Philippines

Coordinates: 13°N 122°E / 13°N 122°E / 13; 122

Republic o the Philippines Republika ng Pilipinas (Filipino)[a]
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Motto:  "Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa"[1] "For God, Fowk, Naitur, an Kintra"
Anthem: Lupang Hinirang Chuisen Laund
Great Seal Dakilang Sagisag ng Pilipinas  (Filipino) Great Seal o the Philippines
Caipital	Manilaa 14°35′N 120°58′E / 14.583°N 120.967°E / 14.583; 120.967
Lairgest ceety	Quezon Ceety 14°38′N 121°02′E / 14.633°N 121.033°E / 14.633; 121.033
Offeecial leids	Filipino Inglis
Recognised regional leids	19 leids[2] Aklanon Central Bikol Cebuano Chavacano Hiligaynon Ibanag Ilocano Ivatan Kapampangan Kinaray-a Maguindanao Maranao Pangasinan Sambal Surigaonon Tagalog Taūsug Waray Yakan
Naitional leid	Filipino
Optional leidb	Spaingie Arabic
Ethnic groups (2010[3])	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
Releegion	92% Christianity 5.57% Islam 2.43% ithers[4]
Demonym(s)	Filipino (masculine or neutral) Filipina (feminine) Pinoy (colloquial masculine) Pinay (colloquial feminine) Philippine (Scots)
Govrenment	Unitar presidential constitutional republic
• President	Rodrigo Duterte
• Vice President	Leni Robredo
• Senate President	Tito Sotto
• Hoose Speaker	Lord Allan Velasco
• Chief Juistice	Diosdado Peralta
Legislatur	Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Formation o the republic  e
• Unthirldom frae Spain declared	Juin 12, 1898
• Treaty o Paris (1898) / Spaingie Cessionc	December 10, 1898
• Malolos Constitution / First Philippine Republic e	Januar 21, 1899
• Tydings–McDuffie Act	Mairch 24, 1934
• Commonwealth o the Philippines	Mey 14, 1935
• Treaty of Manila / Independence from United States d	July 4, 1946
• Current constitution	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	mm-dd-yyyy dd-mm-yyyy (AD)
Drivin side	richt[11]
Cawin code	+63
ISO 3166 code	PH
Internet TLD	.ph
Wabsteid National Government Portal Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
^ 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.[12] ^ The 1987 Philippine constitution specifees "Spaingie an Arabic shall be promotit on a voluntary an optional basis."[13] ^ 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. ^ The Unitit States o Americae recognisit the unthirldom o the Philippines on Julie 4, 1946, throu the Treaty o Manila.[14] 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.[15] ^ 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.[16] Thay war all walthie an weel-eddicatit.[17]

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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