Philippines - a tropical archipelago, which lies between the Pacific Ocean and South China Sea. Philippine Islands actually represent waterlogged mountain ranges - part of the vast mountain system, stretching from Indonesia to Japan. The length of the archipelago from north to south is 1770 km, and from west to east - 1199km. Of the more than 7 thousand islands are inhabited at least 10%, and 11 largest islands account for 96% of the total area of the Philippines. The two largest islands of Luzon and Mindanao, comprising 65% of the whole territory, home to 60% of the population. To the east of the island of Mindanao is the Philippine Trench - the world's second deep ocean basins.
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