Panguan Island

Panguan Island
Native name: Malamanok
	File:Panguan Island.jpg Panguan Island
	Panguan Island is located in Philippines Panguan Island Panguan Island Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates	4°42′38″N 119°1′53″E / 4.71056°N 119.03139°E
Archipelago	Sulu Archipelago
Adjacent to	Celebes Sea
Area	0.06 km2 (0.023 sq mi)
Administration
	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Region	Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Province	Tawi-Tawi
Municipality	Sitangkai
Additional information
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Panguan Island is an island in the municipality of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi. With an area of 0.06 square kilometres (0.023 sq mi). It is also known as Malamanok, coming from the Sama-Bajau dialect which means eat chicken as locals who travel to Sabah usually use this island as a stop-over to eat roasted chicken prior continuing their journey to Malaysia. It is the last island of the Sulu Archipelago nearest to the Philippine-Malaysian border.^[1] This island is 50 km or 31 miles away from Sabah state. Just like other Philippine border communities, the area lacks access to food, potable water and healthcare. The island has a newly constructed military barrack, a flagpole, and a small community of Badjao.^[2]

History

File:Flagpole PanguanIsland.jpg

The southernmost flagpole in the Philippines at Panguan Island, Tawi-Tawi. Put up on April 29, 2017 by the 10th Philippine Marines Battalion Landing Team after it was secured from a decade of occupation by the Abu Sayyaf terror group.

Known as the westernmost island of the Tawi-Tawi group, Panguan Island was used as a hideout by the Abu Sayyaf terror group until it was liberated by the 10th Marines Battalion Landing Team (MBLT-10) of the Philippine Marine Corps^[1] after the surrender of eleven high-ranking Abu Sayyaf leaders of Tawi-Tawi in April 2017.^[3] The Philippine flag was hoisted on the island on 29 April 2017^[1] to signify its placement under the control of the Philippine government.^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Malicdem, Ervin (13 June 2017). "Panguan Island, the most remote island paradise of the Philippines". Schadow1 Expeditions. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
↑ Severino, Howie (4 December 2017). "Somewhere out there is our unmarked border". GMA News. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
↑ Legaspi, Amita (12 April 2017). "11 Abu Sayyaf bandits surrender". GMA News. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
↑ Roxas, Joseph Tristan (1 May 2017). "PHL flag raised on Abu Sayyaf 'island paradise'". GMA News. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

External links

Panguan Island at OpenStreetMap

[schadow1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Malicdem, Ervin (13 June 2017). "Panguan Island, the most remote island paradise of the Philippines". Schadow1 Expeditions. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[2] Severino, Howie (4 December 2017). "Somewhere out there is our unmarked border". GMA News. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[3] Legaspi, Amita (12 April 2017). "11 Abu Sayyaf bandits surrender". GMA News. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[4] Roxas, Joseph Tristan (1 May 2017). "PHL flag raised on Abu Sayyaf 'island paradise'". GMA News. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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Native name: Malamanok
File:Panguan Island.jpg Panguan Island
Panguan Island is located in Philippines Panguan Island Panguan Island Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates	4°42′38″N 119°1′53″E / 4.71056°N 119.03139°E / 4.71056; 119.03139
Archipelago	Sulu Archipelago
Adjacent to	Celebes Sea
Area	0.06 km² (0.023 sq mi)^[1]
Administration
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Region	Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Province	Tawi-Tawi
Municipality	Sitangkai
Additional information
<mapframe>: The JSON content is not valid GeoJSON+simplestyle. The list below shows all attempts to interpret it according to the JSON Schema. Not all are errors. /0/query: The property query is required /0/ids: The property ids is required /0: Failed to match at least one schema /0/title: The property title is required /0/service: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["page"] /0: Failed to match exactly one schema /0/geometries: The property geometries is required /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["GeometryCollection"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["MultiPolygon"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["Point"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["MultiPoint"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["LineString"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["MultiLineString"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["Polygon"] /0/coordinates: The property coordinates is required /0/geometry: The property geometry is required /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["Feature"] /0/features: The property features is required /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["FeatureCollection"]