Mindanaya

Mindanya (Visayan: Mindanay-an; Tagalog: Mindanayaan), officially the Republic of Mindanaya (Visayan: Republika ng Mindanay-an; Tagalog: Republika ng Mindanayaan) is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 3,974 islands that are categorized broadly under two main geographical divisions: Visayas and Mindanao, which also makes up the name of the country. The capital city of Mindanaya is Davao, which is part of Metro Davao. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine/Mindanyan Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea to the southwest, Mindanaya borders with the Philippines to the north, the Pacific Federation to the east and Sabah and Indonesia to the south.

Mindanaya's location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes Mindanaya prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity. Mindanaya has an area of 176,033 square kilometers (67,967 sq mi), and a population of approximately 43 million. It is the fifteenth-most populated country in Asia and the 32nd most populated country in the world. As of 2016, approximately 5 million additional Mindanayans lived overseas, compromising one of the world's largest diasporas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands.

population (asia)

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population (world)

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- Esceosian former colony in the Filipino island chains of Visayas and Mindanao - South Philippines