Sacol

{{Short description|Island in the Philippines}}

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| image_caption = Sacol Island in Zamboanga City

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| coordinates = {{coord|6|57|35|N|122|14|2|E|type:isle_region:PH|display=inline,title}}

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| waterbody = {{unbulleted list | Basilan Strait | Moro Gulf }}

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| country = Philippines

| country_admin_divisions_title = Region

| country_admin_divisions = Zamboanga Peninsula

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = City

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Zamboanga City

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Sacol is an island in Zamboanga City, Philippines.{{cite web|url=http://www.zamboanga.com/islands/islands.htm|title=Islands of Zamboanga City - Philippines - Zamboanga.com|first=Franklin Harry Maletsky & Philipe J.|last=Banos|website=www.zamboanga.com|accessdate=11 May 2017}} It is composed mainly of mangrove swamps and has the Sacol hill as its most prominent feature at {{convert|781|feet|m}}.{{cite book |last1=Center |first1=United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic |title=Sailing Directions (enroute) for the Philippines |date=1979 |publisher=Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center |page=357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLMoLXdNWL8C |access-date=6 November 2023 |language=en}} In historic times, the island served as a refuge for merchants and sailors from nearby Basilan and Zamboanga that was caught under severe weather.{{cite news |last1=Unson |first1=John |title=Historic southern island gets first ever telecoms tower |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/10/15/2216907/historic-southern-island-gets-first-ever-telecoms-tower |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=Philstar.com |date=15 October 2022}} Currently, it is a known scuba diving spot{{cite news |title=Sacol Island gets round the clock power service |url=https://www.napocor.gov.ph/index.php/2-whatsnew/651-sacol-island-gets-round-the-clock-power-service-2 |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=www.napocor.gov.ph |date=15 November 2019}} and a source of seafood.{{cite news |last1=Go |first1=R. G. Antonet |title=DICT to provide Zambo City's Sacol Island with internet |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1179611 |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=23 July 2022}}

Residents in the area are mostly Muslims.{{cite news |title=Philippines Crossfire Kills Many |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWtEAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5 |access-date=6 November 2023 |publisher=The Albany Herald |date=20 April 1995 |language=en}} As of July 2023, the island is home to 14,000 people under four baranggays:{{cite news |last1=Peñalosa |first1=Clennkei C. |title=DICT kicks-off smart village initiative in Sacol island, Zamboanga |url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/2023/07/03/dict-kicks-off-smart-village-initiative-in-sacol-island-zamboanga |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=Philippine Information Agency |date=3 July 2023}} Busay, Landang-Laum, Landang-Gua and Pasilmata.