tagalog: “Munisipyo ng Bongao”
  • Tetum: “Bongao”
  • Thai: “โบนเกา”
  • Turkish: “Bongao”
  • Urdu: “بوناگاؤ، تاوی تاوی”
  • Urdu: “بوناگاؤ”
  • Uzbek: “Bongao”
  • Vietnamese: “Bongao”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bongao”
  • Xhosa: “Bongao”
  • Yoruba: “Bongao”
  • “Bongao, Tawi-Tawi”

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