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Two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a white equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; in the center of the triangle is a yellow sun with eight primary rays (each containing three individual rays) and in each corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star.
 
          Philippines          
 
 Philippines 
 Capital: 
Manila
 Administrative
 divisions: 
80 provinces and 39 chartered cities

provinces: Abra, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Aklan, Albay, Antique, Apayao, Aurora, Basilan, Bataan, Batanes, Batangas, Biliran, Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Cagayan, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Camiguin, Capiz, Catanduanes, Cavite, Cebu, Compostela, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Dinagat Islands, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Ifugao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, Isabela, Kalinga, Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, La Union, Leyte, Maguindanao, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain Province, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, North Cotabato, Northern Samar, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Palawan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon, Quirino, Rizal, Romblon, Samar, Sarangani, Siquijor, Sorsogon, South Cotabato, Southern Leyte, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Tarlac, Tawi-Tawi, Zambales, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay

chartered cities: Angeles, Antipolo, Bacolod, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Caloocan, Cebu, Cotabato, Dagupan, Davao, General Santos, Iligan, Iloilo, Lapu-Lapu, Las Pinas, Lucena, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Mandaue, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Naga, Navotas, Olongapo, Ormoc, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, Puerto Princesa, Quezon, San Juan, Santiago, Tacloban, Taguig, Valenzuela, and Zamboanga.
 Population: 
84,525,639 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English, eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
13° 00' N, 122° 00' E
 Area total: 
300,000 sq. km
 Land area: 
298,170 sq. km
 Water area: 
1,830 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
36,289 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Philippine Sea 0 m - Mount Apo 2,954 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ph
 Currency: 
Philippine peso (PHP)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of the Philippines
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Philippines
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republika ng Pilipinas
 Name - local
 short form: 
Pilipinas
 Independence: 
4 July 1946 (from US)
 Constitution: 
2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day (from Spain), 12 June (1898)
12 June 1898 is the date of independence from Spain, 4 July 1946 is the date of independence from the US
 
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