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Republic of the Philippines

Republika ng Pilipinas  (Filipino)

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto: 
"Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa"[1]
"For God, People, Nature and Country"

Anthem: Lupang Hinirang
(English: "Chosen Land")

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Great Seal
 Dakilang Sagisag ng Pilipinas  (Filipino)
Great Seal of the Philippines

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Location of the Philippines (green)

– in Asia (light green & dark grey)

– in ASEAN (light green)

Capital City of Manilaa

14°35′N 120°58′E

Largest city Quezon City

14°38′N 121°02′E

Official language Filipino
s English

Recognized
19 languages[show]
regional language
s

Protected Spanish
auxiliary Arabic[4]
languages

Other recognized Filipino Sign Language

languages

Ethnic groups  33.7% Visayan
24.4% Tagalog
 (2015) 8.4% Ilocano
6.8% Bicolano
26.2% others

Religion Predominately Christianity (92.2%)
Islam (5%)

[5]

Demonym(s) Filipino
(masculine or neutral)
Filipina
(feminine)
Pinoy
(colloquial masculine or neutral)
Pinay
(colloquial feminine)

Government Unitary presidential constitutional republ
ic

• President Rodrigo Duterte

• Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo

• Senate President Vicente Sotto III

• House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano

• Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta

Legislature Congress

• Upper house Senate

• Lower house House of Representatives

Independence 

from the United States

• Independence from June 12, 1898

Spain declared

• Spanish cession to December 10, 1898

the United States
• Independence from July 4, 1946
the United States

Area

• Total 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) (72nd)

• Water (%) 0.61[6] (inland waters)

• Land 298,170

Population

• 2015 census 100,981,437[7] (13th)

• Density 336/km2 (870.2/sq mi) (47th)

GDP (PPP) 2020 estimate

• Total $1.110 trillion[8] (27th)

• Per capita $10,094[8] (112th (2019))

GDP (nominal) 2020 estimate

• Total $383 billion[8] (32nd)

• Per capita $3,484[8] (125th (2019))

Gini (2015)  44.4[9]
medium · 44th

HDI (2018)  0.712[10]
high · 106th

Currency Philippine peso (₱) (PHP)

Time zone UTC+8 (PST)

Date format mm/dd/yyyy

dd/mm/yyyy

Mains electricity 220 V–60 Hz

 Driving side right,[11] formerly left before 1947/1948

Calling code +63

ISO 3166 code PH

Internet TLD .ph

Website
National Government Portal
Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines

a. ^ While the City of Manila is designated as the

nation's capital, the whole of Metropolitan Manila area is
designated as the National Capital Region (NCR), and
the seat of government, hence the name of a region.
   Many national government institutions aside
[12] [13]

from Malacañang Palace and some agencies/institutions

are located within the NCR.

The Philippines (/ˈfɪləpiːnz/ ( listen); Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs] or Filipinas [fɪlɪˈpinɐs]), officially

the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas),[a] is an archipelagic
country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands
that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to
south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most
populous city is Quezon City, both within the single urban area of Metro Manila.[14] Bounded by
the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the
southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the
northeast, Palau to the east, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia and Brunei to the
southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest.
The Philippines' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the country
prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some
of the world's greatest biodiversity. The Philippines is the world's fifth-largest island country with an
area of 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi). As of 2015, it had a population of at least 100 million. As of
January 2018, it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 13th-most populated country in
the world. Approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas as of 2013, comprising one of
the world's largest diasporas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In
prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants. They were followed
by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges
with Malay, Indian, Arab and Chinese nations occurred. Subsequently, various competing
maritime states were established under the rule of datus, rajahs, sultans and lakans.
The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for the Spanish, marked the
beginning of Hispanic colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the
archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. In 1565, the first Hispanic settlement in
the archipelago was established, and the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more
than 300 years. During this time, Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the
western hub of the trans-Pacific trade. In 1896 the Philippine Revolution began, which then became
entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War. Spain ceded the territory to the United States,
while Filipino rebels declared the First Philippine Republic. The ensuing Philippine–American
War ended with the United States establishing control over the territory, which they maintained until
the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II. Following liberation, the Philippines
became an independent country in 1946. Since then, the unitary sovereign state has often had a
tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by the People
Power Revolution.
The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association
of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia
Summit. The Philippines is considered to be an emerging market and a newly industrialized country,
which has an economy transitioning from being based on agriculture to being based more on
services and manufacturing.