Mindanao

Jolo

Provincial capital of Sulu

Jolo is a 1st-class municipality in the Philippines. It is the provincial capital of Sulu in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, located in Mindanao.

It has a population of 137,266 as of the 2020 Census, and a land area of 126.40 square kilometers. It consists of 8 barangays.

In the 2022 elections, the municipality had 53,813 registered voters.

Population	125,564 (2015) 137,266 (2020)

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