Philippines: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 12.76879 / longitude: 120.45124

General information

Geography

The capital of this country is Manila. 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. The inhabitants speak the following languages: English, Filipino.

Education

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

Culture

Interesting food you need to try here: 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.

Population

Around 103,174,000 people live in this country, or 1.38% of all people on earth.

Economy

The currency ISO code is PHP and the currency symbol is ₱. The price for a Big Mac in this country is 155.00₱ (around $2.75 USD). It is ranked 37# in the world with a GDP of $394,086,401,171 USD in 2021.

Good to know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines is a good place to find out more details on this country. 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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