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Pilipinas

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0116.919° N · 121.059° E
Place guide · Banaue Rice TerracesBanaue Rice Terraces

Hand-carved rice terraces of the Ifugao people in the Cordillera mountains, begun over 2,000 years ago, still farmed by traditional methods and stretching thousands of kilometres in total length.

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029.840° N · 124.143° E
Place guide · Mga Tsokolateng BungtodChocolate Hills

An estimated 1,200-plus conical limestone formations covering some 50 square kilometres across Bohol, named for their chocolate-brown colour in the dry season and declared the Philippines National Geological Monument.

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0314.594° N · 120.967° E
Place guide · Kuta ng SantiagoFort Santiago

A star-shaped Spanish colonial fort at the river gate of Intramuros in Manila, where Jose Rizal was imprisoned before his execution in 1896 and where the struggle for Philippine independence was sealed in stone.

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0414.592° N · 120.973° E
Place guide · IntramurosIntramuros

The Spanish colonial walled city at the heart of Manila, begun in 1571, with preserved gates, churches and a history of empire, revolution and remembrance.

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0513.255° N · 123.685° E
Place guide · Bulkang MayonMayon Volcano

A perfectly symmetric active stratovolcano rising from the Albay plain, 2,462 metres high, famous for its近乎完美的圆锥形 and a record of 47 recorded eruptions, the most recent in 2018.

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0610.167° N · 118.929° E
Place guide · Ilog-ilog ng Yungib ng Puerto PrincesaPuerto Princesa Underground River

A UNESCO World Heritage Site and New7Wonders finalist, this cave-river winds 8 km through a limestone karst landscape beneath Palawan and empties directly into the West Philippine Sea.

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