<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Eugene, </div><div><br></div><div>land area may vary, depends whether it was measured during high tide or low tide too<br><br>:)<br><br><div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); "><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); ">---</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); ">I explore, therefore I blog!</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); "><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); "><a href="http://www.backpackingphilippines.com">http://www.backpackingphilippines.com</a></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); "><br></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/backpackingPhilippines">http://www.facebook.com/backpackingPhilippines</a></div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); "><a href="http://www.twitter.com/backpackPH">http://www.twitter.com/backpackPH</a></div></div></div><div><br>On Apr 25, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com">seav80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I think most of you already know that the Philippines is supposed to have a land area of 300,000 km². This is what is stored in the United Nations: <a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table03.pdf">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table03.pdf</a><br>
<br></div>However, the National Statistical Coordination Board says its 343,448.32 km²: <a href="http://www.nscb.gov.ph/view/geography.asp">http://www.nscb.gov.ph/view/geography.asp</a><br><br></div><div>Confusingly, the Philippine Information Agency used to say it its website that the area is 299,764 km². <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090302131341/http://www.pia.gov.ph/philinfo/default.asp?fi=about&i=geography">http://web.archive.org/web/20090302131341/http://www.pia.gov.ph/philinfo/default.asp?fi=about&i=geography</a><br>
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