Countries Surrounding The Philippines

Distance from manila to phnom penh. Philippines location on the world map click to see large. The philippines, located 500 miles off the coast of southeast asia, are the second largest archipelago (or group of islands), in the world with more than 7000 islands divided into three island groups, luzon, visayas and mindanao.

In the south by the sulu and celebes seas; The large islands fall into three groups: Vietnam, cambodia and laos are west of the country, while the eastern philippines’ closest neighbors are palau and the marianas islands.

These countries include canada (which shares a border with the united states), denmark (germany), gambia (senegal), lesotho (south africa), monaco (france), portugal (spain), qatar (saudi arabia), san marino (italy), south korea (north korea), and the vatican city (italy).

In the south by the sulu and celebes seas; Vietnam, cambodia and laos are west of the country, while the eastern philippines’ closest neighbors are palau and the marianas islands. The philippines was the first in southeast asia to gain independence after world war ii. The name philippines comes from philip ii who was the king of spain during the 16th century when the country became a spanish colony.