Because it is an extensive group of islands
There are many Fishes in the Philippines because the Philippines is surrounded by water and the Phillippines is an archepelago so, there are many different kinds of fishes in the Philippines.
The Philippines is called an archipelago because it is made up of thousands of islands (over 7,000), which are grouped into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The presence of so many islands in close proximity to each other classifies the Philippines as an archipelago.
it was named after the king of Spain King Philip II. that is why we came up with the name Philippines The islands that now composed the modern day Philippines was named after the Spanish king Felipe by the Spanish explorer Roy Lopez de Villalobos. The Spaniards called the archepelago Las Islas Felipinas. When the Americans defeated the Spaniards during the US-Spanish war the Americans renamed the islands Philippines and called it Philippine Islands.
Philippine is no longer deserved with this title pearl of the orient,because due the war in our country.there is no peaceful at all archepelago.
A chain, string or group of islands is called an archipelago.
French Polynesia, Kerguélen, etc...
The nationality of the Philippines is called Filipino.
The Filipino people live in the Philippines.
A person from the Philippines is called a Filipino.
The words "cyclone" and "typhoon" are used interchangeably when referring to this weather phenomenon in the Philippines.
The currency of the Philippines is the Philippine Piso. It used to be called the Peso.
The people of the Philippines are Filipinos.