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Corregidor Island and the Historic Fortifications of Manila Bay is an outstanding complex of fortifications at the mouth of the Manila Bay. It witnessed early globalization through the Galleon Trade and the subsequent fight for democracy and human dignity in Asia-Pacific during World War II. [36]
Banaue, Batad rice terraces with homes c. 2000. The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995, the first-ever property to be included in the cultural landscape category of ...
Calintaan. Rizal. San Jose. Occidental Mindoro. Mimaropa. A protected sanctuary and home to the Tamaraws endemic to the island of Mindoro. Established as a National Park on November 9, 1970, by virtue of Republic Act No. 6148. [ 7] Listed by ASEAN as one of the nine heritage parks in the Philippines in 2003. [ 8]
Contents. List of islands of the Philippines. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [ 1 ][ 2 ] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [ 3 ] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.
Negros ( English: / ˈneɪɡroʊs, ˈnɛɡ -/, [5] UK: / ˈneɪɡrɒs /, [6] Tagalog: [ˈnegɾos] ), is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 13,309 km 2 (5,139 sq mi). [7] The coastal zone of the southern part of Negros is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance ...
The Sulu Archipelago ( Tausug: سُوگْ , Jawi: كڤولاوان سولو, Filipino: Kapuluan ng Sulu) is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the southwestern Philippines. The archipelago forms the northern limit of the Celebes Sea and southern limit of the Sulu Sea. [ 1] The Sulu Archipelago islands are within the Mindanao ...
Area. 8,048.57 hectares (19,888.4 acres) Established. August 16, 1994. Governing body. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape is an island that is a protected area and national park in the municipality of Santa Ana in Cagayan, Philippines. It is located off the northeastern extremity ...
9,994 km 2 (11%) [1] The Luzon rain forest is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Luzon. Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines, and the Luzon rain forest is the most extensive rainforest ecoregion of the country. The ecoregion includes the lowlands of Luzon and neighboring islands below 1000 meters elevation.