The Philippines, offeecially kent as the Republic o the Philippines, is a kintra in Sootheast Asie in the wastren Paceefic Ocean. Tae its north athort the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. Wast athort the Sooth Cheenae Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea tae the soothwast lies atween the kintra an the island o Borneo, an tae the sooth the Celebes Sea separates it frae ither islands o Indonesie. It is boondit on the east bi the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Paceefic Ring o Fire an its tropical climate mak the Philippines prone tae yirdquaks an typhoons but hae an aa endoued the kintra wi naitural resoorces an made it ane o the richest auries o biodiversity in the warld. An archipelago comprisin 7,641 islands, the Philippines is categerisit broadly intae three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, an Mindanao. Its caipital ceety is Manila.