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'''[[wp:Philippines|Philippines]]''', officially known as '''Republic of the Philippines''' (Filipino: ''Republika ng Pilipinas''), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. To the west across the South China Sea is the country of Vietnam. To the south of the Celebes Sea is another archipelago country, Indonesia and to the southwest is the Sulu Sea and the neighboring island of Borneo and Malaysia. An archipelago comprising of 7, 107 islands, it is divided into three main geographical islands: the largest being [[wp:Luzon|Luzon]], [[wp:Visayas|Visayas]] and [[wp:Mindanao|Mindanao]]. It's national language is [[wp:Filipino|Filipino]], although English is also widely spoken in the country.