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PHLOfficially known as: Republic of the Philippines

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Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam.

The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. Led by ...

Latitude: 13
Longitude: 122

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Latitude: 39.04372
Longitude: -77.48749
Home country: United States

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Distance to Philippines:
13,884.85 km

Terrain:

Mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands.

Natural Resources:

Timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper.

Industries:

Semiconductors and electronics assembly, business process outsourcing, food and beverage manufacturing, construction, electric/gas/water supply, chemical products, radio/television/communications equipment and apparatus, petroleum and fuel, textile and garments, non-metallic minerals, basic metal industries, transport equipment.

Population: 118,277,063

Population concentrated where good farmlands lie; highest concentrations are northwest and south-central Luzon, the southeastern extension of Luzon, and the islands of the Visayan Sea, particularly Cebu and Negros; Manila is home to one-eighth of the entire national population.

Area: 342,353 km²

slightly less than twice the size of Georgia; slightly larger than Arizona

For decades, the Philippine archipelago was reported as having 7,107 islands; in 2016, the national mapping authority reported that hundreds of new islands had been discovered and increased the number of islands to 7,641, though not all of the new islands have been verified; the country is favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait.

Code	Language
eng	English
fil	Filipino

Tagalog 39.9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 16%, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 7.3%, Ilocano 7.1%, Cebuano 6.5%, Bikol/Bicol 3.9%, Waray 2.6%, Kapampangan 2.4%, Maguindanao 1.4%, Pangasinan/Panggalato 1.3%, other languages/dialects 11.2%, unspecified 0.4% (2020 est.)

Code	Currency	Symbol
PHP	Philippine peso	₱

Capital City: Manila

Local time: Thursday, December 11 at 11:38 pm (GMT+08:00)

The flag of Philippines is composed of two equal horizontal bands of blue and red, with a white equilateral triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and bears a central golden-yellow sun with eight rays and a five-pointed golden-yellow star at each vertex.