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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 clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.
The islands form part of the Aleutian Arc of the Northern Pacific Ocean, and occupy a land area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km 2) that extends westward roughly 1,200 mi (1,900 km) from the Alaskan Peninsula mainland, in the direction of the Kamchatka Peninsula; the archipelago acts as a border between the Bering Sea to the north and the Pacific ...
Castle Rock, Shumagin Islands Shipwreck, St. George Island, 1996 Purple oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens) on St. Matthew Island St. Paul Island Saahmlam Tanangis Sachem Head
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 105,000 square kilometers (40,541 ...
List of islands of Australia, including: Coral Sea Islands. Willis Island; Lord Howe Island; Norfolk Island; Torres Strait Islands; Brunei. List of islands of Brunei; Canada. List of islands of British Columbia, many islands including: Haida Gwaii, some 400 islands near Alaska Graham Island, the main northern island
6053. PSGC. 072228000. IDD : area code. +63 (0)32. Native languages. Cebuano Tagalog. Madridejos, officially the Municipality of Madridejos ( Cebuano: Lungsod sa Madridejos; Tagalog: Bayan ng Madridejos ), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,039 people.
Samar ( / ˈsɑːmɑːr / SAH-mar) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided into three provinces: Samar (formerly Western Samar), Northern Samar, and ...
The islands of the Philippines are organized into three distinct island groups according to regions: [clarification needed] Luzon comprises 8 regions: I to III, IV-A, V, NCR, CAR, and Mimaropa. The Visayas comprises 4 regions: VI to VIII and NIR. Mindanao comprises 6 regions: IX to XIII, and BARMM. If a province is reassigned into a new region ...