A 7.8 earthquake hit the Philippines on Monday, June 8, the first day of school after the summer holidays. So sad that people died and schools and homes were destroyed. Sadly, earthquakes, tsumanis, and typhoons are just a part of life here. No earthquake for us here in Cebu.
I love maps. When we were young, my sisters Arlene and Myrna, often studied maps and dreamed of places we would one day visit, not realizing that our dreams would really come true. So here's my geography lesson for the day.
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| A lesson in geography . . . Philippines has about 7600 islands, give or take. About 2000 are inhabited. There are three main areas in Philippines: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. |
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| The northern geographical area is Luzon, with Manila as the main city. |
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| Visayas is the central area (minus the island of Palawan on the left, which is actually in the northern region of Luzon). Cebu City is the main city here (even though google maps has Bacolod in larger print). |
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| The southern region is Mindanao. This region is more prone to earthquakes than other areas, but less prone to typhoons. |
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| This map shows the Cebu City Temple district as of end of April 2026, covering both the Visayas and Mindanao regions. But . . . now that the Bacolod and Davao temples opened in May, the Cebu City Temple district is much smaller. |
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