page_title: Tawi-Tawi
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Tawi-Tawi / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Enroute to Bud Bongao at the province of Tawi-Tawi taken during Schadow1 Expeditions' 2017 mapping expedition of Tawi-Tawi
context_page_description: Tawi-Tawi is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The capital of Tawi-Tawi is Bongao.
  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, Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island and the Turtle Islands, just 20 kilometres away from Sabah.
  The municipalities comprising the current Tawi-Tawi province were formerly under the jurisdiction of Sulu until 1973.
context_section_description: The province lies at the southwestern tip of the country, situated between the Sulu Sea in the north and the Celebes Sea in the south. The province is part of the Sulu Archipelago, and consists of Tawitawi Island and 106 surrounding islands and islets with a combined land area of 1,087.4 square kilometres (419.8 square miles). Tawitawi Island itself has an area of 580.5 square kilometres (224.1 square miles). The last island of the province at the edge of the Philippine-Malaysia border is Panguan Island.
  The province has two seasons: dry and wet. The climate is generally moderate. The wettest months are from August to November. The other months of the year are generally dry with occasional rain showers.
caption: Bud Bongao, a 250-hectare (2.5 km2) mountain-forest and sacred mountain of Tawi-Tawi
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