Philippines
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| Naitional motto: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa
("For God, People, Nature, an Country") ("For God, Fowk, Nature, an Kintra") |
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Location o the Philippines |
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| Offeecial leid | Filipino (based on Tagalog) , Inglis | ||||
| Caipital | Manila | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | Quezon Ceety | ||||
| Govrenment Heid o State - |
Unitary presidential constitutional republic Preses Benigno Aquino III |
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| Area | 299,764 km² |
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| Population | 91,983,000 | ||||
| Foondin | Spainyie East Indies 27 Aprile, 1565 Declared 12 Juin 1898 Self-government 24 Mairch 1934 Recognized 4 Julie 1946 Current constitution 2 Februar 1987 |
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| Siller | Peso (Filipino: piso)
₱ or PHP |
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| Time zone | PST+1 | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Lupang Hinirang | ||||
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| Internet TLD | .ph | ||||
| Cawin code | +63 | ||||
The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs]), offeecially kent as the Republic o the Philippines (Filipino:Republika ng Pilipinas), is a kintra in Sootheast Asie in the wastren Pacific Ocean. Tae its north athort the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. Wast athort the Sooth Cheenae Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea tae the soothwast lies atween the kintra an the island o Borneo, an tae the sooth the Celebes Sea separates it frae ither islands o Indonesie. It is boondit on the east bi the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring o Fire an its tropical climate make the Philippines prone tae earthquakes an typhoons but hae an aa endoued the kintra wi natural resources an made it ane o the richest auries o biodiversity in the warld. An archipelago comprisin 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly intae three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its caipital ceety is Manila.
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- Government
- Official website of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
- Official website of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP or Central Bank of the Philippines)
- National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) – Economic Indicators Online
- Bureau of Agricultural Statistics – CountrySTAT Philippines
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
- General information
- Philippines at the Open Directory Project
- Philippines at UCB Libraries GovPubs
- WikiAnswers: Q&A about the Philippines
- Pictures
- Books and articles
- History of the Philippine Islands in many volumes, from Project Gutenberg (indexed under Emma Helen Blair, the general editor)
- Washington Post – How the Philippines Sees America
- Ither
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- AER - Economic and social issues in the Philippines at Action For Economic Reforms
- Filipinana.net - Free digital library and a research portal
- Wikimedia
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- Philippines
- Member states o the Association o Sootheast Asian Naitions
- Kintras borderin the Paceefic Ocean
- Kintras borderin the Philippine Sea
- Kintras borderin the Sooth Cheenae Sea
- Inglis-speakin kintras an territories
- First republics in Asie
- Umwhile Spainyie colonies
- Island kintras
- Leeberal democracies
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- Sootheast Asie kintras
- States an territories established in 1565
- States an territories established in 1898
- States an territories established in 1946
- Volcanic arc islands