What is the population of Bongao?

The population of Bongao is 100,527.

Where is Bongao located?

Bongao is located at latitude 5.0833300 and longitude 119.7833300. It is in Philippines.

The area of Bongao is 365.95 km².

Bongao is in the Asia/Manila time zone.

The population of Bongao has increased from 1,854 (1903) to 100,527 (2015), a change of 5322.2%.

Bongao: municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi.

Population	100,527
Country	Philippines
State	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Philippines)
County	Province of Tawi-Tawi
Postal code	7500
Phone Area Codes	68
Area	365.95 km²
Official name	Municipality of Bongao
Latitude & Longitude	5.0833,119.7833
Capital city	Bongao is capital of Tawi-Tawi
Time Zone	UTC+08:00
Local time	10:46:21 (18th October 2026)

Bongao is located at 5°4'60"N 119°46'60"E (5.0833300, 119.7833300). It has 3 neighbors: Languyan, Balimbing and Lahad Datu.

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Bongao has 3 neighbours.

Languyan municipality of the Philippines in the province of Tawi-Tawi.
Panglima Sugala (Balimbing) municipality of the Philippines in the province of Tawi-Tawi.
Lahad Datu city in Sabah, Malaysia.

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1903	1,854	-	census
1918	3,486	88.03%	census
1939	4,510	29.37%	census
1948	5,626	24.75%	census
1960	10,822	92.36%	census
1970	20,983	93.89%	census
1975	20,560	-2.02%	census
1980	27,884	35.62%	census
1990	37,932	36.04%	census
1995	46,672	23.04%	census
2000	58,174	24.64%	census
2007	95,055	63.4%	census
2010	79,362	-16.51%	census
2015	100,527	26.67%	census

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