Philippine Geography 🇵🇭

TODAY IN HISTORY. DAPAT ALAM MO!!! 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 The Philippines is an archipelago consisting of 𝟕,𝟔𝟒𝟏 𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 - The Philippines is made up of 7,641 islands. What is the largest island in the Philippines in terms of landmass: 𝐋𝐔𝐙𝐎𝐍 (𝟒𝟐,𝟒𝟓𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬) - The capital city of the Philippines is 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐀 - The first capital of the Philippines was 𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐔 - Before The longest bridge in the Philippines is 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐃𝐄O but now the CCLEX in Cebu - The largest gulf in the Philippines is 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐎 𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐅 - The place where Ferdinand Magellan first landed in the Philippines was on HOMONHON - The Summer Capital of the Philippines is 𝐁𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐎 - The largest Philippine island in terms of Population is 𝐋𝐔𝐙𝐎𝐍 - Region 4-b is also called as 𝐌𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐀 (𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐎 𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋, 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐍, 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐍,𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐐𝐔𝐄) - Landlocked provinces mean that they have no access to the sea or ocean. How many landlocked provinces do the Philippines have: 𝟏𝟔 - The West Philippine Sea is formerly known as 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐀. - Of the 7,641 islands comprising the Philippine Archipelago, how many have names: 𝟑,𝟑𝟏𝟒 - Mt. Bulusan located on 𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐆𝐎𝐍 - The man who proposed the Archipelago doctrine was 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐎 - What does the archipelago doctrine state mean: 𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃, 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒, 𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐃𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍. - The man who discovered the Kalayaan Group of Islands was 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀 - The Philippines located in 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀 - Sierra Madre. Cordillera and Caraballo are examples of _____ in the Philippines: 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒. - It is considered the most active volcano in the Philippines because it has erupted many times in recorded history: 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎 (𝟒𝟖 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒) - Being situated on the Pacific Plate, the Philippines is prone to 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 - The world: Nile River; The Philippines: 𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑 (𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑) - Leading agricultural export of the Philippines is 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐀 - Leading mineral export of the Philippines is 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐑 - Tallest mountain found in the Philippines is 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐏𝐎 (𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐎) - The famous Chocolate Hills located in 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 - Banaue Rice Terraces found in 𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐎 - It is known as the walled city: 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐒 - Rizal was executed on 𝐁𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍/𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀 (𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐀) - The oldest church in the Philippines is 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 (𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐀) - Maria Cristina Falls located in 𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 - The longest waterfall in the Philippines is 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐆 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 (𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐎 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋) - The biggest wind farm in the Philippines is 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐎𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌 (𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐎𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄) - How many languages do the Philippines have: 𝟏𝟖𝟎 - Longest Highway in the Philippines is The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (Tagalog: Daang Maharlika; Cebuano: Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone. Measuring 3,379.73 kilometers (2,100.07 mi) - Largest Arena in the Philippines is the PHILIPPINE ARENA (990,000 SQUARE METERS) BULACAN - Largest Cemetery in the Philippines is 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐀 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 - Largest Lake in the Philippines is 𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐀 𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐘 - Oldest University in the Philippines is the 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒(𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟏) - The oldest bamboo organ is 𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐍̃𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘

Bajau Tribe The Bajau people are the first tribe in the world to have evolved to adapt to life under the sea. They spend their entire lives living on the sea and searching for food on the ocean floor. They live in temporary stilt houses and on their boats, scattered throughout the seas of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. They have lived this way for over 1000 years, and their food is entirely dependnt on the surounding seafood. This forces them to work underwater all day to catch shrimp, crab, fish, and squid. Therefore, the Bajau puncture their eardrums to balance the pressure between the outer ear and middle ear, helping them avoid discomfort when diving deep underwater. However, puncturing the eardrum can also reduce their hearing ability and make them susceptible to ear infections. This is a trade-off that the Bajau must accept in order to live underwater. What is extremely unusual is that they can dive for over 13 minutes at a depth of 60m below the ocean floor. Why can they do this? It turns out that they have a much larger spleen than normal people. It has the abilty to pump more oxygen into the blood and works no differently than a biological scuba tank. Their spleen has a volume greater than normal people by more than 50 percent. What is special is that this feature is not only found in divers but also in other members of the tribe, including children who have never dived before. This means that they have evolved to live more easily under the sea."