PALAWAN

Palawan (Pron. /plwn/), officially the

Province of Palawan (Cuyonon: Probinsya
i'ang Palawan; Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang
Palawan; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Palawan;
Spanish: Provincia de Palawan) is an
archipelagic province of the Philippines
that is located in the region of
MIMAROPA. It is the largest province in
the country in terms of total area of
jurisdiction. Its capital is the city of Puerto
Princesa, but it is governed independently
from the province as a highly urbanized
city.

The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies
between the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest
island, Palawan Island (0930N 11830E), measuring 450 kilometres (280 mi) long, and 50 kilometres (31 mi)
wide.[9][10]

TAWI-TAWI

Tawi-Tawi (Zamboangueo: Provincia de

Tawi-Tawi) is an island province in the
Philippines located in the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The
capital of Tawi-Tawi is Bongao, per Batas
Pambansa Blg. 24 enacted on April 4,
1979.[3]

It is the southernmost province of the

country, sharing sea borders with the
Malaysian state of Sabah and the
Indonesian North Kalimantan province,
both on the island of Borneo to the west.
To the northeast lies the province of Sulu.
Tawi-Tawi also covers some islands in the Sulu Sea to the northwest, the Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island and the
Turtle Islands, just 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from Sabah.