the Philippines
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the Philippines
the Philippines
The Republic of the Philippines, referred to as the Philippines, is located in southeast Asia. It faces Taiwan, China Province across the Bashi Strait in the north, Indonesia and Malaysia across the Sulawesi Sea and Barabak Strait in the south and southwest, the South China Sea in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. There are more than 7000 large and small islands, including 11 major islands, including Luzon Island, Mindanao Island and Sama Island, accounting for 96% of the total area of the country. The coastline is about 18533 kilometers long and covers a total area of 299700 square kilometers. It belongs to the monsoon tropical rainforest climate, with high temperature and rain, high humidity and many typhoons. The annual average temperature is 27 ℃ and the annual precipitation is 2000-3000 mm. By July 2022, the Philippines was divided into three major parts: Luzon, Visaya and Medan. There are 18 regions in the country, including the Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Mindanao Muslim Autonomous Region, and 81 provinces and 117 cities. The capital is Manila. In 2022, the population of the Philippines will be about 110 million， sports fitness .
Around the 14th century, some separatist kingdoms composed of indigenous tribes and Malay immigrants emerged in the Philippines, the most famous of which was the Sulu Kingdom, which rose in the 1970s. In 1521, Magellan led a Spanish expedition to the Philippines. After that, Spain gradually occupied the Philippines and ruled for more than 300 years. On June 12, 1898, the Philippines declared independence. In the same year, after the Spanish-American War, it became a dependency of the United States. It was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. After the end of World War II, the Philippines was once again a colony of the United States. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines gained independence.
In 2021, the Philippines' gross domestic product: about US $391.9 billion. GDP per capita: about 3595 US dollars. GDP growth rate: 5.6%.
