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The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.
Scarborough Shoal forms a triangle-shaped chain of reefs and rocks with a perimeter of 46 km (29 mi). It covers an area of 150 km 2 (58 sq mi), including an inner lagoon. The atolls' highest point, South Rock, is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) above sea-level at high tide.
This is a timeline of the territorial evolution of the Caribbean and nearby areas of North, Central, and South America, listing each change to the internal and external borders of the various countries that make up the region. The region covered is the Caribbean, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts, as well ...
Website. www .cebu .gov .ph. Cebu ( / sɛˈbuː / seb-OO; Cebuano: Sugbo ), officially the Province of Cebu (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Sugbo; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Cebu ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas (Region VII) region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets.
The following islands are some of the major islands in the island country Cuba: [ 10] Cuba (largest island in the Caribbean 104,556 km 2 (40,369 sq mi), 21°56′02″N 78°45′15″W. Canarreos Archipelago, 21°38′22″N 82°14′10″W. Isla de la Juventud (2nd largest island in Cuba at 2,200 km 2 (850 sq mi)), 21°45′N 82°51′W.
The region comprises six provinces: Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and the island-provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate, 107 Municipalities and 3,471 Barangays As of 2020, Camarines Sur is the region's largest province in area and population, occupying 5,481.6 km 2 (2,116.5 sq mi) or around 30.4% of the total land area with a ...
Guimaras ( [ɡimaˈɾas] ), officially the Province of Guimaras ( Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang Guimaras; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Guimaras ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. The capital is Jordan, while the largest local government unit is the municipality of Buenavista.
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 ...