Republic of the Philippines Republika ng Pilipinas  (Filipino)
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Capital	Manilaa 14°35′N 120°58′E / 14.583°N 120.967°E / 14.583; 120.967
Official languages	Filipino English
Filipino
Official and national sign languageb Filipino Sign Language Auxiliary languagesc Spanish Arabic
Ethnic groups (2015)	32.9% Visayan 29.5% Tagalog 10.1% Moro 10% Ilocano 5.8% Bicolano 2.8% Kapampangan 1.6% Igorot 1.5% Pangasinense 1.5% Chinese 3.3% others
Demonym(s)	Filipino (masculine or neutral) Filipina (feminine) Pinoy (colloquial masculine or neutral) Pinay (colloquial feminine) Philippine
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President	Bongbong Marcos
• Vice President	Sara Duterte
• Senate President	Juan Miguel Zubiri
• House Speaker	Lord Allan Velasco
• Chief Justice	Alexander Gesmundo
Legislature	Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Formation of the republic  f
• Independence from Spain declared	June 12, 1898
• Treaty of Paris (1898) / Spanish cessiond	December 10, 1898
• Malolos Constitution / First Philippine Republic f	January 21, 1899
• Tydings–McDuffie Act	March 24, 1934
• Commonwealth of the Philippines	May 14, 1935
• Treaty of Manila / Independence from United States	July 4, 1946
• Current constitution	February 2, 1987
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (72nd)
• Water (%)	0.61 (inland waters)
• Land	300,000
Population
• 2015 census	100,981,437 (13th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (47th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$933.913 billion (27th)
• Per capita	$8,573 (115th)
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$367.362 billion (31st)
• Per capita	$3,484 (119th)
Gini (2015)	▼ 40.1 medium · 44th
HDI (2017)	0.699 medium · 113th
Currency	Peso (₱) (PHP)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (not observed)
Date format	mm-dd-yyyy dd-mm-yyyy (AD)
Mains electricity	220V - 60Hz
Driving side	right
Calling code	+63
ISO 3166 code	PH
Internet TLD	.ph
Website National Government Portal Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
While Manila is designated as the nation's capital, the seat of government is the National Capital Region, commonly known as "Metro Manila", of which the city of Manila is a part. Many national government institutions aside from Malacañang Palace and some agencies/institutions are located within the NCR.   Since March 10, 1945

The Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It has 7,641 islands. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila.

Spain (1521–1898), and the United States (1898–1946), colonized (controlled) the country and Palau, which is on the eastern side of the Philippine Sea. The Philippines and East Timor are the only nations in East Asia where most people are Christians. The Philippines got independence when the United States left in 1946.

The Philippine Islands are surrounded on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the west by the South China Sea, and on the south by the Celebes Sea. Borneo island is a few hundred kilometers to the southwest, Vietnam is to the west, and Taiwan is directly north.