The Philippines (/ËfÉªláµ»piËnz/; Filipino: Pilipinas [ËpÉªlÉªËpinÉs]), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean.
Suffolk County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Boston is located in a basin where the Charles River enters the Boston Bay and Atlantic Ocean. It is relatively level with land rising in all directions. Terrain becomes rolling to hilly to the west and north relatively more level with numerous small lakes south.