What is the area of the Philippines?

It covers an area of 299,700 square kilometers and has a population of1049,000 (2065.438+07).

The * * * Republic of the Philippines, referred to as the Philippines for short, is located in the western Pacific Ocean, a multi-ethnic archipelago country in Southeast Asia, with an area of 299,700 square kilometers and a population of149,000 (2065.438+07).

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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/kloc-Before the 4th century, there was no country in the Philippines, and most of them existed in the form of indigenous tribes.

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.

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.

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