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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 ...
Asian Highway Network. The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway ( Tagalog: Daang Maharlika; Cebuano: Dalang Halangdon ), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone.
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
The Philippines also claims that as early as the Spanish colonisation of the Philippines, Filipino fishermen were already using the area as a traditional fishing ground and shelter during bad weather. Several official Philippine maps published by Spain and United States in 18th and 20th centuries show Scarborough Shoal as Philippine territory.
Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base (CERAB) ( IATA: RPLQ) or Crow Valley Gunnery Range, and formerly the Tarlac Military Testing Ground, was the main bombing range of the United States Armed Forces in the western Pacific, and by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It is located in Camp O'Donnell in Tarlac, Philippines.
West Philippine Sea ( Filipino: Karagatang Kanlurang Pilipinas; [2] abbreviated as WPS) is the official designation by the government of the Philippines to the parts of the South China Sea that are included in the country's exclusive economic zone. The term is also sometimes incorrectly used to refer to the entire South China Sea.
Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Pag-asa, lit. 'Island of Hope'), Đảo Thị Tứ (Vietnamese: Đảo Thị Tứ) and Zhongye Dao (Chinese: 中业岛/中業島; pinyin: Zhōngyè Dǎo), having an area of 37.2 hectares (92 acres), it is the second largest of the naturally occurring island in Spratly Islands.
List. 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.