Islands are a geographical concept relative to the mainland, in fact, islands and continents are surrounded by water land, the difference between the two is only artificial regulations, people stipulate that the Australian continent is determined as the smallest continent, with an area of 7.69 million square kilometers; Greenland is identified as the largest island, with an area of 2.16 million square kilometers. Other islands are smaller than Greenland, with more than 50,000 islands worldwide.
Luzon and Great Britain
The large number of islands not only varies in size, but also in terms of causes, some are mainland islands, some are volcanic islands, some are coral islands, and some are sedimentary islands. Greenland is the largest island in terms of area, but the number of people living on the island is less than 100,000 people, which is pitifully small and can only rank low. There are many islands in the world that have a population of more than tens of millions of people, and some islands even live more than hundreds of millions of people.
Luzon
Our series is an inventory of the world's ten most populous islands, and we have already introduced the tenth to fifth most populous islands, namely Kalimantan, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Taiwan, Madagascar and Sumatra, of which the first five islands have a population of more than 20 million, while Sumatra has a population of 50 million. Today we introduce the fourth and third of the ten most populous islands in the world.
Scenery of Luzon Island
The fourth most populous island in the world is Luzon in Asia and Southeast Asia. There are more than 7,100 islands in the Philippine Archipelago, and Luzon, located in the northern part of the Philippine Archipelago, is the largest island in the Philippine Archipelago by area, with an area of 109,900 square kilometers. In ancient times, Luzon was a small country, the name was "Luzon", song and Yuan dynasty often with China for economic and trade exchanges, and later we often called the Philippines "Great Luzon".
Manila
Luzon is not only the largest island in the Philippines, accounting for about 35% of the total area of the Philippines, but also the most populous island, with a population of about 53.33 million people at present, almost half of the population of the Philippines. Luzon is also the most economically developed island in the Philippines, the capital of the Philippines, Manila, located on Luzon Island, is the most cosmopolitan metropolis in the Philippines, with a population of more than 1.78 million people.
Great britain
The third most populous island in the world is the island of Great Britain, the largest island in Europe. Great Britain Island is located in the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe, across the English Channel and the European continent, is the largest island in Europe, an area of about 209,000 square kilometers, and the area of China's Shaanxi Province is equivalent, ranking 8th in the world in terms of island area, Great Britain Island belongs to the mainland islands.
Scenery of the Island of Great Britain
The island of Great Britain is the main part of the United Kingdom, the full name of the United Kingdom is called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in the division of the United Kingdom, the island of Great Britain is divided into England, Scotland and Wales three parts, the current population of the island of Great Britain is about 64.02 million people. Located in the southeast of the island of Great Britain, the British capital London is the largest city on the island and is a world-famous metropolis with a population of more than 8 million people.
London