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As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2] The following list breaks the islands down by region and smaller island group for easier reference.
The Maranao people (Maranao:; Filipino: Maranaw), also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is the term used by the Philippine government to refer to the southern tribe who are the "people of the lake", a predominantly Muslim Lanao province region of the Philippine island of Mindanao.
The movement for a single-island region started in the 1980s when officials of both provinces proposed a one-island, one-region unit. Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental are the only provinces in the Philippines situated in the same island but belonging to two different administrative regions with regional offices located in neighboring Panay ...
Today, the Moro people had become marginalises and a minority in Mindanao, they are also disadvantaged than majority Christians in terms of employment and housing; they are also discriminated. [102] Due to this, it has established escalating tensions that have contributed to the ongoing conflict between the Philippine government and the Moro ...
Poverty incidence of Tawi-Tawi 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 16.43 2003 40.20 2006 52.41 2009 35.28 2012 28.61 2015 17.86 2018 22.20 2021 28.10 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Agriculture, fishing, and agar-agar (seaweeds) farming are the leading source of livelihood of the people of Tawi-Tawi, with quite a number engaged in the barter trade business. Copra is the top agricultural product ...
Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since ...
Poverty incidence of Iloilo 10 20 30 40 2000 12.94 2003 38.60 2006 21.76 2009 26.62 2012 26.21 2015 22.03 2018 16.49 2021 12.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Iloilo City, the economic center of the province and the whole island of Panay. Iloilo is one of the most competitive provinces in the Philippines, recognized for its strong economy, resilience, and effective governance. This ...
People from the Philippines by island group (3 C) B. People from Basilan (2 C, 11 P) People from Batanes (1 C, 5 P) People from Biliran (1 C, 6 P) People from Bohol ...