Philippines

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• Recently, Super typhoon Rai caused havoc in the Philippines.
  • Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette, is currently a powerful tropical cyclone over the South China Sea which recently passed through the Philippines.

About the Philippines 

• Capital: Manila
• Location: Archipelago country, part of  Southeast Asia & located in the western Pacific Ocean.
• Naming: The Philippines takes its name from Philip II, who was king of Spain during the Spanish colonization of the islands in the 16th century.
• Surrounded by:  
  • East: Philippine Sea 
  • South: Celebes- Sea to the south, the Sulu Sea to the southwest, 
  • West & North:  South- China Sea to the west and north. 

• Shares maritime borders with:
  • North: Taiwan & Japan (NE)
  • East: Palau 
  • South: Indonesia,  Malaysia and Brunei to the southwest
  • West: Vietnam and China to the northwest.

Source: TH