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The Philippines
Filipino:
Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, Filipino:
Republika ng Pilipinas, is an island country located in Southeast Asia with
Manila as its capital city. The Philippines comprises 7,107 islands in the
western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Palau, the Republic of
China
(Taiwan), and
Vietnam.
The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population of
90 million people.
Its national economy is the 46th largest in the world with an
estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion. There
are more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, about 11% of the total
population of the Philippines. It is a multi-ethnic country. Ecologically, The
Philippines is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries in
the world.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in 1521, the Philippines was already
settled by Austronesian (Malayo Polynesian) peoples. The Islands were known asMayi
or Lu sung to Asian countries, and Chryse to the
Greeks, as described by the geographer Ptolemy. The
Philippines became a
Spanish
colony in the 16th century, and a territory of the United States in the 20th
century. In 1896, rebellion led the Philippine Revolution that won independence
from Spain. American occupation of the Philippines during the Spanish-American
War led to the outbreak of the Philippine-American War. A Commonwealth
government was established in 1935, which allowed self-governance. The country
gained its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War
II. Martial law was declared in 1972 which led to the insurgencies of the New
People's Army and the Moro National Liberation Front. Liberal parties then led
People Power Revolution of 1986, which would bring the country back to
democracy.
