Eugene, land area may vary, depends whether it was measured during high tide or low tide too
:) --- I explore, therefore I blog! http://www.backpackingphilippines.com http://www.facebook.com/backpackingPhilippines http://www.twitter.com/backpackPH On Apr 25, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: > http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table03.pdf > > However, the National Statistical Coordination Board says its 343,448.32 km²: > http://www.nscb.gov.ph/view/geography.asp > > Confusingly, the Philippine Information Agency used to say it its website > that the area is 299,764 km². > http://web.archive.org/web/20090302131341/http://www.pia.gov.ph/philinfo/default.asp?fi=about&i=geography > > :-) > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
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