What is the origin of the name Philippines?

The Philippines is called the Republic of the Philippines. The Japanese army occupied Manila 1942 on June 2, and attacked the then peninsula on April 9. On May 10, American troops stationed in Mindanao and the mountainous area of Northern Luzon surrendered. 18, American troops stationed in Banna Island surrendered. At this point, the Japanese army controlled the whole Philippines.

1943101October14th, Japanese occupation forces helped Lawwill to establish a puppet regime, which was called the second Republic of the Philippines in history and officially called the Republic of the Philippines.

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The Philippines consists of 7 107 islands, with an area of about 300,000 square kilometers and a total coastline of 36,289 kilometers, ranking fifth in the world. The Philippine Islands are hilly, and only the central part of Luzon Island has a large plain.

There are more than 200 volcanoes in China, including 2/kloc-0 active volcanoes. The Abo volcano in Mindanao is the highest peak in the Philippines, with an altitude of 2954 meters. Mayon volcano on Luzon Island is the largest active volcano in the Philippines, and Bay Lake is the largest lake in China.

The Philippine coastline is 18533 km long, with many natural harbors, forest coverage rate exceeding 40%, and gold, silver, chromium, copper, manganese, iron and other mineral deposits. Moreover, the northern Philippines has a maritime tropical monsoon climate and the southern Philippines has a tropical rainforest climate.

The whole country is generally humid and hot, and the whole year can be divided into three seasons, namely, March-May is dry and hot season, June 6- 10/October is rainy season,165438+1October, and 12- February is cool season.

The southwest monsoon from May to 65438+ 10 is called Habagant, and the dry northeast monsoon from 10 to April is called Amihan. The temperature is usually between 2 1℃ and 32℃, but it varies slightly with the seasons. 1 is the coolest month and May is the hottest month.

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