Explore Philippines in Asia - Philippines Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Philippines with its capital Manila is located in Asia (Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea). It covers some 300,001 square kilometres (slightly larger than Arizona) with 92,681,000 citizens. Tagalog, English and are languages spoken by the majority in Philippines (consider regional differences).

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About Philippines

The terrain offers mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands. The average density of population is about 308 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical marine with northeast monsoon (November to April), southwest monsoon (May to October). Possible natural disasters include astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year or landslides, active volcanoes, destructive earthquakes or tsunamis.

To reach someone in Philippines dial +63 prior to a number. There are 6,783,000 installed telephones. And there are 92,227,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ph". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 60Hz.

The country consists of 17 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Philippines

Philippine Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Philippines Tourism

P.O. Box EA-459
4th Flr, Legaspi Towers 300
Roxas Blvd
Metro Manila
Philippines

Phone: +63 2 525 9318
Fax: +63 2 521 6165

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Baroque Churches of the Philippines

These four churches, the first of which was built by the Spanish in the late 16th century, are located in Manila, Santa Maria, Paoay and Miag-ao. Their unique architectural style is a...

Historic Town of Vigan

Established in the 16th century, Vigan is the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. Its architecture reflects the coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in...

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park

This park features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with an underground river. One of the river's distinguishing features is that it emerges directly into the sea, and its lower portion is...

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras

For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred...

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park covers 130,028 ha, including the North and South Reefs. It is a unique example of an atoll reef with a very high density of marine species; the North Islet serving as...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Philippines

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Philippines is growing at an rate of 1.93% (or by 1,929,072 citizens). Each year 130,869 people leave this country (or 1.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.06%. Or an total increase of 2,059,942 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.