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The Philippine islands is a commonly mistaken description for the Philippines. The Philippines is made up of 7,107 islands and forms the Philippine archipelago. It is therefore proper to describe the Philippines as an archipelago.


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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philippine Islands (7278 words)
The islands are washed by the China Sea on the north and the west, the Pacific Ocean on the east, and the Sea of Celebes on the south.
The inhabitants of Luzon and adjacent islands are the Tagalogs, Pampangans, Bicols, Pangasinans, Ilocanos, Ibanags or Cagayanes, and Zambales.
Thirty-one delegates are from the Visayan Islands, and forty-four from Luzon.
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