The republic of the Philippines is a country in southeast Asia in the western Pacific ocean. The capital city is Manila.The Philippines is the second-largest archipelago on the planet with over 7100 individual islands. Its tropical climate sustains one of the richest areas in terms of biodiversity in the world. With an estimated population of about 92 million people, the Philippinesn is the world's 12th most populous contry.
this is the philipines flag...an this is a coat of arm.
The philippines has two official languages, filipino and English. Filipino is based primarily on the Tagalog language. Most Filipinos are either bilingual or trilingual. About 70 native languages are spoken all over the archipelago.
Majority of Filipinos- about 83% of the nationalpopulation- are Roman Catholics.The religion was introduced to the native by the Spanish colonitzers in the 16th century. About 95% of the people are considered Christians, more than in any Asian country. Thus, the Philippines is located just above the equator on the upper torrid zone of the globe. Thus, the country experienced an average temperature ranging from 24º celsius to 31 º and humidity varies from 70% to 85% depending on the time of year. The warm and humid climate all year round acconts for one of the healthiest tropical climates.
The Mayon Volcano is the most active in the philipppines, and considered on of the most dangerous on the planet, in 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted, and proved to be one of the mort significant volcanisc eruptions in recorded history.
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