Armm

Provincesand

Capital

Basilan Isabela

Sulu Jolo

Tawi-tawi Panglima Sugala

Maguindanao Shariff Kabunsuan

Lanao del sur Marawi

ProvincesCapitals

Basilan

Basilan's name may also derive from its iron ore deposits. Tausug warriors and slave-traders from Sulu came to Taguima to purchase high-quality magnetic iron ores, which they used for swords,

knives and other blades.basih-lan means "the iron (magnet) trail" or "the

iron way".

Basilan Provincial Capitol

Trademark:

Bulingan Falls

It is said that the Chinese traders who frequented the place, named Jolo after ho lâng. Ho lâng meaning ‘Good

People’ reflects the Chinese perception of the natives.

Sulu

trademark:

Pamalican Island

Tawi-Tawi

"Tawi-Tawi" means "very far away." The province consists of a great many small islands, grouped into ten towns. The people make their living mostly from the sea. Many of them live in house-boats, and more live in houses built over the

water and connected by little bridges.

trademark:

Tango Island

MaguindanaoMaguindanao means “people of the flood plain,” the

Maguindanao are most heavily concentrated along the shores and in the flood lands of the Pulangi-Mindanao

River basin.

Bongo

Diving

Spottrademark:

Lanao del SurLanao del Sur is defined by Lake Lanao, the second largest and deepest in the Philippine Islands. Lanao comes from

the word ranao, meaning "lake."

Lake Lanao

trademark:

Ogopingku a ginawangka

Ka inogopangka o AllahotaalahBadum mala sa

dalogApukulilid sa

lapadNada akapadal

iyan.

(Tagalog Version)

Tulungan mo ang iyong sarili

At si Allah ay tiyak na tutulong sa iyo

Malaki ang kamoteNa gumugulong sa

pingganNgunit tiyak na

walang lasa iyan.

Maranaw