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A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. 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]
[10] The 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum ranked the Philippines 79th out of 136 countries overall. The country's best-rated features were price competitiveness (22nd) and natural resources (37th). [11] The tourism industry employed 3.8 million Filipinos, or 10.2% of the nations employment, in 2011. [12]
A small island in northwestern Paco District surrounded by Estero de Provisor, Estero del Tanque, and the Pasig River. Malabon - Navotas. Isla Pulo. An island sitio north of the main island of Navotas. Dampalit Island An island barangay and one of the six original islands on which Malabon was founded. It is separated from the mainland on the ...
The Philippines is divided into three island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is divided into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon and Mindanao archipelagoes are both named after the largest island in their respective groups, while the Visayas (also referred to as the Visayan Islands) is an ...
Rank Province Highest Point Highest elevation Island 1 Davao del Sur: Mount Apo: 2,954 m 9,692 ft Mindanao: Cotabato: 2 Bukidnon: Mount Dulang-dulang: 2,938 m
Corcuera, Romblon (Simara Island) Cordova, Cebu (Cordoba Island and Olango Islands) Culion; Daram, Samar; Hadji Panglima Tahil, Sulu (Marungas Islands) Itbayat, Batanes; Jomalig, Quezon; Kalayaan, Palawan; Lapu-Lapu, Cebu (Mactan Island and Olango Islands) Limasawa, Southern Leyte; Linapacan; Lugus, Sulu; Mapun, Tawi-Tawi (Cagayan de Sulu ...
Islas de Gigantes (Spanish: Gigantes Islands lit: Giant Islands) (variously Islas Gigantes, Higantes group, or Gigantes group) is an island chain within the larger Western Visayas archipelago in the Visayan Sea. It is part of the municipality of Carles, Iloilo, Philippines, and the northernmost part of Iloilo province. [1]
The Babuyan Islands (/ b ɑː b ə ˈ j ɑː n / bah-bə-YAHN), also known as the Babuyan Group of Islands, is an archipelago in the Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait north of the main island of Luzon and south of Taiwan via Bashi Channel to Luzon Strait. The archipelago consists of five major islands and their surrounding smaller islands.