Which Region Is The Philippines Located? Location Of The Philippines
LOCATION OF THE PHILIPPINES – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the region where the Philippines is located.
The Philippines, known officially the Republic of the Philippines is an archipelagic country in Asia.
It is composed of 7,641 islands and is divided into three major groups: Luzon, Visasyas, and Mindanao. Each group are divided into different regions: 8 in Luzon; 3 in Visayas, and 5 in Mindanao.
So, which of the five regions in Asia is this archipelagic country located.
Answer
The Philippines is located in the Southeast Asia.
Also known as Southeastern Asia, it is, as mentioned above, one of the five regions of Asia which covers the continent’s south east area.
It consists of areas that are geographically south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent and north-west of Australia.
It is also bordered by East Asia to the north, South Asia and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Oceania and the Pacific Ocean to the east, and Australia and the Indian Ocean to the south.
It also covers an area of about 4.5 million kilometers squared or nearly 1.8 million square miles.
Europeans know the region, along with South Asia as the East Indies, while the Chinese named the region as Nanyang (南洋) which means the “Southern Ocean”.
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