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Geography

The Philippine archipelago consists of 7,107 colourful tropical islands with a total land area of 296,912 square kilometers. Among the islands more than half are unnamed, only about 1,000 are inhabited, and only 462 are a square mile or larger. The islands are loosely divided into three island groups, Luzon in the north, Visayas in the middle and Mindanao in the south. Other major islands are Mindoro and Palawan. The Visayan islands are forming the heart of the Philippines, the most well-known of them are Samar, Cebu with Cebu City, with more than one million inhabitants the second biggest city of the country, Negros, Panay with Boracay, Leyte and Bohol with the famous Chocolate Hills.
The islands of the Philippines lie along a zone of violent earthquakes and volcanic activities, and many of the islands are mainly tops of huge undersea mountains formed by volcanic flows thrust up from the floor of the Pacific.

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Major Islands

Luzon
Mindanao
Negros
Mindoro
Palawan
Panay
Samar
Leyte
Cebu
Bohol
Masbate
Romblon

Major Cities

Metro Manila
(Manila, Makati, Quezon City,
Pasay, Cavite, Paranaque
Mandaluyong, Pasig, Caloocan)
Cebu
Davao
Baguio
Bacolod
Dumaguete
Cagayan De Oro
Puerto Princesa City
Angeles City
Iloilo
Laoag

Places of Interest
Scenic sites and resort areas

Banaue Rice Terraces & Sagada (Mountain Province / Luzon)
Bohol & Panglao (Bohol)
Boracay (Aklan)
Busuanga & Coron (Palawan)
Cebu and Mactan Island (Cebu)
El Nido (Palawan)
Honda Bay (Puerto Princesa / Palawan)
Hundred Islands (Pangasinan)
Intramuros / Manila (Metro Manila)
Mount Apo Nat'l Park / Davao / Samal (Davao)
Mount Mayon / Legazpi (Albay)
Mount Pinatubo / Angeles City (Papanga)
Pagsanhan Falls / Caliraya (Laguna)
Puerto Galera (Mindoro)
St. Pauls Nat'l Park & Underground River (Palawan)
Subic Bay / Olongapo (Zambales)
Taal Volcano (Batangas)
Tabon Cave (Quezon / Palawan)
Tubbataha Reef (Sulu Sea / Palawan)
Vigan (Ilocos Sur)
Zamboanga (Mindanao)

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Islands of Palawan

Climate

Situated between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator, the Philippines has a tropical to subtropical climate, having two prnounced seasons, the dry months from November to May and the rainy months from June to October.      back to top

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