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Coordinates: 13°N 122°E
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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Capital 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
(2015) 24.4% Tagalog
8.4% Ilocano
6.8% Bicolano
26.2% others
Religion 92.0% Christianity
(2010) —80.6% Roman Catholic
—8.2% Protestant
—3.2% Other Christian
5.6% Islam
2.4% None / Others[5]
Demonym(s) Filipino
(masculine or neutral)
Filipina
(feminine)
Philippine
(used for certain common nouns)
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 Lord Allan Velasco
• 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 299,000 km2 (115,000 sq mi) (72nd)
• Water (%) 0.61[6] (inland waters)
• Land 298,170
Population
• 2020 estimate 106,651,394[7][8] (12th)
• 2015 census 100,981,437[9][10]
• Density 336/km2 (870.2/sq mi) (47th)
GDP (PPP) 2020 estimate
• Total $933.913 billion[11] (27th)
• Per capita $8,573[11] (115th)
GDP (nominal) 2020 estimate
• Total $367.362 billion[11] (31st)
• Per capita $3,484[11] (119th)
Gini (2015) 44.4[12]
medium · 44th
HDI (2019) 0.718[13]
high · 107th
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,[14] 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 Manila is designated as the nation's capital,
the seat of government is the National Capital Region,
popularly known as "Metro Manila", of which the city of
Manila is a part.[15][16] Many national government institutions
aside 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, 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. Bounded by the South China
Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to 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' position as an island country on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator
makes the country prone to earthquakes and typhoons. The country has a variety of natural
resources and a globally significant level of biodiversity. The Philippines has an area of around
300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) with a population of around 109 million people. As of 2020, it is the 8th-
most populated country in Asia and the 13th-most populated country in the world.
Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands.
Negritos, some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by successive
waves of Austronesian peoples. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a
fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López
de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spanish
settlement, beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming 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 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 independent 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.
