Coordinates: 13°N 122°E / 13°N 122°E
Republic o the Philippines | |
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Caipital | Manilaa 14°35′N 120°58′E / 14.583°N 120.967°E |
Lairgest ceety | Quezon Ceety 14°38′N 121°02′E / 14.633°N 121.033°E |
Offeecial leids | |
Recognised regional leids | |
Naitional leid | Filipino |
Optional leidb | |
Ethnic groups (2010[3]) |
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Releegion |
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Demonym(s) | Filipino (masculine or neutral) Filipina (feminine) Pinoy (colloquial masculine) |
Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
Rodrigo Duterte | |
Leni Robredo | |
Tito Sotto | |
Lord Allan Velasco | |
Diosdado Peralta | |
Legislatur | Congress |
Senate | |
Hoose o Representatives | |
Formation o the republic | |
Juin 12, 1898 | |
• Treaty o Paris (1898) / Spaingie Cessionc | December 10, 1898 |
Januar 21, 1899 | |
Mairch 24, 1934 | |
Mey 14, 1935 | |
July 4, 1946 | |
February 2, 1987 | |
Aurie | |
• Tot | 343,448[5] km2 (132,606 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 0.61[6] (inland waters) |
• Laund | 341,353[5] |
Population | |
• 2015 census | 100,981,437[7] (12t) |
• Density | 294/km2 (761.5/sq mi) (37t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $873.966 billion[8] (29t) |
• Per capita | $8,223[8] (118t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $348.593 billion[8] (36t) |
• Per capita | $3,280[8] (104t) |
Gini (2012) | 43.0[9] medium · 44t |
HDI (2015) | 0.682[10] medium · 116th |
Currency | Piso (Filipino: [ˈpiso]) (₱) (PHP) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+8 (not observed) |
Date format |
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Drivin side | richt[11] |
Cawin code | +63 |
ISO 3166 code | PH |
Internet TLD | .ph |
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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 Paceefic 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 Paceefic Ring o Fire an its tropical climate mak the Philippines prone tae yirdquaks an typhoons but hae an aa endoued the kintra wi naitural resoorces an made it ane o the richest auries o biodiversity in the warld. An archipelago comprisin 7,641[18] islands, the Philippines is categerisit broadly intae three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, an Mindanao. Its caipital ceety is Manila.
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