MINDANAO: THE LAND OF PROMISE

• Mindanao


  The second largest island in the Philippine archipelago, next to Luzon Island, with an area of 94,630 square kilometers

  
• Mindanao


  A group of islands which include the mainland Mindanao Island, and other islands in the southern part of the country with a total area of 102,000 square kilometers
• Mainland of Mindanao


  • One of the richest islands in the archipelago in terms of natural resources which provides a large amount of agricultural, industrial, commercial and tourism potentials
• Mindanao's contribution to the national economy

  • 99.99% of the country's rubber production
  • 90.82% of the country's palm oil production
  • 89.42% of the country's cacao production
  • 88.85% of the country's pineapple production
  • 82% of the country's banana production
  • 73.59% of the country's coffee production
  • 57.35% of the country's seaweeds production
  • 49.32% of the country's coconut production
  • 67% of cattle and tuna
  • More than 50% of corn, fish and chicken
  • 90% of plywood and lumber
  • 63% (1 Billion metric tons) of nickel reserves
  • 90% (2.94 Billion metric tons) of copper reserves
  • 48% (50.3 Million metric tons) of gold reserves
  • 38.5% (2.6 Million hectares) of forest
  • 38% (3.73 Million hectares) of farmlands

  
• Tri-people of Mindanao

  • Lumads (at least 18 ethnolinguistic groups)
  • Moros (13 groups)
  • Christians (at least 9 migrant ethnic groups) from Luzon and Visayas
• Administrative divisions of Mindanao

  • Western Mindanao/Zamboanga Peninsula
  • Northern Mindanao
  • Davao Region
  • SOCCSKSARGEN
  • Caraga
  • BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao)
• Provinces of Mindanao

  • Zamboanga Sibugay
  • Zamboanga del Norte
  • Zamboanga del Sur
  • Lanao del Norte
  • Lanao del Sur
  • Camiguin
  • Misamis Occidental
  • Misamis Oriental
  • Bukidnon
  • Surigao del Norte
  • Surigao del Sur
  • Dinagat Islands
  • Agusan del Norte
  • Agusan del Sur
  • Davao del Norte
  • Davao Oriental
  • Davao del Sur
  • Davao de Oro
  • Davao Occidental
  • Sultan Kudarat
  • Cotabato (North Cotabato)
  • South Cotabato
  • Sarangani
  • Maguindanao del Sur
  • Maguindanao del Norte
  • Sulu
  • Basilan
  • Tawi-Tawi
• Palawan


  Not in Mindanao but administratively part of Region 4 (Tagalog Region/MIMAROPA), the province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island, measuring 450 kilometers (280 miles) long and 50 kilometers (31 miles) wide

  
• Palawan has important significance in the history of Mindanao, as at the time of the great sultanates in the southern Philippines, some part of Palawan especially the southern portion, were under the jurisdiction of the Sulu Sultanate

  
• Palawan is home to 3 Islamized tribes of Jama Mapun, Panimusan and Molbog culturally linking the island to Mindanao