1. By: Karyssa Costagliola
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcp
hilippines.htm
Capital: Manila
Cities: Manila, Baguio, Dagupan,
Angeles, Olongapo, Batangas,
Naga, Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod
FILIPINO
CULTURE
Region:
Made up of 7,107 islands
Tropical marine; northeast monsoon
(November to April); southwest
monsoon (May to October)
It is slightly larger than Arizona
Population: 87,857,473
Location :
Southeastern Asia, East
of Vietnam
It is between the
Philippine Sea and the
South China Sea
No bordering countries

2. Government:
Republic
President: Benigno “Noynoy”
Aquino III
Human Environmental
Interaction:
Major Landmarks/ Tourists Attractions:
Mt. Apo, Chocolate Hills, City of Vigan,
Borocay, Rizal Park, Palawan, Baguio
City, Subic, Cebu City, Tagaytay
Currency: Philippine peso
Movement
• Became a Spanish colony
in the 16th
Century
• In 1935 Philippines
became a self-governing
Commonweath
• WWII and Spanish
American War had some
history here
• The main religion is
Roman Catholic making up
80.9%,
•The two official languages -
Filipino (based on Tagalog)
and English; eight major
dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano,
Ilocano, Hiligaynon or
Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray,
Pampango, and Pangasinan