Moro Province

E403055

former administrative division province

Moro Province was a former administrative region of the southern Philippines under U.S. colonial rule, encompassing much of the Muslim-majority areas in Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Military District of Mindanao and Jolo	1
Moro Province canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division ⓘ province ⓘ
borderedBy	Celebes Sea ⓘ Moro Gulf ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ
capital	Zamboanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsAdministrativeUnit	Cotabato District NERFINISHED ⓘ Davao District NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanao District NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulu Province ⓘ surface form: Sulu District Zamboanga District NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolutionReason	reorganization of Mindanao and Sulu administration ⓘ
endTime	1914 ⓘ
establishedBy	Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ surface form: United States colonial administration in the Philippines
governedBy	civil governors ⓘ military governors ⓘ
governingBody	Office of the Governor of Moro Province ⓘ
hasCommonLanguage	Cebuano language ⓘ surface form: Cebuano Chavacano ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various Moro languages ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Lumad ⓘ surface form: Lumad groups Maguindanaon people ⓘ Maranao ⓘ surface form: Maranao people Moro people ⓘ Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ surface form: Sama-Bajau people Tausug people ⓘ Yakan people ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao ⓘ Sulu Sultanate territories under U.S. control ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	special province under the Philippine Commission ⓘ
hasMajorityReligion	Islam ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
historicalRole	administrative unit for Muslim-majority areas in southern Philippines ⓘ
legalBasis	Philippine Commission Act No. 787 ⓘ
locatedIn	Mindanao ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
namedAfter	Moro people ⓘ
partOf	American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ surface form: American colonial rule in the Philippines Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ Philippines ⓘ surface form: Philippine Islands
partOfConflict	Moro Rebellion ⓘ
precededBy	Moro Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Military District of Mindanao and Jolo
replacedBy	Department of Mindanao and Sulu ⓘ
startTime	1903 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moro Rebellion → historicalRegion → Moro Province ⓘ

Moro Province → precededBy → Moro Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Military District of Mindanao and Jolo