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Central Visayas. Eastern Visayas. Northern Mindanao. Camiguin. Caraga. Siargao. The Tourism Super Region is a concept of development plan of the government. Under this concept, the government intends to focus development and investments on tourism related projects. This super region is actually a cluster of five regions plus some parts of Caraga.
September 5, 2000: Tropical Storm Bopha (Ningning) mainly affects the Cagayan Valley and Isabela province. October 27–29, 2000: Typhoon Xangsane (Reming) hits the Bicol Region, Southern Luzon and Metro Manila. In Tayabas, Quezon, rainfall of 312.3 mm was observed in 24 hours. [2]
November 2–3, 1995: Typhoon Angela (Rosing) impacts the Bicol Region, much of Southern Luzon and Metro Manila as a Category 5 super typhoon. It was the strongest to hit the country in 25 years at the time. 882 people were found dead, and damages toppled up Php 9.33 billion (US$315 million).
Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, [1] was a deadly and extremely destructive super typhoon, which was the second costliest typhoon in Philippine history behind Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Rai was a powerful rare tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in December 2021. Rai became the first Category 5 -equivalent ...
Typhoon Rammasun. Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of the only three Category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other ones being Pamela in 1954 and Rai in 2021. Rammasun had destructive impacts across the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam in July 2014.
Cordillera Administrative Region: 4 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Mount Ragang: 2,815 m 9,236 ft 5 IV-B-MIMAROPA: Mount Halcon: 2,586 m 8,484 ft 6 VI-Western Visayas: Mount Kanlaon: 2,465 m 8,087 ft VII-Central Visayas: 7 V-Bicol Region: Mayon Volcano: 2,463 m 8,081 ft 8 III-Central Luzon: Mount Tapulao: 2,037 m 6,683 ft 9 ...
v. t. e. In the Philippines, regions ( Filipino: rehiyon; ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs). Most national government offices provide services through their regional branches instead of having direct ...
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 ...