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The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 2013, 700 of the country's 52,177 species were listed as threatened. [2] The Philippines has among the highest rates of species discovery in the world with 16 new species of mammal discovered in the last ten years.
Beach tourism is a major contributor to the economy of the Philippines, owing to the country's tropical climate and geography of more than 7,000 islands. [ 1 ] : 109 [ 2 ] The following is a list of notable beaches in the country sorted by province .
The Polillo Islands is a group of about 27 islands in the Philippine Sea lying about 25 km (16 mi) to the east of the Philippine island of Luzon. It is separated from the mainland Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon Bay. The islands are part of the province of Quezon in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines.
Great Santa Cruz Island is a small inhabited island in Zamboanga City in the southern region of the Philippines that is famous for its pink coralline sand. [2] The island, located 4 kilometres (2.49 mi) south of downtown at the Santa Cruz Bank in the Basilan Strait, boasts one of the pink sand beaches in the Philippines.
The Philippines's Palawan Island was voted the no. 1 island in the world -- and with pictures like these, you can easily see why.
The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.
The island is also home to the Butaan lizard, a vulnerable relative of the Komodo dragon. [3] As of the 2010 Philippine Census, the island is home to 64,802 individuals. [2] In the mid-16th century, Spaniards came to the island and built a chapel there. They took charge of the management of the island and brought much change and development.
Siargao is known as the surfing capital of the Philippines, and was voted the Best Island in Asia in the 2021 Conde Nast Travelers Readers awards. The island is within the jurisdiction of the province of Surigao del Norte in the mainland Mindanao and is composed of 9 municipalities of Burgos , Dapa , Del Carmen , General Luna , San Benito ...