Geography

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Location: The Philippines is located in the Southeast Asia. In relation to other countries, it is South of Taiwan, East of Vietnam, and North of Indonesia. It is just East of the South China Sea.

Size: The Philippines is 300,000 km². It is 3.7% of the size of the Continental US area. It is a little bigger than the state of Arizona.

Terrain: This country is 0.61% of water and 99.39% land. (Not including the ocean). There are mountains like Sierra Madre and Zambales Mt, and also lakes like Lake Tool and Lake Lanao.