Which country is philippines?

For the Philippines.

The Republic of the Philippines (Tagalog: Republika ng Pilipinas) is located in the Western Pacific, a multi-ethnic archipelago country in Southeast Asia, with an area of ??299,700 square kilometers and a population of 104.9 million (2017).

The ancestors of the Filipinos were immigrants from the Asian continent and established the Sulu State around the 14th century. It became a Spanish colony in 1565. Declared independence on June 12, 1898. After the Spanish-American War in the same year, it became a U.S. territory. It was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. After World War II, it became a U.S. colony again. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines gained independence.

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1. The Philippines is located in southeastern Asia. It faces Taiwan Province of China across the Bashi Strait to the north, faces Indonesia and Malaysia across the Sulawesi Sea and Balabac Strait to the south and southwest, borders the South China Sea to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east.

2. There are more than 7,000 islands in Japan, including 11 major islands such as Luzon, Mindanao and Samar, which account for 96% of the country's total area. The coastline is approximately 18,533 kilometers long.

3. The terrain of the Philippine Islands is mostly mountainous, accounting for more than 3/4 of the total area; there are more than 200 volcanoes, including 21 active volcanoes. Except for a few islands with relatively broad inland plains, most islands only have narrow plains scattered along the coast.

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