About Philippines

About Philippines

About Philippines

Philippines (The Republic of Philippines) located in the western Pacific Ocean. This country also a member of Association of South East Asia Nations which has the most population after Indonesia and Thailand (we only compare this with ASEAN Countries, not the world).

Philippines is a complex country which combines with more than two languages in each provinces in their country search as English, Spanish, Filipino and many other (around 20) which we will detail as below.  Philippines is different from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia because these countries were colonized by French while the Filipinos was colonized by The American, then the Spanish. 

If we talk about the geography, Philippines is a country which consist of about 7k islands, received more disaster search as storm, volcano eruptions, and so on. 

For more detail, let's see the below.   

• Official Name: The Republic of Philippines
• ASEAN Declaration: 08 August 1967 
• Area: 300, 000 Kmq 
• Population: 109 Millions + 
• Calling Code: +63 
• Driving Side: Right (Use to drive left 1947-1948)
• Official Language:  Filipino, English, 
• Spoken Languages: 19 Others 
• Motto: For God, People, Nature and Country
• Capital City: Manila 
• Largest City: Quezon City 
• Ethnic Group: 
• Tagalog 
• Visayan 
• Ilocano 
• Bicolano 
• Others 
• Religious: 
• Christianity 
• Roman Catholic 
• Protestant 
• Other Christian 
• None/Others 
• Currency: Philippines PESO (₱) - PHP 
• International & major domestic airports: 
• Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport – MNL
• Iloilo International Airport - ILO 
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport - CEB 
• Clark International Airport - CRK 
• Davao International Airport - DVO 
• Puerto Princesa Airport – PPS
• Laguindingan Airport – CGY
• Bacolod-Silay Airport – BCD
• Tacloban City Airport – TAC
• Kalibo Airport –  KLO
• Zamboanga Airport – ZAM
• Bohol-Panglao Airport – TAG
• General Santos Airport – GES
• Boracay Airport – MPH

Note: These airport are not included the domestic, military airport. We count only the international airport. The total airport in Philippines are 70. 

• Tourist Attraction: Nature, Mountain, Beaches, Culture, Religious, Nightlight & Clubbing, Food, Forest, Animals, Countryside, Cities, agriculture, and so many others. 
• Seasons: 2
• Rainy Season: June - October  
• Dry Season: October - May 

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Sources:

- Philippines's Flag - Wikipedia 

- Global Map - Wikipedia