Jolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo, is a municipality and capital of the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a …Jolo, officially the Municipality of Jolo, is a municipality and capital of the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 137,266 people. According to Dr. Najeeb M. Saleeby and in old maps such as the Velarde map, "Joló" was the historical Spanish spelling of the word "Sulu" that now refers to the province and the whole Sulu Archipelago, which the early Spaniards historically spelt as "Xoló", with the initial letter most likely formerly pronounced with the Early Modern Spanish sound, with the Spanish pronunciation of Sulu, but later evolved into the Modern Spanish, leading to its modern pronunciation. In many dialects, the initial sound is glottal, yielding. The Spanish version Joló is still used to pertain Sulu in Spanish writings. Meanwhile, the word "Sulu" itself comes from Tausug: Sulug, an older form of Tausug: Sūg, 'sea current'.
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