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Philippines
 The
Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines,
is an island country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its
capital city. The Philippines comprises 7,107 islands in the western
Pacific Ocean. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous
country with a population of about 90 million people. Its national
economy is the 46th largest in the world with an estimated 2008
gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$154.073 billion. There are
more than 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide, about 11% of
the total population of the Philippines. It is a multi-ethnic nation.
A former colony of Spain, and the United States, the Philippines
is one of two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Asia-Pacific,
the other being East Timor. European, and Indigenous cultures are
found throughout the islands; there are also followers of Islam,
and among others. Ecologically, the Philippines is among one of
the most megadiverse countries in the world.
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