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Polilio may refer to: * Polillo Islands, an island group in Quezon Province, the Philippines ** Polillo Island, the main island of the Polillo Island Group *** Polillo, Quezon, a municipality on the island * Polillo Strait Polillo () is an island in the northeastern region of the Philippine archipelago. It is the largest island and the namesake of the Polillo Islands. It is separated from Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon B ...

Polillo Islands
The Polillo Islands is a group of about 27 islands in the Philippine Sea lying about to the east of the Philippine island of Luzon. It is separated from Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon Bay. The islands are part of the province of Quezon in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines. The combined land area of all the islands is about 875 square kilometers making Polillo islands even larger than the island city-state of Singapore. Major islands The three major islands are: *Polillo Island *Patnanungan Island *Jomalig Island These islands comprise the towns of Polillo, Patnanungan, Jomalig, Panukulan and Burdeos. The biggest Polillo Island is divided into three municipalities of Polillo, Burdeos, and Panukulan. Burdeos Bay lies in between the islands of Patnanungan and Polillo Polillo also includes the privately-owned resort island of Balesin, located further south in the middle of Lamon Bay. * Polillo (southern part of Polillo Is ...
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Polillo Island
Polillo () is an island in the northeastern region of the Philippine archipelago. It is the largest island and the namesake of the Polillo Islands. It is separated from Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon Bay. The island itself is subdivided across three municipalities. The municipality of Polillo covers the southern portion of the island, while the northeastern part is administered by the municipality of Burdeos. The northwest is within the jurisdiction of the municipality of Panukulan. The island is also home to the Butaan lizard, a vulnerable relative of the Komodo dragon. As of the 2010 Philippine Census, the island is home to 64,802 individuals. In the mid-16th century, Spaniards came to the island and there they built a chapel. They took charge of the management of the island and many changes and development they brought there upon their times. See also *Burdeos, Quezon *Panukulan, Quezon *Polillo, Quezon Polillo, officially ...
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Polillo, Quezon
Polillo, officially the Municipality of Polillo ( tgl, Bayan ng Polillo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 31,908 people. It is located on the southern part of the eponymous Polillo Island fronting the Philippine Sea and its jurisdiction also includes Balesin Island in Lamon Bay (). History Trade relations between the natives of the Polillo Islands and Chinese merchants existed long before the Spanish conquerors came to the archipelago. Trade was a conglomeration of Malay-Hindu-Chinese- Tagalog. Padre Morga wrote that ''Polillo'' originated from the Chinese word "Pulilu", which means beautiful island with plenty of food. When Juan de Salcedo, a Spanish conqueror came to Polillo in 1567, he saw a central government fully organized through the Balangay, with a datu who had a direct supervision and control over all the natives. The inhabitants lived in nipa huts. In 1571 the Spaniards too ...
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