Isla Pulo
Pulo Island, commonly known as Isla Pulo, is a long, narrow island surrounded by mudflats in the Manila Bay coast of Navotas, about 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) north of Manila in the Philippines. It is a sitio in Barangay Tanza, connected to the mainland of Navotas by a 500-meter-long (1,600 ft) bamboo bridge. The island is known for its mangroves for which it was declared a "marine tree park" and as one of four ecotourism sites in Metro Manila established under the National Ecotourism Strategy in 1999. In 2014, it was home to a resettlement site of about 137 indigent families that mostly occupied the island's southern tip.
The mangrove island in Tanza, Navotas | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Navotas, Metro Manila |
| Coordinates | 14°40′55″N 120°55′34″E |
| Archipelago | Philippine Archipelago |
| Area | 29.47 ha (72.8 acres) |
| Administration | |
Philippines | |
| Barangay | Tanza |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 137 families |
The island's name is tautological toponym, for "pulo" already means "island" in the Filipino language.
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