Which direction is the Philippines in China?

In the southeast, it faces Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province Province of China across the sea.

The Republic of the Philippines (Republic of Tagalog), 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 of1049,000 (20 17). ?

The ancestors of Filipinos were immigrants from the Asian continent, and Sulu was founded around14th century. 1565 became a Spanish colony. 1898 June 12 declared independence. In the same year, after the Spanish-American War, it became the territory of the United States.

From 1942 to 1945, it was occupied by Japan. After World War II, it became an American colony again. 1On July 4th, 946, the Philippines gained its 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.

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1390, Minangkabau, an immigrant from Sumatra, established the first country in Philippine history-Sulu Sultanate. The border is located in sulu archipelago, the western end of the Muslim Autonomous Region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, between Basilan and Tavetawi provinces, palawan island, North Borneo and other islands around the Sulu Sea. The capital is located in Lehe.

14 17, a delegation of 340 family members led by three kings of sulu archipelago, Ba Du GeBa-Halla in the east, Mahara Gemadin in the west and Ba Du Gebalaba in the cave, was received by Judy, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Back in Dezhou, Shandong Province, the East King Baduge Pahala died of illness and was ordered to be buried in China. Ming Chengzu sent doctor Chen Shiqi to pay homage, buried Ba-Halla in Texas with the courtesy of the king, and "Ding Gong" in posthumous title.

After Ba-Halla was buried, the Western King and Yao set off for home, while the Eastern Wang family returned abroad except the eldest son, and the other families included Princess Gebenning and his second son Andulu and his third son Wenhala. 10 people stay in Texas to watch the tomb.

From 65438 to 0450, the Arab businessman Saeed Abu Birkel established the Islamic regime in the southern Philippines.

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