Brooke's Point is a first class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. As of the 2010 census, Brooke's Point has a population of 61,301.
Named after Sir James Brooke, an Englishman, first white Rajah of Sarawak and founder of the Brooke Dynasty. It is believed that during one of his voyages, he landed on the tip of an island with a long narrow stretch of land inhabited by native Palaweños and Muslims under the Sultanate of Sulu. Establishing trade and gaining the trust of the people, the name Brooke was so imprinted in the minds of the people that when American scouts came to the land almost a century later, they named it Brooke's Point.
It has also earned the distinction of being the original home of the biggest pearl in the world, known as the Pearl of Lao Tzu or the Pearl of Allah; found in its waters on May 7, 1934.
The municipality has become famous for its promotion of ecotourism. It has the famous twin peak of Mount Maruyog.
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