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Stilt houses with colorful roofs line the waterfront in Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, with small boats in the water and a green hill behind displaying large white letters spelling Taytay. Map of the Philippines highlighting Palawan island in orange, located in the western part of the country between the South China Sea and Sulu Sea, with surrounding countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, China, and Indonesia labeled for geographic context.
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Stilt houses with colorful roofs line the waterfront in Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, with small boats in the water and a green hill behind displaying large white letters spelling Taytay.
Taytay, Palawan island, Philippines

Palawan

island, Philippines
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Palawan, island, the southwesternmost large island of the Philippines. Palawan is long and narrow and trends northeast-southwest between the South China and Sulu seas. It has a maximum width of 24 miles (39 km) and a mountainous backbone that runs its entire 270-mile (434-km) length, with Mount Mantalingajan (6,840 feet [2,085 metres]) in the south as its highest peak. The archipelago off the southern tip that includes the Balabac and Bugsuk island groups is a...

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