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Philippines is located in south-east Asia between Indonesia and China. The country has a total area of 300,000 sq km, 298,170 sq km is on land and 36,289 km of coastline. 7,107 islands in all! The three major islands which are composed of clusters of smaller islands are: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Philippines has a tropical marine climate - north-east monsoon from November to April and south-west monsoon from May to October. It is astride the typhoon belt and usually stuck by five to six cyclonic storms per year. The terrain is mostly mountainous with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands. Natural resources include timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, and copper. The country has active volcanos.
Philippines has a total population of 68,464,368 (July 1993 est.). Nationals of Philippines are known as Filipino(s). The main ethnic group is the Christian Malays (91.5%) and the predominant religion is Roman Catholic (83%). Different dialects are spoken and the difference between these dialects are diverse. The official language is Filipino. Medium of instructions is mostly in English and therefore becomes her second language.
The country's official name is Republic of the Philippines and in short, Philippines or Pilipinas. This is a republic government. The capital is Quezon City. Independence was gained on 4 July 1946 from US. The national holiday Independence Day is 12 June (independence from Spain in 1898).
The country's flag looks
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The National Anthem and this is the tune
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Domestic output in this primarily agricultural economy remained the same in 1992 as in 1991. Drought and power supply problems hampered production, while inadequate revenues prevented government pump priming. Despite a flat GDP performance, GNP mustered a small 0.6% expansion, attributable to inflows of workers' remittances combined with smaller foreign interest payments. A marked increase in capital goods imports, particularly power generations equipment, telecommunications equipment, and electronic data processors, contributed to a 20.5% import growth in 1992. Exports rose 11%, led by earnings from the Philippines' two leading manufactures - electronics and garments.
Philippines has 378 km of railroads, 157,450 km of highways and 3,219 km of inland waterways. The ports are in Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras, Iloilo, Legaspi, Manila and Subic Bay. There are about 240 (mostly small) airports.
There is good good international radio and submarine cable services. Domestic and interisland telecommunication service is adequate.
As the Philippines is subcategorized by regions, this homepage will try to sort all Filipino or Philippine Webpages by region.
To Enter, Click the hyperlink below:
| Cordillera Autonomous Region | Region I | Region II | Region III | Region IV |
| Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
Region V | Region VI | Region VII | Region VIII |
| CARAGA | Region IX | Region X | Region XI | Region XII |
