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 has a density of 12,900 people per square mile (4,980/square kilometer), and Greater Boston is the 4th most densely populated region in the United States, after New York Metro Area, Greater Los Angeles and South Florida Metro Area.