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Laguna [lɐˈɣuː.na], officially the Province of Laguna (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Laguna), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon.Its capital is Santa Cruz while its largest city is the City of Calamba (the regional center of Calabarzon) and the province is situated southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas ...
The border between North America and South America is at some point on the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent (see Darién Gap). Virtually all atlases list Panama as a state falling entirely within North America and/or Central America. [116] [117]
Countries and territories are also grouped non-geographically into selected economic and other sets, such as the landlocked developing countries, the least developed countries, and the Small Island Developing States. Antarctica is the only continental region which does not comprise any geographical subregions or country-level areas.
Aconcagua (Spanish pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa]) is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera [4] of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina.It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, [5] and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere [1] with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft).
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
The country is thought to have the second-largest gold deposits after South Africa, along with a large amount of copper deposits. [45] Palladium, originally discovered in South America, was found to have the world's largest deposits in the Philippines too. [46] Romblon island is a source of high-quality marble. [47]
Laguna Creek, Elk Grove, California, a former census-designated place in Sacramento County; Laguna Hills, California, a city in Orange County; Laguna Mountains, a mountain range in San Diego County, California; Laguna Niguel, California, a city in Orange County; Laguna Woods, California, a city in Orange County, with 90% of the population 55 or ...
The four continents, plus Australia, added later.. Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. [1] Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, and Europe in the north.