Sulu Archipelago
Americannoun
noun
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Some of these groups operate with near impunity in the Sulu Archipelago of the southern Philippines, close to eastern Malaysia.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2014
In the 1990s, threats of terrorism made it difficult to access places such as the Sulu Archipelago, where Taylor collected types for a dozen species.
From Nature • Sep. 12, 2013
Other 41st Division troops landed at Jolo, the old capital of the Sulu sultans, to take complete control of the Sulu Archipelago.
From Time Magazine Archive
More serious is a Moslem insurgency movement in western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, which demands creation of a Moslem-run semiautonomous state.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government of the Sulu Archipelago is a kind of oligarchy, and the supreme authority is vested in the Sultan and the Ruma Bechara or trading council.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
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