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Geography Stats: compare key data on Guernsey & Philippines

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Guernsey Philippines HISTORY
Area > Comparative about one-half the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places about one-half the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 78 sq km
Ranked 2nd.
298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 3823 times more than Guernsey

Area > Land > Per capita 1.19 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 212th.
3.1 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 183th. 3 times more than Guernsey

Area > Total 78 sq km
Ranked 227th.
300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 3846 times more than Guernsey

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 211th.
1,830 sq km
Ranked 92nd.

Climate temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 50 km
Ranked 180th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 726 times more than Guernsey

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Atlantic Ocean 0 m Philippine Sea 0 m
Geographic coordinates 49 28 N, 2 35 W 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Location Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Natural hazards NA astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Natural resources cropland timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Terrain mostly level with low hills in southwest mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Population density 337.04 people per sqkm
Ranked 29th. 27% more than Philippines
266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd.
Map references Europe Southeast Asia
Land boundaries 0 0
Note large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait
Marine Coastline 50 km
Ranked 180th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 726 times more than Guernsey
Area > Total > Per capita 1.19 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 216th.
3.12 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 189th. 3 times more than Guernsey

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Heal The World Foundation.; CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size

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