The Philippines Republic of the Philippines , is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia . In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It is the world's twelfth-most-populous country , with diverse ethnicities and cultures . Manila is the country's capital , and its most populated city is Quezon City . Both are within Metro Manila .
Negritos , the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by waves of Austronesian peoples . The adoption of Animism , Hinduism with Buddhist influence, and Islam established island-kingdoms ruled by datus , rajas , and sultans . Overseas trade with neighbors such as the late Tang or Song empire brought Sinitic -speaking Sangley / "Langlang " merchants to the archipelago, which would gradually settle in and intermix . The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan , a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Castile , marked the beginning of Spanish colonization . In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos Las Islas Filipinas King Philip II of Castile . Spanish colonization via New Spain , beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming ruled by the Crown of Castile , as part of the Spanish Empire , for more than 300 years. Catholic Christianity became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade . Hispanic immigrants from Latin America and Iberia would also selectively colonize. The Philippine Revolution began in 1896, and became entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War . Spain ceded the territory to the United States, and Filipino revolutionaries declared the First Philippine Republic . The ensuing Philippine–American War ended with the United States controlling the territory until the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II . After the United States retook the Philippines from the Japanese , the Philippines became independent in 1946. The country has had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a decades-long dictatorship in a nonviolent revolution .
The Philippines is an emerging market and a newly industrialized country , whose economy is transitioning from being agricultural to service- and manufacturing-centered. It is a founding member of the United Nations , the World Trade Organization , ASEAN , the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit ; it is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and a major non-NATO ally of the United States. Its location as an island country on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes it prone to earthquakes and typhoons . The Philippines has a variety of natural resources and a globally-significant level of biodiversity . (Full article...
The Manila Light Rail Transit System LRT , is an urban rail transit system that primarily serves Metro Manila , Philippines. Although categorized as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it presently has characteristics of a rapid transit system, such as high passenger throughput, exclusive right-of-way, and later use of full metro rolling stock. The LRT is jointly-operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government corporation attached to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), and the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC). Along with the Manila Metro Rail Transit System and the Metro Commuter Line of the Philippine National Railways , the system makes up Metro Manila's rail infrastructure.
The LRT's 37.24-kilometer-route (23.14 mi) is mostly elevated and consists of two lines and 33 stations.
Line 1 , also called the Green Line (formerly known as the Yellow Line), opened in 1984 and travels a north–south route.
Line 2 , the Blue Line (formerly, the Purple Line), was completed in 2004 and runs east–west. The original Line 1 was built as a no-frills means of public transport and lacks some features and comforts, but the newer Line 2 has been built with additional standards and criteria in mind like
barrier-free access. In 2022, the system served 305,264 passengers on average. Security guards at each station conduct inspections and provide assistance. A reusable plastic magnetic ticketing system has replaced the previous token-based system in 2001, and the Flash Pass was introduced as a step towards a more integrated transportation system. In 2015, the plastic magnetic tickets were replaced with the
Beep , a contactless smart card, introduced to provide a common ticketing to 3 rail lines and some bus lines. (
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Go to the Tambayan (Philippine WikiProject) and help out with articles. You can join one or more of the various task forces within the WikiProject. Apolinario Mabini y Maranan Tagalog: [apolɪˈnaɾ.jo maˈbinɪ] revolutionary leader , educator , lawyer , and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government , and then as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic . He is regarded as the "utak ng himagsikan " or "brain of the revolution" and is also considered as a national hero in the Philippines. Mabini's work and thoughts on the government shaped the Philippines' fight for independence over the next century.
Two of his works,
El Verdadero Decálogo (
The True Decalogue , June 24, 1898) and
Programa Constitucional de la República Filipina (
The Constitutional Program of the Philippine Republic , 1898), became instrumental in the drafting of what would eventually be known as the
Malolos Constitution . (
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The following are images from various Philippines-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2 The Kutkut art from Samar (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 4 A grandmaster of
Arnis . (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 5 Filipino traditional dance at a festival (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 6 Bahay na bato , a traditional Filipino house (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 7 Old Senate Hall with
Estilo Tampinco style of carving and ornamentation (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 8 Sungka , a traditional Filipino game. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 10 Kalesa , a traditional Philippine urban transportation, in front of
Manila Cathedral entrance (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 11 The
University of Santo Tomas , located in
Manila , was established in 1611. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 13 Mila del Sol starred in one of the earliest Filipino movies,
Giliw Ko (1939), along with
Fernando Poe Sr. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 17 Villa Escudero exhibit depicting 19th century Filipino family in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 19 Manny Pacquiao , the only
8-division world boxing champion in history. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 21 Carabao is a major symbol of Filipinos hard labor. And is known to be the "Filipino farmer's bestfriend". (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 24 Parol (Christmas lanterns) being sold during the Christmas season (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 27 Dominant ethnic groups by province. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 28 Pineapple fiber is used to create traditional Philippine garments. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 30 Filipina in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 31 An
Itneg shaman offering pigs to
anito spirits, 1922 (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 35 A performer depicting a
babaylan (shaman) (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 37 Tortoise -shell and silver Salakot (from
Culture of the Philippines )
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