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Brian Cury, CEO and founder of EarthCam, Inc., launched EarthCam.com in 1996 to build a network of webcams offering views of destinations throughout the world. In 1999 it was claimed 20 people per day were adding their webcams to the website. [3] By 2006 the website was a Webby Award Winner in the Tourism category. [4]
The Philippines, [g] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [h] 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 ...
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 location of the Philippines. 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 ...
The Moluccas and Sulawesi are located to the south-southwest and Palau is located to the east of the islands. [21] [better source needed] Off the coast of eastern Mindanao is the Philippine Trench, which descends to a depth of 10,430 meters (34,220 ft). The Philippines is part of a western Pacific arc system characterized by active volcanoes.
Camp O'Donnell is a current military base and former United States military reservation in the Philippines located on Luzon island in the municipality of Capas in Tarlac.It housed the Philippine Army's newly created 71st Division and after the Americans' return, a United States Army camp.
Mactan–Cebu International Airport, located on Mactan Island, is the second busiest airport in the Philippines. Cebu has the most combined cities and municipalities of any province in the Philippines, with 53 in total. With 9 cities in total, it has the second most number of cities after its neighboring province of Negros Occidental.
Poverty incidence of Camiguin 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 34.60 2009 25.55 2012 53.58 2015 36.10 2018 24.27 2021 14.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Sunset at Camiguin The economy is based upon fishing and farming, with copra providing the greatest income contribution. Lanzones has since then became the main agricultural product of the island province. Other agricultural products are ...