Mindanao

Second-largest island of the Philippines. The indigenous peoples are the Lumad and Moro; area 94,627 sq km/36,536 sq mi; population (2000) 18,133,900. Towns and cities include Davao and Zamboanga. Industries include pineapples, coffee, rice, coconut, rubber, hemp, timber, nickel, gold, steel, chemicals, and fertilizer. The island is mainly mountainous rainforest; the active volcano Apo reaches 2,954 m/9,600 ft, and the island is subject to severe earthquakes.

There is a Muslim guerrilla resistance movement, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.