page_title: Jolo, Sulu
section_title: Trading decline
hierarchical_section_title: Jolo, Sulu / History / Spanish Colonial Period / Trading decline
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Academische Collecties: http://academischecollecties.nl/search?identifier=300.068 1899-1900, Siboga-expeditie naar Nederlands Oost-Indië, onder leiding van Max Wilhelm Carl Weber Stenen toegangspoort tot het fort. Voor de poort staan Amerikaanse soldaten, die het eiland na de Spaans-Amerikaanse oorlog van 1898 hadden bezet.
context_page_description: Jolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo, is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 125,564 people.
context_section_description: Trade suffered heavily in 1892 when three steamers used for trade were lost in a series of storms on the trade route between Singapore and Jolo. The traders in Singapore lost so heavily as a result that they refused to accept trade unless it was paid for in cash.  Along with the fear of increased taxation, many Chinese left to other parts of the Archipelago as Jolo lost its role as the regional entrepot. The Tausug had already abandoned trading when the Chinese arrived. Thus, Jolo never fully gained its previous trading status. However, the Chinese continued to dominate trade throughout the Archipelago and Mindanao.
caption: Gates of Jolo, circa 1899
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