The full English name of the Philippines: Republic? the Philippines
The Republic of the Philippines (Tagalog Republic), referred to as the Philippines for short, is a multi-ethnic archipelago country in Southeast Asia, with an area of 299,700 square kilometers and a population of 654.38+03 billion (2065.438+06).
The ancestors of Filipinos were immigrants from the Asian continent, and the Sulu Kingdom, a maritime power, was established in the14th century. Spain occupied and ruled the Philippines for more than 300 years from 65438 to 0565. 1898 was occupied by the United States. 1942 was occupied by Japan. After World War II, it became an American colony again. 1946, Philippine independence.
The Philippines is mainly divided into three island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. * * * There are more than 7,000 large and small islands, with many ethnic cultures and many customs and habits of the East and the West. Prehistoric blacks may be the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines. Subsequently, with the development of religion and trade, ethnic migration brought Malay culture, Indian culture, China culture and Islamic culture.
The Philippines is a major member of ASEAN and one of the 24 members of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). [1] The Philippines is a developing country, a newly industrialized country and one of the emerging markets in the world, but there is a big gap between the rich and the poor. Since independence, the Philippines has experienced several rapid economic growth. However, political turmoil, government corruption and social instability have become the main factors that hinder its development.
According to the Paris Treaty of 1898, the Washington Treaty of 1900 and the Anglo-American Treaty of 1930, the western boundary of Philippine territory is the line of 1 18 degrees east longitude. However, after the 1970s, the Philippines broke through this boundary through four military operations and illegally occupied eight islands and reefs in the Nansha Islands of China, which is the real origin of the territorial dispute between China and the Philippines.