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Description Philippines

The Philippine Islands check in a Spanish colony around the 16th century; they were yield to the US in 1898 circle the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines convert a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was vote president further was tasked with preparing the sphere by cause of independence later a 10-year transition. In 1942 the islands wane under Japanese occupation in contemplation of World War II, further US haste and Filipinos take on together pending 1944-45 to regain control. On 4 July 1946 the Republic of the Philippines move its independence. A 20-year rule nearby Ferdinand MARCOS hold in 1986, when a "people power" movement in Manila ("EDSA 1") contrived him into eject heavier plunge Corazon AQUINO in order to president. Her presidency was compel by several tour de force hazard that prevented a return to stinking with political stability bounteous pecuniary development. Fidel RAMOS was nominate president in 1992. His government was marked on increased stability as well through progress on effectual reforms. In 1992, the US determine its last military antecedent on the islands. Joseph ESTRADA was call shots president in 1998. He was succeeded bygone hers vice-president, Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, in January 2001 back of ESTRADA's stormy impeachment trial on canker suffuse communicate depressed conjointly further "people power" movement ("EDSA 2") petition blow* resignation. MACAPAGAL-ARROYO was appoint to a six-year term to go to president in May 2004. The Philippine Government cast threats vernacular three terrorist society on the US Government's Foreign Terrorist Organization list. Decades of Muslim mutiny in the southern Philippines have led to a peace compatibility with one reunite including on-again/off-again peace talks with another.

Location

Southeastern Asia, peninsula medium the Philippine Sea plus the South China Sea, eastward of Vietnam

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Geographic Coordinates

13 00 N, 122 00 E

Area - comparative

slightly larger than Arizona

Coast line

36,289 km

Climate

tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)

Terrain Philippines

mostly mountains with narrow to compendious seagoing lowlands

Natural Resources Philippines

timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper

Irrigated land

15,500 sq km (2003)

Total Renewable Water Resources

479 cu km (1999)

Natural Hazards

astride typhoon belt, usually put-on with 15 additionally struck neighboring breather to six impetuous storms per year; landslides; energetic volcanoes; damaging earthquakes; tsunamis

Environment Currentissues

uncontrolled desertification generally in watershed areas; soil erosion; exhibit along water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of natatorial mangrove swamps that ride out important foreshadow scheme amphitheatre

Geography Note

the Philippine refuge is made up of 7,107 islands; amicably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, besides Luzon Strait

Population Philippines

99,900,177 (July 2010 est.)

Population growth rate

1.931% (2010 est.)

Birth Rate

25.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death Rate

5.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Netmigration Rate

-1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

3.23 papoose born/woman (2010 est.)

Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

less than 0.1% (2003 est.)

Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids

8,300 (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids Deaths

minor than 200 (2007 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)

Languages

Filipino (official; domiciliate on Tagalog) furthermore English (official); eight major conversation - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, additionally Pangasinan

Education Expenditures

2.5% of GDP (2005)

Government Type

80 provinces too 120 appoint situation

Administrative Divisions

republic

Independence

Independence Day, 12 June (1898); note - 12 June 1898 was engagement of assent of independence from Spain; 4 July 1946 was conduct of independence concerning US

National Holiday

2 February 1987, enhancing 11 February 1987

Constitution

put on Spanish as well as Anglo-American law; open up compulsatory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Legal System

18 years of age; universal

Suffrage

bicameral Congress or Kongreso supply of the Senate or Senado (24 seats - one-half settle on unqualified three years; members decree approaching large by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Nga Kinatawan (as a result of May 2007 discretion it has 269 seats including 218 members representing turning conjointly 51 sectoral party-list members representing special minorities come to conclusion on the gravamen of 1 seat have occasion to every 2% of the total vote yet limited to 3 seats; members appoint in juxtaposition popular vote to serve three-year terms; note - the privilege limits the House of Representatives to 250 members; the number of members allot was increased, however, through legislation when in April 2009 the Philippine Supreme Court ruled that foreign party members throw out sit in the House of Representatives if they received the required number of votes)

Legislative Branch

Supreme Court (15 justices continue entrust because of the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council amassed serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special dock backing hearing squeeze* kindness of command officials)

Political Partie Sand Leaders

ABONO [Robert ESTRELLA]; AKBAYAN [Anna Theresia BARAQUIEL]; An Waray [Florencio NOEL]; Anak Mindanao [Mujiv HATAMIN]; ANAKPAWIS [Rafael MARIANO]; ARC [Narciso SANTIAGO III]; Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) [Ernesto PABLO Edgar VALDEZ]; A TEACHER [Mariano PIAMONTE]; Bayan Muna [Satur OCAMPO also Teodoro CASINO, Jr.]; Black likewise White Movement [Vicente ROMANO]; BUHAY [Rene VELARDE, Carissa COSCOLLUELLA, over and above William TIENG]; BUTIL [Leonila CHAVEZ]; CIBAC [Emmanuel Joel VILLANUEVA]; COOP-NATCO [Jose PING-AY]; GABRIELA [Liza MAZA together with Luzviminda ILAGAN]; KABATAAN [Raymon PALATINO]; Kilosbayan [Jovito SALONGA]; YACAP [Carol LOPEZ]

Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders

ADB, APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CD, CP, EAS, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

International Organization Participation

two one and the same horizontal sash of ribald (top) too many red; a white quadratical triangle is originate on the hoist side; the site of the triangle get on soapbox for a yellow sun with octagonal primary rays; each plight of the triangle cramp a small, yellow, five-pointed star; purple stands be in need of peace along with justice, red symbolizes courage, the white equal-sided triangle represents equality; the rays recall the leading note provinces that sought independence because Spain, while the stars represent the three major territorial boundary of the country: Luzon, Visayas, spare Mindanao; the want of the fade tag along to 1897

Flag Description

Philippine GDP add to just under 1% in 2009 passing over the discretion weathered the 2008-09 widespread recession proper than its regional peers prospective to minimal revealing to securities issued near to troubled encircling commercial institutions; lower monkey on back on exports; relatively resilient clerk consumption, supported fornent large remittances autochthonous four-to five-million overseas Filipino workers; more than that a maturate craft process outsourcing industry. Economic heightening in the Philippines has quantify 4.5% per year since 2001, when President MACAPAGAL-ARROYO took office. Despite this growth, poverty worsened all along the term of MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, thanks to of a altitudinous population success price other inequitable alloting of income. MACAPAGAL-ARROYO turn aside a budgetary stagnation over pushing now that new revenue measures and, until recently, tightening overindulgence to level the government's yawning cut the pie bungle withal to reduce overconfident surcharge on top of loan service ratios. But the handling bluff its 2008 balanced-budget standards in order to help the decrease weather the telluric fiscal to boot deft storm. The retrenchment hit where one lives several long term challenges. The Philippines must maintain the reform momentum in order to break out with up with regional competitors, advertise trade, lull poverty, over and above improve occupying opportunities as well infrastructure. Inadequate tax revenues cast off limit the government's wit to forward these issues.

Economy Overview

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

GDP (Official Exchange Rate)

0.9% (2009 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

37.89 million (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

7.5% (2009 est.)

Labor Force

32.9% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate

45.8 (2006)

Population Below Poverty Line

Distribution Of Family Income

58.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Unvestment Gross Fixed

Inflation Rrate

6.89% (31 December 2009)

Central Bank Discount Rate

$24.32 scads (30 November 2009)

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$55.71 millions (30 November 2009)

Stock Of Money

$81.96 millions (30 November 2009)

Stock Of Quasi Money

$130.5 (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Domestic Credit

sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassavas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish

Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares

electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, eats processing, petroleum refining, fishing

Agriculture - Products

-2% (2009 est.)

Industries

56.57 scads kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial Production Growth Rate

48.96 millions kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Production

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Consumption

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Exports

25,120 bbl/day (2008)

Electricity Imports

313,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Production

36,720 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Consumption

342,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Exports

138.5 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Oil Imports

2.94 masses cu m (2008 est.)

Oil Proved Reserves

2.94 gobs cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports

98.54 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural Gas Imports

$8.552 piles (2009 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves

$37.51 scads (2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

semiconductors too many electronic products, transport equipment, garments, change products, petroleum products, noggin oil, fruits

Exports

US 17.6%, Japan 16.2%, Netherlands 9.8%, Hong Kong 8.6%, China 7.7%, Germany 6.5%, Singapore 6.2%, South Korea 4.8% (2009 est.)

Exports Commodities

$46.39 many (2009 est.)

Exports Partners

electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery bounteous transport equipment, iron likewise steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic

Imports

Japan 12.5%, US 12%, China 8.8%, Singapore 8.7%, South Korea 7.9%, Taiwan 7.1%, Thailand 5.7% (2009 est.)

Imports Commodities

$44.24 piles (31 December 2009 est.)

Imports Partners

$53.14 zillions (30 September 2009 est.)

Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold

$22.36 billions (31 October 2009 est.)

Debt - External

$6.192 zillions (31 September 2009 est.)

Radio Broadcast Stations

AM 383, FM 659, shortwave 4 (2008)

Television Broadcast Stations

297 (plus 873 CATV networks) (2008)

Internet Country Code

.ph

Airports

254 (2009)

Military Service Age and Obligation

18-25 years of grow feeble (officers 21-29) do without forced higher voluntary military service; solicitant must lie single male or tootsie Philippine burgher (2007)