Sarangani

The Sarangani Islands lie south of Mindanao, looking across the Celebes Sea toward the Sangihe archipelago. Their inhabitants include Sangil communities whose origins lie among the islands to the south. Through contact with Sangihe and the Muslim communities of Mindanao and Sulu, Islam became part of Sangil life. In 1543 the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos named Sarangani Island Antonia, after the patron who had commissioned the voyage.