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Country Profile: Philippines
Library of Congress Federal Research Division Country profile : Philippines , March 2006 1 Country profile : Philippines March 2006 Click to Enlarge Image Country Formal Name: Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas). Short Form: Philippines (Pilipinas). Term for Citizen(s): Filipino(s). Capital: Manila. major Cities: Located on Luzon Island, Metropolitan Manila, including the adjacent Quezon City and surrounding suburbs, is the largest city in the Philippines , with about 12 million people, or nearly 14 percent of the total population. Other large cities include Cebu City on Cebu Island and Davao City on Mindanao Island. Independence: The Philippines attained independence from Spain on June 12, 1898, and from the United States on July 4, 1946.
Public Holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1), Holy Thursday ... Indo-Malay migrants were joined by Chinese traders. A major development in the early period was the introduction of Islam to the Philippines by traders and proselytizers from the Indonesian islands. ... Catholic religious orders were assigned the responsibility of Christianizing ...
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