Phillipines

Phillippines History This is the Phillipines national flag. //Population//: **93,897,444** //Ethnic Groups//: **Christian Malay 92%, Mulism Malay 4%, Chinese 1%, Other 3%** //Religion//: **Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Mulism 5%, Buddhist and other 3%** //Language//: **Filipino ( official, based on Tagalog ) English ( official )** //Climate//: **Tropical Marine; Northeast Monsoon ( November to April );** //Capital//: **Manila 11,248,470** //Notable Cities//: **Cebu 830,962-Davao 1,626,977** //Money//: **1 Peso = 100 Centavos** //Hoilday//: **Independence Day June 12 ( 1898 ), Heroes' Day May 6** //Area Total:// **300,000km2** //Area Land:// **298,170km2** //Coast Line:// **36,289km** //Average Daily Temperature:// **January: 78.80F, July: 82.40F, Annual Rainfall: 2050.5mm** =Geography= The Philippine's have OVER 7000!!! islands lying about 500 miles off the south east coast of Asia. The overall land area is comparable to that of Arizona. Only about 7% of the islands are larger than one square mile, and only one third have names. The largest are Luzon in the north 40,420 miles 104,687 kilometers. Mindanao in the south 36,537 miles 94,631 killer meters), and Samar 5,124 miles 13,271 killer meters). The islands are of aftermath of an volcanic eruptions with the larger ones crossed by mountain ranges. The highest peak is Mount Apo 9,690 feet 2,954 meters on Mindanao.
 * Monsoon ( May to October )**

History The Philippines arrived from the Asian mainland around 25,000 years ago They were followed by waves of Indonesian and Malayan settlers from 3000 years before. By the 14th century extensive trade was being conducted with India, Indonesia, China,Japan, Ferdinand, Magellan. The Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, explored the Philippines in the year 1521. Twenty-one years later, a Spanish exploration party named the group of islands in honor of Prince Philip. =Currency=

The currency of the Phillipines is the Phillipine Pesos. The coins there are called “Sentimos.” The paper money they use there are called “Pesos.” Only forty Pesos make a dollar. One peso is about one fortieth of a US dollar. Take a PlayStation, for example, it costs about $99 here on Guam. In the Philippines, it would be only $2 because they think that $99 is 99 Pesos.

Other information In the Philippines, we drive on the right side of the road, but its too crowded with children who are poor. The lights are turned sideways on some popular places. It is very strange how kids end up in the streets like that. Most of the animals I see are dogs and cats. One of the water based animals is the fresh tilapia. They are all located in any beach and are a delicious fish to eat. All you have to do is steam it and you have a nice fresh dinner to eat! In the Philippines, the time is always two hours later than it is in Guam. So if its 2:00 here, its 12:00 there. The everyday house is pretty big. Upstairs is over the living room in one of the houses I used to live in. You can see everyone in the living room up there. The house had almost eight nice rooms: the bathroom (3), the kitchen, two bedrooms, a split room (which has nothing in it except a table and four chairs), and a top riser (the one I just told you about). The capital of the Philippines is Manila (MUH-nil-luh). It's not Pampanga or Paranaque. You can easily remember it.

FUN FACTS!! 1: **Luzon** is the largest island in the archipelago. 2: The capital of Philippines is Manila and the national language is Fillipino 3: There are more than **200 Volcanoes** //**5:The president of the Philippines once serve a 6 year term from 2004-2010. He was once chief of state and head of goverment Gloria Arroyo since his first election in 2001.**// //**6: po or opo means hello in a polite manner**// //**7: kissing the hand of the elder means great respect**// //**The things that they do in the Philippines is go to the beach when its the spring or summer. During the winter they have no snow, but very few pine trees. **//
 * 4: Mount Apo is the highest point in all island.**
 * //8://****//The Philippines has always struggle with natural like earthquakes and floods. For example like in 1991 a huge Tropical Storm called Thelma hit the island on November 5; 3,000 were killed proably many were injured. Before that on the day of July 16 1990 a earthquake hit the island, killing 1,000 people, again many wounded. The magnitude of the earthquake was a 7.7 hit.//**
 * //9: they think eating patnik will increase their life,//**
 * //10: opo/po means hello in a respectful manner.//**
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 * **apat-four **
 * **lima-five **
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