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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.
Luzon (/ l uː ˈ z ɒ n /, loo-ZON; Tagalog pronunciation:) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city.
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 ...
This is a list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines that are located on islands with no land borders with other local government units . Agutaya. Almagro, Samar. Anda, Pangasinan (Cabarruyan Island) Balabac, Palawan (Balabac and Bugsuk Islands) Banguingui, Sulu (Tongkil Islands) Banton, Romblon. Biri, Northern Samar.
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 ...
Panay. / 11.150°N 122.483°E / 11.150; 122.483. Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 12,011 km 2 (4,637 sq mi) and a total population of 4,542,926, as of 2020 census. [4] Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. [5]
The Philippines, along with Vietnam, the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (ROC), Malaysia and Brunei, is a claimant country in the disputed Spratly Islands of the South China Sea . As of 2020, the Philippines are occupying and/or controlling eleven features (eight islands, three reefs), as detailed in the following table:
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( Filipino: Lalawigan ng Rizal ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national heroes of the Philippines.