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American 6,405 Spanish 4,015 English 1,063 German 312 French 218 Swiss 451 Chinese 45,156 Japanese 6,684 All others 1,111 Total 65,415 Philippines 10,350,640 Argentina 8,284,000 Belgium 7,658,000 Canada 8,361,000 Australia 4,971,000 Cuba 2,628,000

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The Philippine Archipelago is entirely in the Tropics. They lie north of the Dutch and British Island of Borneo and the Dutch Island of Celebes; South of the Japanese Island of Formosa; East of French Indo-China, and Southeast of Hongkong and the Southern provinces of China.

Number of Islands There are 7,083 islands in all extending 1,152 statute miles from north to south and 688 statute miles from east to west. Two thousand four hundred and forty-one of the Islands have names, while 4,642 are unnamed. The northernmost Island known as Y’Ami Island is 65 miles from Formosa while the southernmost, called Salwag, 4° 40′ from the Equator, is only 30 miles east of Borneo.