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Philippines
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Filipines
Filippines
Fourth Philippine Republic
Islas de Filipinas
Islas Filipinas
ISO 3166-1:PH
Las Islas Filipinas
Philipine
Philipines
Philippinan
Philippine
Philippine archipelago
Philippine Islands
Philippine Republic
Philippines Republic
Philippinespopulation
Phillipenes
Phillipine
Phillipines
Phillippenes
Phillippine
Phillippines
Pilipinas
President of the Government
Republic of Philippines
Republic of the Philippines
Republika ng Pilipinas
The Philipines
The Philippines
The Phillipines
The Phillippines
Third Philippine Republic
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Filipino culture is a fusion of pre-Hispanic indigenous Austronesian civilizations of the Philippines mixed with Hispanic and American

the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people

(Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (

RP), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city

comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam

An Ifugao sculpture

Map of the dominant ethnolinguistic groups of the Philippines

Population growth of the Philippines

The Chocolate Hills in Bohol

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion

The five instruments of gongs and a drum that make up the Philippine kulintang ensemble, an example of pre-Hispanic musical tradition present in southern Philippines

The limestone islands of El Nido, Palawan

Map of the dominant ethnicities of the Philippines by province

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Skyline of Metro Cebu

Provinces and regions of the Philippines

Basilica Minore de San Sebastian, Manila

Cebu City Business Park

The Banaue Rice Terraces, they are part of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, ancient sprawling man-made structures from 2,000 to 6,000 years old, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The name Philippines and its Spanish counterpart are derived from the name of Phillip II, the King of Spain in the late 16th century

Archeological and paleontological discoveries show that Homo sapiens existed in Palawan circa 50,000 BC

constitutes an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers (116,000 sq mi)

a newly industrialized country with an economy anchored on agriculture but with substantial contributions from manufacturing, mining, remittances from overseas Filipinos and service industries such as tourism and, increasingly, business process outso

has a presidential, unitary form of government (with some modification; there is one autonomous region largely free from the national government), where the President functions as both head of state and head of government, and is commander-in-chief o

divided into three island groups: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao

the world's 12th most populous country, with a population of over 90 million as of 2008

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