Philippines: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 12.76879 / longitude: 120.45124

General information

Education

Well known universities are: Asian Institute of Management, University of the Philippines Manila, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Geography

The country has a 342,353 km² area, a postcode system is employed and the primary cities are: Quezon City, Manila, Davao City, Imus, Makati. Manila is the nation's capital. The inhabitants speak the following languages: English, Filipino.

Economy

The sign for the local currency is ₱ (PHP). You need to pay 155.00₱ (that corresponds to $2.75 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. In 2021 the GDP was $394,086,401,171 USD, placing it at position 37 in the market.

Population

There are 103,174,000 inhabitants, or 1.38% of the population of planet earth.

Culture

Well known national dishes are: Adobo,Lechon (both unofficial). There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: 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.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines. The domain name ".ph" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +63, the ISO code is PH

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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