Where is Philippines?
Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia.
- Type
- Country
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Land borders
- None. It shares no land border with another country.
- Area
- About 280,000 km² on the game’s map
- Hemispheres
- Northern; Eastern
- Capital city
- 14.60° N, 120.98° E
About Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia made up of about 7,641 islands, with Manila as its capital. Spanish rule from the 1500s left a Catholic majority, and American rule ended with independence in 1946. Sitting on the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is a megadiverse nation known for jeepneys, adobo and a passion for basketball.
Clues from Atlas Daily
Round 2 on 18 October 2026 (#47), hardest clue first:
- Its wettest recorded typhoon dumped 2,210 millimetres of rain on a mountain city in 1911.
- It completed the first nuclear power plant in Southeast Asia back in 1984.
- This archipelago is made up of roughly 7,641 islands.
- A Spanish explorer named this archipelago in 1543 in honour of King Philip the Second.
Nearby places from past puzzles
- Taiwan 1,200 km away
- Palau 1,700 km away
- Vietnam 1,800 km away
- Cambodia 1,800 km away
- Angkor 1,900 km away
- Laos 2,000 km away
- Thailand 2,200 km away
- Singapore 2,400 km away
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Sources: Wikipedia: Philippines. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.