what are the ethnic groups found in the country?
Filipinos, Southeast Asian, Austronesian, Taiwanese aborigines, Chinese Filipinos, Amerasians etc
Philippines
Tagalog, 11.4% Visayans/Bisaya , 9.9% Cebuano, 8.8% Ilocano, 8.4% Hiligaynon, 6.8% Bikol, 4% Waray, 
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. is the country surrounded by islands? Yes,  it consists of about 7,641 islands. what are some of its significant geographical features? The of coastline makes it the country with the fifth longest coastline in the world.
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Philippines [SEP] Ethnic groups
According to the 2010 census, 24.4% of Filipinos are Tagalog, 11.4% Visayans/Bisaya , 9.9% Cebuano, 8.8% Ilocano, 8.4% Hiligaynon, 6.8% Bikol, 4% Waray, and 26.2% as "others", which can be broken down further to yield more distinct non-tribal groups like the Moro, the Kapampangan, the Pangasinense, the Ibanag, and the Ivatan. There are also indigenous peoples like the Igorot, the Lumad, the Mangyan, the Bajau, and the tribes of Palawan. Negritos are considered among the earliest inhabitants of the islands. These minority aboriginal settlers are an Australoid group and are a left-over from the first human migration out of Africa to Australia, and were likely displaced by later waves of migration.