Philippines: Pearl of the Orient

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Philippines: Pearl of the Orient

1st Picture: Marking our National Territory

Under archipelagic doctrine, Philippine archipelago is considered as one integrated unit that consists of 7,641 islands for reasons of history, law, geography, economics and security. It defines as well as all the waters embraced within and all other territories belonging to the Philippines.  Also, when questions involving territorial arise, the Philippines uses this doctrine to support its territorial claims. An imaginary baseline is drawn around the islands by joining appropriate points of the outermost islands of the archipelago with straight baseline and all the islands and waters enclosed within the baseline form part of the territory. The bodies of water within the baseline, regardless of breadth, form part of the archipelago are considered as inland waters. Territorial sea forms the belt of the territorial jurisdiction which extends 12 nautical miles from the low water mark. Contiguous Zone extends another 12 nautical miles from the territorial sea although it is not part of the territory the coastal State may exercise jurisdiction to prevent infringement of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws. Extension of another 200 nautical miles from the baseline form part of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which the State may exercise sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve and manage natural resources.

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Philippines: Pearl of the Orient

2nd Picture: Territorial Domains

National territory of the Philippines comprises of the Philippine archipelago and all the territories over the sovereignty or jurisdiction. The Philippine archipelago which is delineated by Treaty of Paris (1898) and amended by the Treaty of Washington (1900) and Treaty of Great Britain (1930) consist of Aerial domain or airspace above the land and waters of the state; Terrestrial domain which consist of a whole island that is surrounded by water; and Fluvial or inland waters that connects the islands or the waters that surrounds the archipelago over sovereignty regardless of their breadth and dimensions.

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Philippines: Pearl of the Orient

3rd Picture: Geography of the Philippine Archipelago

The Philippine archipelago consists of 7,641 islands with a total land area of 301, 780 square kilometers and coastline of 36, 289 kilometers. It lies in Southeast Asia in a position that has led to becoming a cultural crossroads. Major Island groups are Luzon; largest of the island which measures about 105,000 kilometers and includes Luzon itself, Palawan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Masbate, Romblon, Catanduanes, Batanes and Polilio; Visayas or Central Philippines includes Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Siquijor, Biliran and Guimaras; Mindanao; second largest island which measures about 95,000 kilometers and includes Dinagat, Siargao, Camiguin, Samal and Sulu archipelago (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi). The Philippines is broken up by the sea which give its one of the longest coastline in any nations in the world. There are 18 regions comprising the Philippines; fourteen regions are designated with numbers corresponding to their geographic location, other regions are National Capital Regions (NCR), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Most government offices establish regional offices in a city to serve constituent provinces; such cities are designated as "regional centers". The regions themselves do not possess a separate local government, with the exception of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

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Mestidio, Monica P.
Brinquez, Wyeth Van
Villon, Stephanie
Gonzales, Abegail
Tabulod, Renel


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