Is the Philippines a Southeast Asian country?

The Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia lies in the southeast of Asia. There are 1 1 countries in Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and East Timor, covering an area of about 4.57 million square kilometers. So the Philippines belongs to Southeast Asian countries.

Around14th century, some separatist kingdoms composed of indigenous tribes and Malay immigrants appeared in the Philippines, the most famous of which was1Sulu Kingdom, which rose in 1970s. 152 1 year, Magellan led a Spanish expedition to the Philippine islands. Since then, Spain has gradually invaded the Philippines and ruled for more than 300 years. On June 1898, the Philippines declared its independence. In the same year, after the Spanish-American War, it became the territory of the United States. From 1942 to 1945, it was occupied by Japan. After World War II, the Philippines became an American colony again. 1On July 4th, 946, the Philippines gained its independence.

The northern part of the Philippines faces Taiwan Province Province of China across the bashi channel, while the southern and southwestern parts face Indonesia and Malaysia across the Sulawesi Sea and Barabak Strait, bordering the South China Sea in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. * * * There are more than 7,000 large and small islands, including main islands such as Luzon Island, Mindanao Island and Sama Island1/,accounting for 96% of the country's total area. The coastline is about18533km long, with a total area of 299,700km2. It belongs to monsoon tropical rain forest climate, with high temperature and rainy, high humidity and many typhoons. The annual average temperature is 27℃, and the annual precipitation is 2000-3000mm.

The topography of the Philippine Islands is mostly mountainous, accounting for more than 3/4 of the total area; There are more than 200 volcanoes, including 2/kloc-0 active volcanoes. Except for a few islands with wide inland plains, most islands only have narrow plains scattered along the coast. Mayon volcano, located in the southeast of Luzon Island, is the largest active volcano. Abo volcano in the southeast of Mindanao is 2954 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the territory. There are shallow seas and many coral reefs between the islands. The Philippine Islands are flanked by the deep sea, and the Philippine Trench east of Samar Island and Mindanao, with the deepest depth of 10479 meters, is one of the deepest areas in the world.