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The subduction tectonics of the Philippines is the control of geology over the Philippine archipelago. The Philippine region is seismically active and has been progressively constructed by plates converging towards each other in multiple directions. [1] The region is also known as the Philippine Mobile Belt due to its complex tectonic setting. [2]
The total land area is 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), [1] [11] [12] [2] [3] with cadastral survey data suggesting it may be larger. [13] This makes it the fifth largest island country in the world. [9] Only approximately 1,000 of its islands are populated, and fewer than one-half of these are larger than 2.5 square kilometers (1 sq mi).
The Philippine fault system is a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago, [1] primarily caused by tectonic forces compressing the Philippines into what geophysicists call the Philippine Mobile Belt. [2] Some notable Philippine faults include the Guinayangan, Masbate and Leyte faults.
Poverty Incidence of Cordillera Administrative Region 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 51.03 2003 32.20 2006 25.95 2009 25.08 2012 22.84 2015 22.69 2018 12.05 2021 6.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Infrastructure Roads and bridges Apayao – Ilocos Norte Road – As a lateral road, the highway is a significant element of the Cordillera Roads Improvement Project (CRIP), connecting Northern ...
The Bicol Natural Park faces threats from illegal logging, firewood collection, charcoal production and human encroachment. [1] In 1992, with the passage of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act (NIPAS), a total of 738 families were evicted from the park and were transferred to resettlement sites in Labo and Camarines Sur.
Poverty Incidence of Cagayan Valley 10 20 30 40 2000 38.57 2003 24.50 2006 26.84 2009 25.50 2012 22.14 2015 17.77 2018 16.29 2021 11.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Rice fields in Nueva Vizcaya A view of Tuguegarao, Cagayan as seen in April 2011 The province of Isabela and the city of Santiago are notably the most progressive province and richest city in the region, respectively ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Philippines: Philippines – archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. 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.
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