# Philippines

| Republic o the Philippines **Republika ng Pilipinas** (Filipino) |
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| **Motto:** "*Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa*" "For God, Fowk, Naitur, an Kintra" |
| **Anthem:Lupang HinirangChuisen Laund*  |
| **Great SealDakilang Sagisag ng Pilipinas*  (Filipino) Great Seal o the Philippines |
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| Caipital | Manila ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Lairgest ceety | Quezon Ceety ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Offeecial leids | * Filipino
* Inglis
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| Recognised regional leids |
19 leids
* Aklanon
* Central Bikol
* Cebuano
* Chavacano
* Hiligaynon
* Ibanag
* Ilocano
* Ivatan
* Kapampangan
* Kinaray-a
* Maguindanao
* Maranao
* Pangasinan
* Sambal
* Surigaonon
* Tagalog
* Taūsug
* Waray
* Yakan
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| Naitional leid | Filipino |
| Optional leid | * Spaingie
* Arabic
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| Ethnic groups (2010) | * 33.8% Visayan
* 27.7% Tagalog
* 9.8% Ilocano
* 6.8% Bicolano
* 5.1% Moro
* 3.1% Kapampangan
* 1.7% Igorot
* 1.4% Pangasinense
* 1.2% Chinese
* 1.1% Zamboangueño
* 8.3% ithers
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| Releegion  | * 92% Christianity
* 5.57% Islam
* 2.43% ithers
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| Demonym(s) | Filipino (*masculine or neutral*) Filipina (*feminine*)
Pinoy (*colloquial masculine*) Pinay (*colloquial feminine*)
Philippine (*Scots*) |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
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| • President  | Rodrigo Duterte |
| • Vice President  | Leni Robredo |
| • Senate President  | Tito Sotto |
| • Hoose Speaker  | Lord Allan Velasco |
| • Chief Juistice  | Diosdado Peralta |
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| Legislatur | Congress |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
| Formation o the republic  |
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| • Unthirldom frae Spain declared  | Juin 12, 1898 |
| • Treaty o Paris (1898) / Spaingie Cession  | December 10, 1898 |
| • Malolos Constitution / First Philippine Republic  | Januar 21, 1899 |
| • Tydings–McDuffie Act  | Mairch 24, 1934 |
| • Commonwealth o the Philippines  | Mey 14, 1935 |
| • Treaty of Manila / Independence from
United States  | July 4, 1946 |
| • Current constitution  | February 2, 1987 |
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| Aurie |
| • Tot | 343,448 km2 (132,606 sq mi) |
| • Water (%) | 0.61 (inland waters) |
| • Laund | 341,353 |
| Population |
| • 2015 census | 100,981,437 (12t) |
| • Density | 294/km2 (761.5/sq mi) (37t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
| • Total | $873.966 billion (29t) |
| • Per capita | $8,223 (118t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
| • Tot | $348.593 billion (36t) |
| • Per capita | $3,280 (104t) |
| Gini (2012) | 43.0 medium · 44t |
| HDI (2015) |  0.682 medium · 116th |
| Currency | Piso (Filipino: *[ˈpiso]*) (₱) (PHP) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+8 (not observed) |
| Date format | * mm-dd-yyyy
* dd-mm-yyyy (AD)
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| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +63 |
| ISO 3166 code | PH |
| Internet TLD | .ph |
| **Wabsteid** National Government Portal Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |
| 1. **^** While Manila proper is designatit as the naition's caipital, the hale o Naitional Caipital Region (NCR) is designatit as seat o govrenment, hence the name o a region. This is acause it haes mony naitional govrenment institutions aside frae Malacanang Palace an some augencies/institutions that are locatit within the caipital ceety.
2. **^** The 1987 Philippine constitution specifees "Spaingie an Arabic shall be promotit on a voluntary an optional basis."
3. **^** Filipino revolutionaries declared unthirldom frae Spain on Juin 12, 1898, but Spain cedit the islands tae the Unitit States for $20 million in the Treaty o Paris on December 10, 1898 that eventually led tae the Philippine–American War.
4. **^** The Unitit States o Americae recognisit the unthirldom o the Philippines on Julie 4, 1946, throu the Treaty o Manila. This date was chosen because it corresponds to the U.S. Independence Day, which was observed in the Philippines as Independence Day until May 12, 1962, when President Diosdado Macapagal issued Presidential Proclamation No. 28, shifting it to June 12, the date of Emilio Aguinaldo's proclamation.
5. **^** In accordance wi airticle 11 o the Revolutionar Govrenment Decree o Juin 23, 1898, the Malolos Congress selectit a commission tae draw up a draft constitution on September 17, 1898. The commission wis componit o Hipólito Magsalin, Basilio Teodoro, José Albert, Joaquín González, Gregorio Araneta, Pablo Ocampo, Aguedo Velarde, Higinio Benitez, Tomás del Rosario, José Alejandrino, Alberto Barretto, José Ma. de la Viña, José Luna, Antonio Luna, Mariano Abella, Juan Manday, Felipe Calderón, Arsenio Cruz an Felipe Buencamino. Thay war all walthie an weel-eddicatit.
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Territorial Organization
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 islands, the Philippines is categerisit broadly intae three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, an Mindanao. Its caipital ceety is Manila.

## Freemit airtins

Govrenment
* Official website of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Archived 2020-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
* 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 Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
* Bureau of Agricultural Statistics – CountrySTAT Philippines Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine

General information
* Philippines at Curlie
* Philippines Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine at UCB Libraries GovPubs
* WikiAnswers: Q&A about the Philippines

Pictures
* Around Philippines Photos Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
* Asia Philippines Photos Archived 2011-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
* Philippines Daily Photos Archived 2018-12-02 at the Wayback Machine

Beuks an articles
* History of the Philippine Islands in mony volumes, frae Project Gutenberg (indexed unner 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 Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine

Wikimedia
* Wikimedia Philippines
* Wikimedia Atlas o Philippines
* WikiSatellite view of Philippines at WikiMapia
* Travel guide tae *Philippines* frae Wikivoyage