Editing Mount Pinatubo (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Mount Pinatubo Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg|left|thumb|Mount Pinatubo relief map]]

The volcano is about {{convert|87|km|mi|sp=us}} northwest of [[Manila]], the capital of the Philippines. Near Mount Pinatubo are former military bases that were maintained by the United States. The [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay]] was {{convert|37|km|mi|sp=us}} south of Pinatubo, and the extent of [[Clark Air Base]] was just {{convert|14|km|mi|sp=us}} east of the volcano's summit.<ref name=K-118B>Tactical Pilotage Chart, Sheet K-11B, [[Defense Mapping Agency]], Department of Defense, 1982.</ref> The volcano is near to about 6 million people.<ref>[https://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Population%20and%20Annual%20Growth%20Rates%20for%20The%20Philippines%20and%20Its%20Regions%2C%20Provinces%2C%20and%20Highly%20Urbanized%20Cities%20Based%20on%201990%2C%202000%2C%20and%202010%20Censuses.pdf Philippine Census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928012059/http://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Population%20and%20Annual%20Growth%20Rates%20for%20The%20Philippines%20and%20Its%20Regions%2C%20Provinces%2C%20and%20Highly%20Urbanized%20Cities%20Based%20on%201990%2C%202000%2C%20and%202010%20Censuses.pdf |date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref>