philippines main facts... (geography)

Philippines
October 15, 2008 2:05am CST
grabbed from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107887.html The Philippine Islands are an archipelago of over 7,000 islands lying about 500 mi (805 km) off the southeast coast of Asia. The overall land area is comparable to that of Arizona. Only about 7% of the islands are larger than one square mile, and only one-third have names. The largest are Luzon in the north (40,420 sq mi; 104,687 sq km), Mindanao in the south (36,537 sq mi; 94,631 sq km), and Samar (5,124 sq mi; 13,271 sq km). The islands are of volcanic origin, with the larger ones crossed by mountain ranges. The highest peak is Mount Apo (9,690 ft; 2,954 m) on Mindanao.
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HULYO
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Oct 08
you can say many things about Philippines like culture and tourist attraction. lots of places that we are proud of such as bohol, palawan, samal island, boracay and some other toursit spots that love by foreigners. Philippines is rich in minerals but sad to know all our minerals are brought to another countries, few days later it will be back here with a very high price.