is the country surrounded by islands?
Yes,  it consists of about 7,641 islands.
Philippines
it consists of about 7,641 islands
neighboring countries of the philippines group to the west South China Sea describe its location? It is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. is it an island? No, it is a marginal sea. where is the country mentioned in the beginning situated? Southeast Asia how did the countries name originate? Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte and Samar after Philip II of Spain, then the Prince of Asturias. who is this aforementioned explorer? He was a Spanish explorer.
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Philippines [SEP] Introduction
The Philippines (; or "Filipinas" ), officially the Republic of the Philippines (), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both within the single urban area of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia and Brunei to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest.