Mapping the poverty rates in the Philippine archipelago
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The top most land mass is Luzon. The whitest part is the National Capital Region.
The middle islands make up Visayas. The light red areas of that sock-shaped island is the province of Negros Occidental and the large island north-west of it is Panay. The area is well known for its rich land owning families, most of whom are of Spanish descent and its rich Chinese-Visayan inhabitants. Spread throughout the Visayan region are insurgency movements (Communists) and Islamic secessionists.
The southernmost landmass is Mindanao. The Zamboanga Peninsula (penis-shaped area at the western part) was just attacked by one of the several Islamic secessionist movements prevalent in Southwestern Mindanao. The southernmost archipelago is known to be filled with secessionists and terrorist groups. The light colored area of Mindanao (southeast) are the Davao provinces. There are a lot of expats in Western Eastern Mindanao.
Woah, Western Visayas (Panay Island and Negros Occidental Province ) is less poor than the surrounding islands!? Wat…
Central Visayas (east of Negros Occidental) and Palawan (long island in the westernmost area of the map) are well known tourist destinations and Cebu Island has quite a number of international schools. I thought they’d be less poor.
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