Department of Tourism - PHILIPPINES

About Philippines

    

     The Philippines has a population of more than 98 million people. It  is the  seventh most populated  Asian country. Multiply ethnicities and culture are found throughout the island.The  Philippines is a sovereign  island country located in Southeast Asia, in the western Pacific Ocean it is locate on the Pacific Ring of Fire.

     The flag is composed of three parts: a white equilateral triangle to be left with two horizontal bands, the blues symbolizing nobility, and red symbolizing courage.

    The Philippines uses as currency the peso. It is subdivided into 100 cents. The peso is usually denoted by the symbol.

    Christianism is the religion predominant in the Philippines. About ninety percent of the population is christian, or better, seventy percent are catholics and twenty churches are protestants .And muslims represent the twentieth part. Several churches are considered patrimony cultural of humanity by UNESCO.

   The presence of the USA in The Philippines in flout the implementation of an education system based on the North American model. The English languages had a major influence on the Philippine language and culture. It is known that  there  is a dialect have been used ,and this dialect is called Taglish, a mix between the native language and English.