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Geofeatures map of Mindanao. Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines at 97,530 square kilometres (37,660 sq mi), [ 1 ] and is the seventh-most populous island in the world. The island is mountainous, and is home to Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the country.
The Rio Grande de Mindanao, also known as the Mindanao River, is the second-largest river system in the Philippines. Located on the southern island of Mindanao, with a total drainage area of 23,169 km 2 (8,946 sq mi), [ 2] draining the majority of the central and eastern portion of the island, and a total length of approximately 373 km (232 mi ...
Zamboanga City is the 5th most populous in the Philippines and the 2nd most populous in Mindanao after Davao City. The city's population had an increase of 54,670 over the five years since 2010. It had an annual population growth rate at 1.26%, lower than from in the year 2000 to 2010 which was 2.98%. [ 11]
August 2, 2024 at 6:40 PM. (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Saturday, the German Research Centre for ...
The Mindanao Current (MC) is a southward current in the western Pacific Ocean that transports mass and freshwater between ocean basins. It is a low-latitude western boundary current that follows the eastern coast of the Philippine island group and its namesake, Mindanao. The MC forms from the North Equatorial Current (NEC) that flows from east ...
Some, Strongest is 4.8 Mw. Casualties. 14 injured. On February 7, 2021, at 12:22 PM PST, an earthquake measuring M ww 6.0 struck Davao del Sur and Cotabato. The event registered a Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) of VIII ( Severe) with VII on the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS). [ 2][ 3][ 4]
Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin ( Cebuano: Probinsya sa Camiguin; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Camiguin; Kamigin: Probinsya ta Kamigin ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region X, the Northern Mindanao ...
Poverty incidence of General Santos 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 16.70 2009 22.50 2012 19.30 2015 23.48 2018 14.74 2021 9.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The city's major economic activity is primarily anchored in two sectors namely the agro-industry and fishing industry. Agro-industry: Endowed with rich volcanic soil, ample and well distributed rainfall all throughout the year and a ...