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Geography of the Philippines. The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, [ 8] and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), it is the world's fifth largest island country. [ 2][ 3][ 9] The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about ...
Outline of the Philippines. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Philippines: Philippines – archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The Philippines is generally mountainous; uplands make up 65 percent of the country's total land area. [52]: 38 [197] The Philippines is an archipelagoof about 7,641 islands,[198][199]covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
Philippine Sea Plate is an oceanic plate surrounded by subduction zones. The plate is moving northwest at a rate of 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) per year towards the Eurasian Plate. [7] [6] Ranken and Cardwell (1984) showed that the rate of convergence increases southwards along the trench. [8] [5] [4] The plate rotates with respect to the pole near ...
The Philippines is inhabited by more than 182 ethnolinguistic groups, [1] : 5 many of which are classified as "Indigenous Peoples" under the country's Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997. Traditionally-Muslim peoples from the southernmost island group of Mindanao are usually categorized together as Moro peoples, whether they are classified ...
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The Philippine tarsier ( Carlito syrichta ), known locally as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and magô in Waray, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly on the islands of Bohol, Samar and Leyte. It is a member of the approximately 45-million-year ...