The Philippines is an archipelago situated in Southeast Asia between Taiwan in the north and by Indonesia and Malaysia in the south. It comprised of about 7,100 islands with an Exclusive Economic Zone of about 2.2 million square kilometers (km2), 266,000 km2 of which are coastal or municipal waters. Out of 1,500 municipalities and 117 cities in the country, 832 (55.47%) and 57 (48.72%), respectively, are situated along the coast. Moreover, 64 (81.01%) out of 79 provinces likewise have coastal domains.