totale: 300,000 km2 acdque: 1,830 km2 terra: 298,170 km2
Abitanti
89,468,677 (Censimento del 2006)
Lingua ufficiale
Inglese e Filippino (basato sul dialetto Tagalog) sono entrambi lingue ufficiali. Esistono inoltre 8 dialetti maggiori e circa 78 gruppi linguistici per un totale di 500 dialetti.
Religione
Cristiani 92% (Cattolici 83%, Protestanti 9%,) Musulmani 5%, Buddisti e altri 3%.
Le regioni sono suddivise in province o stati per un totale di 79,
Centri principali
El distrito de negocios en Makati
Manila -- National capital. The Metropolitan Manila area includes several cities and municipalities to form one administrative body governed jointly by the local governments and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Cebu -- Also known as the Queen City of the South, Cebu is the first established indigenous settlement discovered by the west in the Philippines. For a short time before the re-dedication of Manila, Cebu City served as the capital of the far eastern territory claimed by Spain
Davao -- One of the largest cities in the world in terms of land area. Relatively young when compared with Manila or Cebu, it has grown to become the economic and commercial hub of the southern island of Mindanao. Nearby you'll find the country's tallest mountain (Mount Apo), the endangered Philippine Eagle, and one of priciest orchids in the world, the Waling-waling (Vanda Sanderiana.)
