Philippines

Philippines

  

Official name: Republic of the Philippines (Republic of the Philippines).

Location: the islands that comprise the island totaled 7,107 islands located in the Pacific Ocean. From the Southeast Asian mainland, about 100 km, and the effect is the only country bordering maritime contacts between the longest in the world.

West and north to the South China Sea.

East and south with the Pacific Ocean.

About 1,800 kilometers away from Bangkok.

Area: 298,170 square kilometers (about three in five of the country).

The capital: Krung Manila (Manila).

Population: 88.7 million (2550).

Landscape weather: monsoon tropical have get the moisture from the wind monsoon both two season get rain from the wind storm Typhoon. And depression. Area where the rain fall most is Baguio City is a city that most rainfall in southeast Asia.

Language: with the use language more than 170 languages ​​by section very nearly All then is the tribe language sub Malayo - Hippolytus Phoenician the west, but in year BE 2530 Constitution not specify give language Pilipinas Nova (Filipino) and language England was a. official language The foreign language more widely used in the Philippines, with all eight languages, including Spanish, Chinese Hokkien. Language China Tae Chew. Language Indonesia language Sind Punjabi language language Korean and Arabic. By the Philippines. Have national language is Languages ​​Tagalog.

Religion: percentage 92 of the Filipino People All Anglicans religion Christ by percent 83 Anglicans sect Roman Catholic and percentage 9 is the sect Protestant Muslim percent to 5 Buddhist and Other percent 3.

Currency: Peso (Peso: PHP) exchange rate is approximately (Buy) 0.72 / 1 pesos (sold) $ 0.75 / 1 peso (January 2552).

Regime: democracy President as Head of State and Chief Executive Officer (agenda item 6).

The current president is Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's (Gloria Macapagal Arroyo), which has been certified as the winner of the election on 24 June 2547.