The Philippines (/ËfÉªláµ»piËnz/; Filipino: Pilipinas [ËpÉªlÉªËpinÉs]), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean.
Suffolk County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The state of Massachusetts has 14 counties. Middlesex County is the most populous while Worcester County is the largest county by area. Norfolk County is the birthplace of four US presidents. Founded in 1620, the city of Plymouth was the site of the first European colony in New England.