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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, [17] which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao .
Aurora Memorial National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located within the Sierra Madre mountain range between the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Aurora in Central Luzon. The Aurora Memorial National Park covers an area of 5,676 hectares (14,030 acres) stretching over 50 kilometers along the scenic Bongabon-Baler road.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
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.
The Tubbataha Natural Park, also known as the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park ( Filipino: Bahurang Tubbataha ), is a protected area of the Philippines located in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The marine and bird sanctuary consists of two huge atolls (named the North Atoll and South Atoll) and the smaller Jessie Beazley Reef covering a total area of ...
The Hundred Islands National Park is the first Philippine national park and a protected area located in Alaminos, Pangasinan. The islands, totaling 124 at low tide and 123 at high tide, are scattered in Lingayen Gulf covering an area of 16.76 square kilometres (6.47 sq mi). Only four of them had been developed for tourism: Marcos Island ...
Polillo ( Tagalog pronunciation: [poˈliʎo̞]) is an island in the northeastern region of the Philippine archipelago. It is the largest island and the namesake of the Polillo Islands. It is separated from Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon Bay . The island itself is subdivided across three municipalities.
Colon Street ( Cebuano: Dalan Colon, Filipino: kalye Colon, Spanish: Calle Colon; Tagalog: [koˈlɔn]; Spanish pronunciation: [koˈlon]) is a historical street in Cebu City. Located in the city's downtown, Colon Street is often referred to as the oldest [1] [2] [3] and the shortest [4] national road in the Philippines.