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Republic of the Philippines, republic in the western Pacific Ocean, made up of the Philippine Islands and forming in physical geography a part of the Malay Archipelago. Situated about 1,210 km (about 750 mi) east of the coast of Vietnam, the Philippines are separated from Taiwan on the north by the Bashi Channel. The republic is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the south by the Celebes Sea, and on the west by the South China Sea. The country comprises about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 sq mi in area (equivalent to 2.6 sq km). Eleven islands have an area of more than 2,600 sq km (1,000 sq mi) each and contain the bulk of the population. These islands are Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Mindoro, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, and Masbate. The total area of the Philippines is 300,000 sq km (about 115,831 sq mi). Manila is the capital and largest city of the Philippines. The estimated 2001 population was 82,841,518, yielding an average population density of 276 persons per sq km (715 per sq mi). The distribution, however, is uneven; large areas are virtually uninhabited, while others have a relatively high population density. The nation was about 58 percent urban in 1999. Manila is the capital of the Philippines and the country's chief port, main commercial center, and largest city. Other important cities include Quezon City, which is part of the Manila metropolitan area, and served as the country's capital from 1948 to 1976; Davao, a provincial capital and a seaport; Cebu, a seaport and the trade center for a farming and coal-mining region; and Zamboanga, also a seaport.
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