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Pilipinas
The Philippines
Filipinas

Filipino (Tagalog) Pilipinas - Republika ng Pilipinas (Filipinas)

Isang kapuluang bansa ang Republika ng Pilipinas. Mayroon itong higit kumulang 7,107 na mga pulo. Matatagpuan ito sa rehiyong tropikal ng kanlurang bahagi ng Karagatang Pasipiko at 100 kilometro ang layo nito sa kontinente ng Asya.

English Philippines - Republic of the Philippines

The Republic of the Philippines is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital. It comprises 7,107 islands called the Philippine Archipelago, with a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers or 116,000 square miles, making it the 72nd largest country by area. Modern day Filipinos are mostly of Austronesian ancestry, although there are a number of Filipinos with Spanish, Chinese, American, and Arab ancestry. It has maritime borders with the ► Republic of China, ► the People's Republic of China, ► Vietnam, ► Malaysia and ► Indonesia as well as with ► Palau and ► Micronesia. In the south the ► Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has autonomy. The Philippines claim the ► Spratly and ► Paracel Islands.

Other languages
  • Bikolano: Filipinas - Republika kan Filipinas
  • Cebuano: Pilipinas - Republika sa Pilipinas
  • Hiligaynon (Ilonggo): Pilipinas - Republika sang Pilipinas
  • Ilokano: Filipinas - Republica ti Filipinas
  • Kapampangan: Filipinas - Republika ning Pilipinas
  • Pangasinan: Filipinas - Ripublika na Pilipinas
  • Waray: Pilipinas - Republika han Pilipinas
  • Zamboangueño: El Filipinas - El República de las Filipinas
  • Spanish: Filipinas - La República de las Filipinas
  • Arabic: فلبين - نشيد فلبين الوطني (Filibīn - Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Filibīn}
  • Mandarin Chinese: 菲律宾 /菲律賓 - 菲律宾共和国 (Fēilǜbīn - Fēilǜbīn Gònghéguó)

Short name  Philippines
Official  name Republic of the Philippines
Status Independent country since 1946
Location Southeast Asia
Capital Manila (Maynila)
Population 85,236,913 inhabitants
Area 300,000 km²
Major  languages Filipino (Tagalog) and English as well as regional languages
Major  religions Christianity (Roman Catholicism) and Islam (in Southern Philippines)
More information Philippines, Geography of the Philippines, History of the Philippines and Politics of the Philippines
More  images Philippines - Philippines (Category).

General maps

Philippine Sea location.jpg Philippines and the Philippine Seas
Rp-map.png Map of the Philippines
Map of the Philippines Demis.png Map of the Philippines
Ph general map.png Map of the Philippines
Ph physical map.png Physical map of the Philippines
Malayarch.jpg The Philippines as part of the Malay Archipelago
Ph regions and provinces.png Map of the Philippines, showing regions and provinces

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day the Philippines, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day the Philippines.

Spanish Empire Anachronous 0.PNG Philippines as part of the spanish colonial empire
Japanese Empire2.png Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)

Language maps

Phillanguages.jpg Languages of the Philippines
Ph tagalog.jpg Tagalog

Other maps

Philippine climate map.png Climate map
MajorVolcanoesOfThePhilippines-USGS.gif Major volcanoes

Satellite maps

Philippines.A2002088.0220.1km.jpg Satellite map of the Philippines

Notes and references

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