The
Philippines is officially known as the Republic of the Philippines. It is an Asian’s
country. His habitants are the Filipinos. The official languages on Philippines
are Filipino and English, other important languages are Spanish and Arabic.
The Philippines has a democratic government.
It is a constitutional republic with a presidential system. The official
currency is Philippine peso.
Philippines
is situated in South-east Asia in the western Pacific Ocean, his total area is
300 thousand km2. The population is about 104 millions of persons. Manila is
the capital city, Cebu City in the Visayas and Davao City in Mindanao are other
important cities.
After
Spanish-American War, the United States took the control of Philippines until
the Second World War. In the SWW Japan took this country. Philippines became
independent of United States in 1946.
Some
popular dishes at Philippines are lechón, sinigang, kare-kare or halo-halo and some local ingredients used in
cooking are calamondins, coconuts or saba.
I think I could live there, their customs are not so different from
ours and I think they have many gorgeous views.
Manila. |
Halo-halo. |
Manila. |
Kare-kare. |
Philippines. |
Very interesting post, Carmen. Very useful information. Thanks. I would like to go there too some day. My great-grandfather lived there!!
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