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In the Philippines, provinces ( Filipino: lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces at present, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities.
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.
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 ...
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Palawan is known as the Philippines' Last Frontier [5] and as the Philippines' Best Island. [4] Palawan Provincial Capitol in Puerto Princesa. The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro island in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea.
Islands of Zamboanga del Norte (3 P) Islands of Zamboanga del Sur (1 C) Islands of Zamboanga Sibugay (1 P) Categories: Islands of the Philippines. Landforms of the Philippines by province. Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Romblon (/ r ɒ m ˈ b l oʊ n / rom-BLOHN, Tagalog:), officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region.Its main components include Romblon, Romblon, an archipelagic municipality of the same name that also serves as the provincial capital; Tablas, the largest island, covering nine municipalities; Sibuyan with its three towns; as ...
Palawan (island) / 9.5°N 118.5°E / 9.5; 118.5. Palawan is the largest island of the province of Palawan in the Philippines and fifth-largest by area and tenth-most populous island of the country, with a total population of 994,101 as of 2020 census. The northwest coast of the island is along the Palawan Passage in the eastern South ...