Philippines Geography Has Advantages As Well As Disadvantages

Philippines is very strategically located archipelago country. As such it comes with its own set of geographical advantages and disadvantages. Philippines geography is such that strategically it becomes very important for the rest of the world. Below we have discussed advantages and disadvantages of Philippines geographical location that must know about.
The Philippines is located in the Northern-side of the globe. It is between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer. As a Southeast Asian country, the Philippines geographic location is very important to the rest of the world. Its strategic location can become the center for distribution of different kinds of goods and a trading post for the rest of the Southeast Asian countries. This is because the sea area of the country is a main route of marine vessels as well as an International route for commercial airplanes.
The strategic location of the Philippines is one of the main reasons why it became the center of communication, as well as center for livelihood in the whole Southeast Asian regions in the past.
But the Philippines is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 small and big islands that were mostly scattered in the banks of the Pacific Ocean. Because of this, it has some advantages wherein it poses some problems for the country.
The scattered positions of the islands hinder the country to fully achieve development as well as the peace and order.
The Philippines was invited by Foreign Minister Arita of Japan to take part of their program called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. And because our country’s citizen doesn’t want to be under a foreign occupation, the government officials did not believe it and thus did not join the invitation of the Japanese Government..
Because of the location and the natural beauty of our country, it was called as “Perlas ng Dagat Silangan” (Pearl of the Orient Seas) and “Hardin ng Pacific (Garden of the Pacific). And in 1544, our country was named Las Islas Felipinas, which is derived from the name of Prince Felipe II of Spain.
Did you know that a religious leader of indigenous people in our country also became a revolutionary leader during the propagation of Christian Religion in our country during the 16th century? .