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54 Cards in this Set
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location and Land |
7,107 islands 7,641 (present number of islands) |
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land area |
300,000 square kilometers |
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location of the Philippines |
📍between 4°23 north and 21°25 north📍longitude 112° east and 127°east |
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Length Measurement of the Philippines |
📍1,850 km starting from the point near. the southern tip of Taiwan and ending close to Northern Borneo.📍965 km |
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Philippine Coast Line |
17,500 km |
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Bigger Islands |
📍Luzon📍Mindanao |
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Philippines is consist of |
📍Colonial Planes📍Narrow Valleys📍Rolling Hills📍High Mountains |
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-High mountains in Luzon and Mindanao has altitudes of |
1,790-3,144 m. |
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Wet to Rainy: |
June-October |
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Cool and Dry: |
November-February |
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Hot and Dry: |
March-May |
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Temperature in Manila |
31°C-32°C w/ 27°C average |
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Coolest: |
January |
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Warmest |
May |
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Warmest temperature recorded |
-April 19,1912: 224°C in Tuguegarao,Cagayan |
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Coolest Temperature Recorded |
-January 7,1903: 3°C in Baguio |
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How many typhoons every year |
More than 20 |
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Three Major Island |
Luzon Visayas Mindanao |
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Smallest political unit |
Barangay |
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-17th largest island in the world(National Statistics Coordination Board) |
Luzon |
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Luzon area |
-104,688 km² |
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Luzon has how many provinces? |
81 |
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No. Of cities from Luzon |
138 cities |
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How many brgys in Luzon? |
42,095 barangays |
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No. Of inhabitants in a municipality? |
1,000 |
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Luzon Volcanoes |
Bulusan Mayon Taal PinatuboArayat Makiling Banahaw |
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Visayas Volcanoes |
Kanlaon Silay Biliran Cabalian, Mandalagan |
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Mindanao Volcanoes |
Hibok-Hibok Paco Calayo Apo Calindong |
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Active volcanoes |
200 |
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Location of Philippine Plate |
Between Pacific and Indian Plate. |
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When does the 8.9 magnitude of Earthquake happened? |
2011 |
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Metal Deposits |
21.5 billion metric tons |
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Non-Metal Deposits |
19.3 billion metric tons |
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found in Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Camarines Norte and Cotabato |
Nickel |
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found in Zambales. Batangas, Mindoro, Panay and Negros |
Copper |
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found in small quantities nearly in all provinces |
Gold |
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Found in Bulacan |
Iron Ore |
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Found in Marinduque and Cebu |
Lead |
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Most abundant non-metal |
Cement Marble Lime |
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is the country's national tree |
Narra |
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One of the most valuable indigenous plants, a plantain, the fibre which is used in making cordage textiles, and hats |
Abaca or Manila Hemp |
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The national flower, is called the “Queen of Flowers |
Sampaguita |
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first discovered in 1925 in Malabon River. |
Pandaka Pygmaea |
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The smallest commercial fish found in Camarines Sur. |
Sinarapan |
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also called as Pearl of Lao Tzu holds the Guinness Book of Record to be the largest pearl in the world weighing 14 pounds and measures 9.5 inches long and 55 inches in diameter. |
Philippine Pearl of Allah |
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Foundin Ifugao which the UNESCO recognized as a World Heritage Site |
Banaue Rice Terraces |
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a national park composed of cluster of tiny islands and an islet is a perfect place for swimming and diving |
Hundred Islands |
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considered as one of the finest swimming destinations in the world. |
Boracay |
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composed of more than 1,000 individual mounds of cone-shaped and dome-shaped hills |
Chocolate Hills |
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world's smallest volcano |
Taal Volcano |
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summer capital of the country |
Baguio |
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Queen City of the South. |
Cebu City |
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Six important species |
tawilis tuna milkfish Saint Peter's fish (popularly known as tilapia) Roundscand Anchovies |
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Philippines' location why we have a lot of typhoons |
Within the typhoon belt |
