Philippines

Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas, English: Republic of the Philippines) is an island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific. Across the north of the Luzon Strait, Taiwan is West across the South China Sea is a Vietnam. Located on the south by Sulu Sea between the island of Borneo, and to the south of Sulawesi island of Indonesia, there are on the other side. To the east is the Philippine Sea. Josandae located in the Pacific Rim, and the Philippines as the reason a lot of areas where earthquakes and hurricanes are The Philippines consists of 7,107 islands, the larger island of Luzon, Visayas Islands, is divided into three regions of Mindanao.

The population is estimated to be approximately 9,400 ten thousand people in the world, is the 12th most populous country. In addition, about 11 million Filipinos live overseas. In the Philippines, there are different peoples and cultures. Prehistoric people who lived in the Philippines during the Negri has Sat. Followed by the Austronesian language family settled people to use the language, the culture of the Malays and Hindus, Muslims, etc. were sourced. In addition, trade in mainland China influenced the culture of the Philippines.

1521, after Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines, Spain began to pay attention to the Philippines, and eventually came under the rule of Spain. During the colonial trade of Acapulco and Manila became the point of connection, the Philippines Christianity was widespread. Philippine revolution taking place in the late 19th century, has been maintained for a short period of the Republic of the Philippines was established first.

And followed by Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War broke out. After the war, the United States dominated the start of, and at the end of World War II when the Philippines to independence, except during the Japanese occupied the Philippines, the United States had sovereignty. United States in the wake of the ruling English and Western culture in the Philippines conveyed.

Manila is the capital and the official language is Filipino and English.