GEOGRAPHY OF THE

PHILIPPINES
 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

CONTINENT ASIA
REGION SOUTHEAST ASIA
AREA RANKED 64TH
LAND 99.38 %
WATER 0.62 %
TOTAL 120,000 sq mi
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COASTLINE 36,289 km (22,549 mi)

BORDERS None

HIGHEST POINT Mount Apo 2,954 m (9,691 ft)

LOWEST POINT Galathea Depth 10,540 m/34,580 ft (sea level)

LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE Sierra Madre

LONGEST RIVER Cagayan River

LARGEST LAKE Laguna de Bay

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POPULATION 113.9 million (2021)

81 PROVINCES

17TH LARGEST ISLAND OF THE

WORLD LUZON

19TH LARGEST ISLAND OF THE

WORLD MINDANAO
 The Philippines, officially called the Republic of the
Philippines, is an island nation located in the western
Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia between the Philippine Sea
and the South China Sea. The country is an archipelago
made up of 7,107 islands and is near the countries of
Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. As of 2018, the
Philippines had a population of roughly 108 million people
and was the 13th most populous country in the world.
The Philippines is divided into three main geographic
areas: the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The climate
of the Philippines is tropical marine with a northeast
monsoon from November to April and a southwest
monsoon from May to October.
 The Philippines is an archipelago that consist 7,107 islands
with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers
(115,831 sq mi).
 The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area.
The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000
square kilometers (40,541 sq mi).
 The next largest island is Mindanao at about 95,000
square kilometers (36,680 sq mi). The archipelago is
around 800 kilometers (500 mi) from the Asian mainland
and is located between Taiwan and Borneo.
LUZON,VISAYAS, AND
MINDANAO
 The Luzon islands include Luzon Island itself, Palawan,
Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate and Batanes Islands.
 The Visayas is the group of islands in the central
Philippines, the largest of which are: Panay, Negros,
Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Samar.
 The Mindanao islands include Mindanao itself, plus the
Sulu Archipelago, composed primarily of Basilan, Sulu
Island, and Tawi-Tawi
The Philippines is part of the western Pacific arc system
characterized by active volcanoes

 Among the notable peaks are mount Mayon near Legazpi

City
 Taal Volcano south of Manila
 Mount Apo in Mindanao

 All the Philippine island are prone to earthquakes.

 POLITICAL
GEOGRAPHY
 The Philippines is divided into a hierarchy of local
government units (LGUs) with the 81 provinces as the primary
unit.
 Provinces are further subdivided into cities and municipalities,
which are in turn composed of barangays.
 The barangay is the smallest local government unit
 The Philippines is divided into 17 regions with all provinces
grouped into one of 16 regions for administrative convenience.
The National Capital Region however, is divided into four
special districts.
 The regions themselves do not possess a separate local
government, with the exception of the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao
REGIONS OF THE
PHILIPPINES
 LIST OF
PROVINCES
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER
The island province of Marinduque
prides itself as being the geographic
center of the Philippines.
CLIMATE
The Philippines has a tropical wet climate
dominated by a rainy season and a dry season.
The summer monsoon brings heavy rains to
most of the archipelago from May to October,
whereas the winter monsoon brings cooler and
drier air from December to February.
The Philippines is prone to about 6-9 storms
which make landfall each year, on average. The
1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption also damaged
much of Central Luzon, the lahar burying towns
and farmland, and the ashes affecting global
temperatures.
TERRAIN
 The islands are volcanic in origin, being part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire, and are mostly mountainous.

 The Philippine Archipelago is geologically part of

the Philippine Mobile Belt located between the
Philippine Sea Plate, the South China Sea Basin of
the Eurasian Plate, and the Sunda Plate.
The Philippine Trench (also called the Mindanao
Trench) is a submarine trench 1,320 kilometers (820
mi) in length found directly east of the Philippine
Mobile Belt and is the result of a collision of tectonic
plates.  Its deepest point, the Galathea Depth, has a
depth of 10,540 meters (34,580 ft). The Philippine
Fault System consists of a series of seismic faults that
produce several earthquakes per year, most of which
are not felt.
 MOUNT APO
The highest point in
the country is the peak
of Mount Apo in
Mindanao, which is
2,954 meters (9,692 ft)
above sea level.
MOUNT PULAG
The second highest
point can be found on
Luzon at Mount
Pulag, a peak 2,842
meters (9,324 ft)
above sea level
SIERRA MADRE
The Sierra Madre
range is the longest
mountain range in
the Philippines and
lies in the
Northeastern part of
LAGUNA DE BAY
east of Manila Bay, is
the largest freshwater
lake in the
Philippines. Several
rivers have been
harnessed for
 Mount Mayon
has the world's most
perfectly-shaped cone. It
has a violent history of
47 eruptions since 1616
and another violent
eruption is currently
feared. .
 Taal Volcano
also located on
Luzon, is one of the
Decade Volcanoes.
Cagayan River
The longest river is the
Cagayan River or Rio
Grande de Cagayan in
northern Luzon
measuring 354
kilometers.
Mindanao River
In Mindanao, the
longest river is the
Rio Grande de
Mindanao or
Mindanao River
List of landlocked provinces
in the Philippines
A landlocked province is one that has no coastline, meaning no access to
sea or ocean. There are 16 landlocked provinces in the Philippines:
 All provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR):
Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao and
Benguet.
 Two provinces of Cagayan Valley (Region II): Nueva
Vizcaya and Quirino.
 Two provinces of Central Luzon (Region III): Nueva Ecija
and Tarlac.
 Three provinces of Mindanao: Bukidnon of Northern Mindanao
(Region X) South Cotabato of SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII)
Agusan del Sur of Caraga (Region XIII)
 List of island provinces in the Philippines

An island province completely surrounded by water, is

the opposite of a landlocked one. There are 16 island
provinces in the Philippines:
 One province of Cagayan Valley (Region II): Batanes

 Three provinces of MIMAROPA (Region IVB): Marinduque,

Romblon, and Palawan
 Two provinces of Bicol (RegionV): Catanduanes and Masbate

 One province of Western Visayas (Region VI): Guimaras

 Three provinces of Central Visayas (Region VII): Cebu,
Bohol and Siquijor
 One province of Eastern Visayas (Region VIII): Biliran
 One province of Northern Mindanao (Region X): Camiguin
 One province of Caraga (Region XIII): Dinagat Islands
 Three provinces of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM): Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi
 NATURAL
RESOURCES 

Timber
petroleum
 nickel
 cobalt
 silver
 gold
 salt
 copper