{"id":65998,"date":"2025-10-01T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=65998"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:24:00","slug":"key-facts-about-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Philippines Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, an offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Cebu province in central Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Philippines<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an island country of Southeast Asia in the <\/span><b>western Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares maritime borders with <\/span><b>Vietnam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the west, <\/span><b>Taiwan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the north, <\/span><b>Palau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east, and Malaysia and<\/span><b> Indonesia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water Bodies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is surrounded by the <\/span><b>South China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (north and west); <\/span><b>Philippine Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (east); <\/span><b>Celebes Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (south); and by the Sulu Sea to the (southwest).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Apo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cagayan River (Philippines\u2019 longest river), Mindanao, Agusan etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Volcano:<\/b> <b>Mayon Volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the most active in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tropical and monsoonal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Lake:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Laguna de Bay<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philippines is the third-largest producer of geothermal energy globally, after the United States and Indonesia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>World Heritage Site:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> site in the Philippines is inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital city:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Manila<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/strong-earthquake-kills-several-people-central-philippine-region-10281222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippines is an island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. 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