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Philippines Have Active Volcanoes

The Philippines is a cluster of more than 7000 islands, lying north of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. North south, the archipelago extends over nearly 1850 kilometers. Philippines is of volcanic origin, it has over 20 active volcanoes, and regularly experiences earthquakes.

The total land areas in the Philippines is about 300,000 square kilometers, the largest city and the capital, Manila. The two largest islands Luzon in the north and Mindanao in the south, with a host of smaller islands in between, including some unnamed and nobody patches of land.

A large part of the terrain is mountainous. The volcanic eruptions in the area given the Philippines, rich soils and spectacular landscapes and underwater areas. Unfortunately, deforestation and uninhibited harvesting of both flora and marine life are removed in the Philippines of its once rich and diverse resources.

The noticeable ethnic groups on the island of Malay origin, with some Chinese influence. There are also Mestizos evidence of the long Spanish and American occupation of the country.

The island got their name from the Spanish named them the Philippines after the country's King Philip II of Spain. Due to extensive proselytization by the Church during the Spanish time, the Philippines is the only Christian country in Asia, with over 82 percent of its population following the Roman Catholic faith.

The Filipinos have a very outgoing and friendly people, that ethos is ruled by a collaboration of community spirit that binds them together, and embraces all visitors to their country as well.

Because of his management moody post independence, the Philippine nation has always received bad press dictatorship, corruption, the terrorist attacks and economic problems often overshadow his image forces of nature did not help any of these islands are regularly Philippines -struck by natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, landslides and volcanic eruptions.

However, the Philippines is a relatively safe and inexpensive place for the visit, if one avoids the problem in areas prone to the south with long beaches, interesting Treks and mountain hikes, and spectacular underwater are experience.

The climate is hot and humid almost averaging at about 80 degrees with humidity of 77 percent. The best time to visit is during the month of November to March which is the dry season. The month of May to October is very hot and humid.

The rich lowlands of the islands provide crops of rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples and mangoes. Pork, eggs, beef and an abundant supply of fish also made. Industries center in textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fuel products, food processing and petroleum refining and fishing.

About the Author

Douglas Scott works for The Rental Car Hire Specialist. and is a free lance writer for The Philippines Rental Site