Mapun
Mapun
مڤون Cagayan de Sulu/Tawi-Tawi | |
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| Municipality of Mapun | |
Municipal Hall | |
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Map of Tawi-Tawi with Mapun highlighted | |
Interactive map of Mapun | |
Mapun Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 6°58′30″N 118°30′50″E / 6.975°N 118.514°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
| Province | Tawi-Tawi |
| District | Lone district |
| Established | February 11, 1904 (as Cagayan de Sulu) |
| Converted to municipality | July 1, 1958 |
| Renamed | March 7, 1984 (as Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi) September 5, 1988 (as Mapun) |
| Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Suraida F. Muksin |
| • Vice Mayor | Hamirin Ilani |
| • Representative | Dimszar M. Sali |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 19,996 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 181.29 km2 (70.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 29,218 |
| • Density | 161.17/km2 (417.42/sq mi) |
| • Households | 4,928 |
| Demonym | Jama Mapun |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 38.18 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 180.7 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 51.39 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 155 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Cagayan de Sulu Electric Cooperative (CASELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 7508 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)68 |
| Native languages | Molbog Sama Sabah Malay Tagalog Tausug |
Mapun, officially the Municipality of Mapun (Tagalog: Bayan ng Mapun), is a municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,038 people.
It was formerly known as Cagayan de Sulu until 1984, then as Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi until 1988.
Mapun is an island municipality in the Sulu Sea on the south-western extreme of the Philippines, located very close to Sabah, Malaysia as well as to Palawan. The people inhabiting the island are known as Jama Mapun or "people of Mapun". Their local language is Pullun Mapun, which means "Mapun language".
Due to an administrative error in the Treaty of Paris, while the remainder of the Philippines was ceded to the United States, Sibutu and Cagayan de Sulu were retained under Spanish Sovereignty until they were formally ceded to the United States upon the ratification of the Treaty of Washington on March 23, 1901. In 1946, the Philippines became an independent country, including Mapun island as part of it.