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Poverty incidence of Marinduque 10 20 30 40 50 2006 40.51 2009 33.58 2012 32.91 2015 16.95 2018 14.72 2021 15.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Marinduque is an agricultural province, primarily growing rice and coconuts. Handicrafts from Marinduque are also exported to dıfferent parts of the world, and fishing is another important part of the economy. Mining was once an important ...
The Visayas comprises 4 regions: VI to VIII and NIR; Mindanao comprises 6 regions: IX to XIII, and BARMM. If a province is reassigned into a new region, it may also be reassigned to a new island group, as is the case with Palawan, when it was temporarily assigned from Mimaropa to Western Visayas and thus temporarily was considered part of the ...
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2]
III-Central Luzon: Mount Tapulao: 2,037 m 6,683 ft 12 XIII-Caraga: Mount Hilong-hilong: 2,012 m 6,601 ft 13 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula: Mount Pinukis: 1,532 m 5,026 ft 14 VIII-Eastern Visayas: Alto Peak (Mount Aminduen) 1,325 m 4,347 ft 15 VII-Central Visayas: Osmeña Peak: 1,015 m 3,330 ft 16 Metro Manila: Unnamed Peak [1] 240 m 787 ft
In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south.
The Luzon Datum of 1911 in Marinduque is used as point number one for all map makers in the country. [ 64 ] The boundaries of the Philippine archipelago are described in Article III of the Treaty of Paris (1898) , as comprising an irregular polygon . [ 65 ]
Below is a full list of primary-level subdivisions of local government in the Philippines.As of June 11, 2024, there are 82 provinces ( province ), 33 highly urbanized cities ( HUC ), 5 independent component cities ( ICC ), and one independent municipality ( NCR municipality ).
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 roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.