Municipality of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi

Mapun is a 4th class remote municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 22,011 people in 3,492 households. Mapun (formerly Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi or Cagayan de Sulu) is an island in the Sulu Sea on the southwestern extreme of the Philippines. The people inhabiting the island are known as Jama Mapun or "people of Mapun". Their dialect is Pullun Mapun, which means "Mapun dialect".