Philippines: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 12.76879 / longitude: 120.45124

General information

Geography

Manila serves as this nation's capital. Country territory measures 342,353 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Quezon City, Manila, Davao City, Imus, Makati. People from this country speak these languages: English, Filipino.

Population

This country represents 1.38% of the world's population with about 103,174,000 individuals.

Economy

In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 155.00₱ (corresponding to $2.75 USD). In 2021 the GDP was $394,086,401,171 USD, which ranks it number 37 in the world. The local currency (PHP) is represented by the symbol ₱.

Culture

Here is a list of famous dishes in this country: Adobo,Lechon (both unofficial). You can find some UNESCO listed places: Historic City of Vigan, Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Baroque Churches of the Philippines, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras.

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including Asian Institute of Management, University of the Philippines Manila, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Good to know

Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines to learn more about this nation. The ISO code is PH, the domain name ".ph" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +63

Summary

Flag
ISO code PH
Capital Manila
Population 103,174,000
World percentage 1.38%
Main cities
Spoken languages English, Filipino
GDP (2021) $394,086,401,171
GDP position #37
Big Mac local price 155.00₱
Big Mac USD price $2.75
Currency code PHP
Currency symbol
National dish Adobo,Lechon (both unofficial)
TLD .ph
Phone prefix +63
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines

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