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[[File:Panguan Island.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Panguan Island]], the last island of the province beside the Philippine-Malaysia border]]
'''Tawi-Tawi''' ([[Tausug language|Tausug]]: ''Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi''; [[Sinama language|Sinama]]: ''Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih'') is an island [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] in the [[Philippines]] located in the [[Bangsamoro|Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] (BARMM). The capital of Tawi-Tawi is [[Bongao, Tawi-Tawi|Bongao]].<ref name=bp24>{{cite web |url=http://www.chanrobles.com/bataspambansa/bataspambansablg24.html |website=Chan Robles Law Library |title=Batas Pambansa Bilang 24 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF TAWI-TAWI FROM BATO-BATO TO BONGAO, AMENDING SECTION TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWO |date=4 April 1979 |accessdate=12 August 2016 |author=Batasang Pambansa ng Pilipinas}}</ref>
It is the southernmost province of the country, sharing sea borders with the [[Malaysia]]n state of [[Sabah]] and the [[Indonesia]]n [[North Kalimantan]] province, both on the island of [[Borneo]] to the west. To the northeast lies the province of [[Sulu]]. Tawi-Tawi also covers some islands in the [[Sulu Sea]] to the northwest, the [[Mapun, Tawi-Tawi|Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island]] and the [[Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi|Turtle Islands]], just {{convert|20|km}} away from Sabah.
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