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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 ...
The Philippines has 7,641 islands comprising the Philippine archipelago. [2] The zone's coordinates are between 116° 40', and 126° 34' E longitude and 4° 40' and 21° 10' N latitude . It is bordered by the Philippine Sea [ 3 ] to the east and north, the South China Sea [ 4 ] to the west, and the Celebes Sea [ 5 ] to the south.
The results of a DNA study conducted by the National Geographic 's "The Genographic Project", based on genetic testings of Filipino people by the National Geographic in 2008–2009, found that the Philippines is made up of around 53% Southeast Asia and Oceania, 36% East Asian, 5% European, 3% South Asian and 2% Native American genes. [1]
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), [a] signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160[b] of the Philippine highway network, and partially as R-8[b] of the Metro Manila arterial road network, [c] is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines.
SRNH signage in Dumaguete, showing directions and distances to major cities and ports. The Philippine Nautical Highway System, also the Road Roll-on/Roll-off Terminal System (RRTS) [1] or simply the RoRo System, is an integrated network of highway and vehicular ferry routes which forms the backbone of a nationwide vehicle transport system in the Philippines.
South Luzon Expressway. The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), [c] signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol Region on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
The Pan-Philippine Highway System was an infrastructure program of President Diosdado Macapagal as a first priority project for the improvement and expansion of Philippine highway and land transport networks. It was stated in his final State of the Nation Address in 1965 that the project requires the concreting of 3,003 kilometers (1,866 mi ...
The Philippine highway network is a network of national roads owned and maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and organized into three classifications according to their function or purpose: national primary, secondary, and tertiary roads. The national roads connecting major cities are numbered from N1 to N83.