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{{short description|Island in the Philippines}}
{{distinguish|text=the town of [[Polillo, Quezon|Polillo]]}}

{{Infobox islands
| name                            = Polillo Island
| image_name                      = {{PH wikidata|image_skyline}}
| image_size                      = 250px
| image_caption                   = Polillo island satellite image captured by [[Sentinel-2]] in 2016
| native_name                     = 
| native_name_link                = 
| map                             = Luzon mainland#Philippines
| map_alt                         = 
| map_width                       = 
| map_caption                     = Location within the Philippines
| map_relief                      = yes
| label                           = 
| label_position                  = 
| coordinates                     = {{coord|14|50|34|N|121|55|45|E|type:isle_region:PH|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago                     = [[Polillo Islands]]
| waterbody                       = {{unbulleted list | [[Philippine Sea]] | [[Polillo Strait]] }}
| location                        = [[Lamon Bay]]
| total_islands                   = 
| major_islands                   = 
| area_km2                        = 628.9
| area_footnotes                  = <ref>{{cite web|title = Islands by Land Area|url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm|work = Island Directory Tables|publisher = United Nations Environment Programme|access-date = 4 March 2013}}</ref>
| highest_mount                   = [[Mount Malolo]]
| elevation_ft                     = 1063
| country                         = Philippines
| country_admin_divisions_title   = Region
| country_admin_divisions         = [[Calabarzon]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province
| country_admin_divisions_1       = [[Quezon]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipalities
| country_admin_divisions_2       = {{unbulleted list | [[Burdeos, Quezon|Burdeos]] | [[Panukulan, Quezon|Panukulan]] | [[Polillo, Quezon|Polillo]] }}
| country_largest_city_type       = municipality
| country_largest_city            = [[Polillo, Quezon|Polillo]]
| country_largest_city_population = 28,125
| population                      = 64,802 <!-- total of Burdeos, Panukulan, and Polillo -->
| population_as_of                = 2010
| population_footnotes            = <ref name=NSO10>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Calabarzon.pdf |title = Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010 |work = 2010 Census of Population and Housing |publisher = National Statistics Office |access-date = 27 November 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192321/http://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Calabarzon.pdf |archive-date = 29 October 2013 }}</ref>
| density_km2                     = 103.0
| ethnic_groups                   = 
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}}

'''Polillo''' ({{IPA|tl|poˈliljo̞}}) is an island in the northeastern region of the [[Philippine archipelago]]. It is the largest island and the namesake of the [[Polillo Islands]]. It is separated from [[Luzon Island]] by the [[Polillo Strait]] and forms the northern side of [[Lamon Bay]].

[[File:Ph locator polillo island.png|thumb|left|Location within [[Quezon]] province]]
The island itself is subdivided across three municipalities. The municipality of [[Polillo, Quezon|Polillo]] covers the southern portion of the island, while the northeastern part is administered by the municipality of [[Burdeos, Quezon|Burdeos]]. The northwest is within the jurisdiction of the municipality of [[Panukulan, Quezon|Panukulan]]. The island is also home to the [[Butaan lizard]], a vulnerable relative of the [[Komodo dragon]].<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn | author = Sy, E. | author2 = Afuang, L. | author3 = Duya, M.R. | author4 = Diesmos, M. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Varanus olivaceus'' | volume = 2009 | page = e.T22888A9396856 | date = 2009 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T22888A9396856.en | access-date = 23 December 2017}}</ref>

As of the 2010 Philippine Census, the island is home to 64,802 individuals.<ref name=NSO10/>

In the mid-16th century, Spaniards came to the island and built a chapel there. They took charge of the management of the island and brought much change and development.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}
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==See also==
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*[[Burdeos, Quezon]]
*[[Panukulan, Quezon]]
*[[Polillo, Quezon]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{OSM relation|5198218}}
*[http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
*[http://polillo.mampam.com/ Wildlife and Conservation in the Polillo Islands]

{{Islands of the Philippines}}
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[[Category:Islands of Quezon]]


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