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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelago of more than 7,100 islands in . The country has one of the world's longest coastlines with many fine beaches and excellent diving.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Manila and Quezon City.

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is the capital of the Philippines and a major attraction in terms of culture and heritage in the country. Sprawling, congested and polluted will likely be the first words to enter your mind when you think of but don't let that impression stop…

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is the largest city in the Philippines and is one of the constituent cities of . Commonly called QC or Kyusi, it has a population of almost 3 million people in 2020.

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is the largest and the most populous island of the Philippines. This article also covers a number of nearby smaller islands. The region has a variety of attractions, from the cobblestone streets of the colonial town of Vigan to the bustling metropolis of the national capital Manila to the rice terraces and pine forests of the Cordillera Region.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Visayas and Mindanao.

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The are a major island and cultural grouping in the midsection of the Philippines. Nearly every part of the region has some fine beaches along its coasts, some fine diving areas including many coral reefs teeming with life, and some interesting historic buildings, mostly from the Spanish colonial period, in the cities and some towns.

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is an island in the Philippines, the southernmost major island in the country and the second largest, after .

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is the westernmost province of the Philippines, with probably the most pristine natural environment away from its settlements. It is regularly voted among the most beautiful islands on Earth.

Philippines

  • Type: Country with 114,000,000 residents
  • Description: archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
  • Also known as: “Commonwealth of the Philippines”, “Las Felipinas”, “Las Islas Felipenas”, “Philippine Islands”, “Republic of the Philippines”, “República de las Filipinas”, “República de las Islas Filipinas”, “Repúblika ng Pilipinas”, “RP”, and “The Philippines”
  • Languages: Tagalog, English, Filipino, Cebuano, Iloko, Hiligaynon, Waray (Philippines), Pampanga, Bikol, Central Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Tausug, Maguindanaon, Chavacano, Kinaray-A, Surigaonon, Masbatenyo, Aklanon, Ibanag, Yakan, Cotabato Manobo, and Inabaknon
  • Neighbors: , , , , , and
  • Categories: sovereign state, archipelagic state, island country, and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
11.9426° or 11° 56′ 33″ north
Longitude of center
123.1732° or 123° 10′ 24″ east
Population
114,000,000
Area
300,000 km² (115,831 miles²)
Elevation
201 metres (659 feet)
Capital
Currency
Peso (PHP)
Phone code
.ph
Internet domain
63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26036352
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
1694008
Wiki­data ID
Q928
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Philippines” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Филиппин”
  • Achinese: “Filipina”
  • Afrikaans: “Filippyne”
  • Akan: “Philippines”
  • Albanian: “Filipine”
  • Albanian: “Filipinet”
  • Amharic: “ፊሊፒንስ”
  • Amis: “Philippines”
  • Angika: “फिलीपींस”
  • Arabic: “الفلبين”
  • Arabic: “الفيلبين”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية الفلبين”
  • Aragonese: “Filipinas”
  • Armenian: “Ֆիլիպիններ”
  • Armenian: “Ֆիլիպինների Հանրապետություն”
  • Arpitan: “Felipenes”
  • Arpitan: “Felipines”
  • Assamese: “ফিলিপাইন”
  • Assamese: “ফিলিপাইনছ”
  • Asturian: “Filipines”
  • Asturian: “Les Filipines”
  • Atayal: “Philippines”
  • Awadhi: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Azerbaijani: “Filippin”
  • Balinese: “Filipina”
  • Bambara: “Filipini”
  • Banjar: “Pilipina”
  • Bashkir: “Филиппин”
  • Basque: “Filipinak”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Pilipina”
  • Batak Toba: “Pilipina”
  • Bavarian: “Philippinen”
  • Belarusian: “Піліпіны”
  • Belarusian: “Філіпіны”
  • Bengali: “ফিলিপাইন”
  • Bengali: “ফিলিপিন্স”
  • Betawi: “Pilipénen”
  • Bhojpuri: “फिलिपींस”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফিলিপাইন”
  • Bislama: “Filipin”
  • Bosnian: “Filipini”
  • Brahui: “Filpáin”
  • Breton: “Filipinez”
  • Buginese: “ᨄᨗᨒᨗᨄᨗᨊ”
  • Bulgarian: “Филипини”
  • Burmese: “ဖိလစ်ပိုင်”
  • Burmese: “ဖိလစ်ပိုင်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Filipines”
  • Catalan: “República de les Filipines”
  • Cebuano: “Pilipinas”
  • Cebuano: “Republika sa Pilipinas”
  • Central Bikol: “Filipinas”
  • Central Bikol: “Pilipinas”
  • Central Kanuri: “Philippine”
  • Central Kanuri: “Philippines”
  • Central Kurdish: “فلیپین”
  • Chamorro: “Filipinas”
  • Chavacano: “Filipinas”
  • Chechen: “Филиппинаш”
  • Cherokee: “ᎠᏂᏈᎵᎩᏃ”
  • Chinese: “Fēilǜbīn”
  • Chinese: “Hui-li̍p-pin”
  • Chinese: “比島”
  • Chinese: “菲律宾”
  • Chinese: “菲律宾共和国”
  • Chinese: “菲律賓”
  • Chinese: “菲律賓共和國”
  • Chuvash: “Филиппинсем”
  • Cornish: “Filipinys”
  • Corsican: “Filippine”
  • Corsican: “Filippini”
  • Corsican: “Republica di i Filippini”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Filippinler”
  • Croatian: “Filipini”
  • Czech: “Filipíny”
  • Dagbani: “Philippines”
  • Danish: “Filippinerne”
  • Dhivehi: “ފިލިޕީންސް”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Fılipin”
  • Dotyali: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Dutch: “Filipijnen”
  • Dutch: “Filippijnen”
  • Dutch: “Republiek der Filipijnen”
  • Dutch: “Republiek der Filippijnen”
  • Dzongkha: “ཕི་ལི་པིནས”
  • Eastern Mari: “Филиппин-влак”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الفيليبين”
  • Esperanto: “Filipinoj”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Filipinoj”
  • Estonian: “Filipiini Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Filipiinid”
  • Ewe: “Filipini nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Hilipinas”
  • Faroese: “Filipsoyggjar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Philippines”
  • Fijian: “Filipaini”
  • Filipino: “Pilipinas”
  • Filipino: “República de Filipinas”
  • Filipino: “Republika ng Pilipinas”
  • Finnish: “Filippiinien tasavalta”
  • Finnish: “Filippiinit”
  • French: “Îles Philippines”
  • French: “la République des Philippines”
  • French: “Phil.”
  • French: “Philippines”
  • French: “République des Philippines”
  • French: “RP”
  • Fulah: “Filipiin”
  • Gagauz: “Filippinner”
  • Galician: “Filipinas”
  • Gan Chinese: “菲律賓”
  • Ganda: “Bizinga bya Firipino”
  • Georgian: “ფილიპინები”
  • German: “die Philippinen”
  • German: “Philippinen”
  • German: “Republik der Philippinen”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Philippines”
  • Gilaki: “فيليپين”
  • Goan Konkani: “Philippines”
  • Goan Konkani: “फिलीपिन्स”
  • Gorontalo: “Pilipina”
  • Gothic: “𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌰𐌿𐌾𐍉𐍃”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία των Φιλιππίνων”
  • Greek: “Φιλιππίνες”
  • Guarani: “Filipina”
  • Guarani: “Filipína”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Filipin”
  • Gujarati: “ફિલિપિન્સ”
  • Gujarati: “ફિલિપીન્ઝ”
  • Gujarati: “ફીલીપાઈન્સ”
  • Haitian: “Filipin”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Fî-li̍t-pîn”
  • Hausa: “Filipin”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻĀina Pilipino”
  • Hebrew: “הפיליפינים”
  • Hebrew: “פיליפינים”
  • Hindi: “फिलिपींस”
  • Hindi: “फिलीपिंस”
  • Hindi: “फ़िलीपीन्स”
  • Hungarian: “Fülöp-szigetek”
  • Hungarian: “Fülöp-szigeteki Köztársaság”
  • Iban: “Filipina”
  • Icelandic: “Filippseyjar”
  • Ido: “Filipini”
  • Igbo: “Philippines”
  • Iloko: “Filipinas”
  • Iloko: “Pilipinas”
  • Iloko: “Republika ti Filipinas”
  • Inari Sami: “Filippiineh”
  • Inari Sami: “Filippiinij täsiväldi”
  • Indonesian: “Filipina”
  • Interlingua: “Philippinas”
  • Interlingue: “Filipines”
  • Inupiaq: “Philippines”
  • Inupiaq: “Pilipinat”
  • Irish: “na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha”
  • Irish: “Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha”
  • Italian: “Filippine”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Filipiinz”
  • Japanese: “フィリピン”
  • Japanese: “フィリピン共和国”
  • Javanese: “Filipina”
  • Javanese: “Pilipina”
  • Kabardian: “Филипинхэр”
  • Kabiyè: “Filipini”
  • Kabyle: “Filippin”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Filipina”
  • Kalaallisut: “Philippines”
  • Kalmyk: “Пилипмудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್”
  • Kannada: “ಫಿಲಿಫೈನ್ಸ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Filippin”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Филиппинле”
  • Kashmiri: “فِلِپیٖن”
  • Kashmiri: “فِلِپِینس”
  • Kashubian: “Filipinë”
  • Kazakh: “Филиппин аралдары”
  • Kazakh: “Филиппин”
  • Kazakh: “Филиппиндер”
  • Khmer: “ហ្វីលីពីន”
  • Khmer: “ហ្វ៊ីលីពីន”
  • Kikuyu: “Filipino”
  • Kikuyu: “Philippines”
  • Kinaray-A: “Filipinas”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kafilipinohan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Republika kang Filipinas”
  • Kinaray-A: “Republika kang Kafilipinohan”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Filipine”
  • Kirghiz: “Филиппин”
  • Kirghiz: “Филиппиндер”
  • Komering: “Filipina”
  • Komi: “Филиппинъяс”
  • Kongo: “Philippines”
  • Korean: “필리핀 공화국”
  • Korean: “필리핀”
  • Kotava: “Pilipina”
  • Kurdish: “Filipîn”
  • Kurdish: “Filîpîn”
  • Kurdish: “فلیپین”
  • Ladin: “Filipines”
  • Ladino: “Filipinas”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດຟີລິບປິນ”
  • Lao: “ຟິລິບປິນ”
  • Latin: “Philippinae”
  • Latvian: “Filipīnas”
  • Lezghian: “Филиппинар”
  • Ligurian: “Filippinn-e”
  • Limburgan: “Filipiene”
  • Lingala: “Filipinɛ”
  • Lingala: “Filípino”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Pilipinas”
  • Literary Chinese: “菲律賓”
  • Lithuanian: “Filipinai”
  • Livvi: “Filippinat”
  • Lojban: “pilipinas”
  • Lombard: “Filipinn”
  • Low German: “Filippienen”
  • Low German: “Filippynen”
  • Low German: “Filippynske Republik”
  • Low German: “Filipynen”
  • Low German: “Philippinen”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Filipiny”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Nfilipi”
  • Lule Sami: “Filippijnna”
  • Luxembourgish: “Philippinnen”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Filipinji”
  • Macedonian: “Филипини”
  • Madurese: “Filipina”
  • Madurese: “P̣ilipina”
  • Magahi: “फिलिपिन्स गणराज्य”
  • Magahi: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Maithili: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Malagasy: “Filipina”
  • Malay: “Filipina”
  • Malay: “Republik Filipina”
  • Malay: “فيليڤينا”
  • Malayalam: “ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ്”
  • Malayalam: “റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക് ഓഫ് ദ് ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ്”
  • Maltese: “Filippini”
  • Maltese: “il-Filippini”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika tal-Filippini”
  • Manipuri: “ꯐꯤꯂꯤꯄꯤꯟꯁ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯐꯤꯂꯤꯞꯄꯤꯟꯁ”
  • Manx: “Ny h-Ellanyn Philippeenagh”
  • Maori: “Piripīni”
  • Marathi: “फिलिपाईन्स”
  • Marathi: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Marathi: “फिलीपिन्स”
  • Mazanderani: “فیلیپین”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hĭ-lĭ-pĭng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hui-le̍k-pin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hui-lip-pin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hui-li̍p-pin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hui-li̍p-pín”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hui-li̍t-pin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hui-lu̍t-pin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Philippines”
  • Minangkabau: “Filipina”
  • Minangkabau: “Pilipina”
  • Mingrelian: “ფილიპინეფი”
  • Mirandese: “Filipinas”
  • Moksha: “Пилиппинтне”
  • Mongolian: “Филиппин”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “فيليپين”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڤيليپين”
  • Mossi: “Philippines”
  • Nauru: “Eben Piripin”
  • Navajo: “Kéyah Dańlíinii”
  • Nepali: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Newari: “फिलिपिन्स”
  • Nias: “Filipina”
  • North Ndebele: “Philippines”
  • Northern Frisian: “Filipiinen”
  • Northern Luri: “فیلیپین”
  • Northern Sami: “Filipiinnaid dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Filipiinnat”
  • Northern Sami: “Filippiinnaid dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Filippiinnat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Filippinene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Filippinene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Filippinane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Filippinene”
  • Norwegian: “Filippinene”
  • Novial: “Filipines”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Filipinas”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܦܝܠܝܦܝܢܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Filippinīega”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Philippines”
  • Oriya: “ଫିଲିପାଇନସ”
  • Oriya: “ଫିଲିପାଇନସ୍”
  • Oriya: “ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ”
  • Oromo: “Filiippiinsi”
  • Ossetian: “Филиппинтæ”
  • Paiwan: “Pilipinas”
  • Pali: “Philipindesa”
  • Pali: “Philipindeso”
  • Pali: “𑀨𑀺𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁂𑀲”
  • Pali: “𑀨𑀺𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁂𑀲𑁄”
  • Pampanga: “Filipinas”
  • Pampanga: “Filipínas”
  • Pampanga: “Kafilipínuan”
  • Pampanga: “Republika ning Filipínas”
  • Pampanga: “Republika ning Kafilipínuan”
  • Pangasinan: “Filipinas”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਿਲਪੀਨਜ਼”
  • Panjabi: “ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼”
  • Papiamento: “Filipinas”
  • Persian: “فیلیپین”
  • Picard: “Pilipines”
  • Piemontese: “Filipin-e”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Felapiins”
  • Polish: “Filipiny”
  • Portuguese: “Filipinas”
  • Portuguese: “República das Filipinas”
  • Pushto: “پېليپين”
  • Pushto: “فلپين”
  • Pushto: “فلېپين”
  • Quechua: “Filipinas”
  • Quechua: “Philipinakuna”
  • Romanian: “Filipine”
  • Romansh: “Filippinas”
  • Rundi: “Amazinga ya Filipine”
  • Rundi: “Filipine”
  • Russia Buriat: “Филиппин”
  • Russia Buriat: “Филиппинэ”
  • Russian: “Республика Филиппины”
  • Russian: “Филиппины”
  • Rusyn: “Філіпіны”
  • Sakizaya: “Philippines”
  • Samoan: “Filipaina”
  • Samogitian: “Fėlėpinā”
  • Sango: “Filipîni”
  • Sanskrit: “कलिङ्गद्वीपः”
  • Sanskrit: “फ़िलिपीन्स्”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱤᱯᱟᱭᱤᱱ”
  • Sardinian: “Filipinas”
  • Scots: “Philippines”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan Filipineach”
  • Serbian: “Филипини”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Filipini”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၾီလိပ်ႈပိၼ်း”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၾီႇလိပ်ႈပိၼ်း”
  • Shona: “Philippines”
  • Sicilian: “Filippini”
  • Sicilian: “Fulippini”
  • Silesian: “Filipiny”
  • Sindhi: “فلپائن”
  • Sindhi: “فلپائينز”
  • Sinhala: “පිලිපීනය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Filippiin”
  • Skolt Sami: “Filippiini tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Slovak: “Filipíny”
  • Slovenian: “Filipini”
  • Somali: “Filibiin”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فیلیپین”
  • Southern Sotho: “Philippines”
  • Spanish: “Filipinas”
  • Spanish: “República de Filipinas”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Filipins”
  • Sundanese: “Pilipina”
  • Swahili: “Ufilipino”
  • Swati: “IFiliphayi”
  • Swedish: “Filippinerna”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Filippinerna”
  • Swiss German: “Philippine”
  • Sylheti: “ꠙꠤꠟꠤꠙꠤꠘ”
  • Tagalog: “Pilipinas”
  • Tagalog: “Pinas”
  • Tagalog: “Republika ng Pilipinas”
  • Tajik: “Филиппин”
  • Talysh: “Filippin”
  • Tamil: “பிலிப்பீன்சு”
  • Tamil: “பிலிப்பைன்ஸ்”
  • Taroko: “Philippines”
  • Tatar: “Филипин”
  • Tatar: “Филиппин”
  • Telugu: “ఫిలిప్పీన్స్”
  • Telugu: “ఫిలిప్పైన్స్”
  • Tetum: “Filipinas”
  • Thai: “ประเทศฟิลิปปินส์”
  • Thai: “ฟิลิปปินส์”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐฟิลิปปินส์”
  • Tibetan: “ཕི་ལི་པིནས྄།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྥི་ལི་པིན།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྥི་ལི་པིན​།”
  • Tigrinya: “ፊሊፒንስ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Filipin”
  • Tok Pisin: “Pilipin”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Filipaini”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Philippinen”
  • Tumbuka: “Philippines”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “الفلپين”
  • Turkish: “Filipinler Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Filipinler”
  • Turkmen: “Filippinler”
  • Twi: “Philippines”
  • Tyap: “Filipin”
  • Udmurt: “Филиппин”
  • Uighur: “فىلىپپىن”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Філіппіни”
  • Ukrainian: “Філіпіни”
  • Ukrainian: “Філіппіни”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Filipiny”
  • Urdu: “فلپائن”
  • Uzbek: “Filippin”
  • Venetian: “Fiłipina”
  • Venetian: “Fiłipine”
  • Veps: “Filippinad”
  • Veps: “Filippinoiden Tazovaldkund”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hoà Philippines”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Philippines”
  • Vietnamese: “Phi-líp-pin (Phi Luật Tân)”
  • Vietnamese: “Phi-lip-pin”
  • Vietnamese: “Philippines”
  • Vlaams: “Filipynn”
  • Vlax Romani: “Philippines”
  • Volapük: “Filipuäns”
  • Võro: “Filipiiniq”
  • Walloon: “Filipenes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pilipinas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Republika han Pilipinas”
  • Welsh: “Gweriniaeth y Philipinau”
  • Welsh: “Philipinau”
  • Welsh: “Pilipinas”
  • Welsh: “y Philipinau”
  • Welsh: “Y Philipinau”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Philippines”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd y Philipinau”
  • Western Balochi: “پیلیپین”
  • Western Frisian: “Filipijnen”
  • Western Frisian: “Filipinen”
  • Western Mari: “Филиппинвлӓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “فلپائن”
  • Wolof: “Filipiin”
  • Wolof: “Filipin”
  • Wu Chinese: “菲律宾”
  • Yakut: “Пилипиин”
  • Yiddish: “פיליפינען”
  • Yiddish: “פֿיליפּינען”
  • Yiddish: “רעפּובליק פֿון די פֿיליפּינען”
  • Yoruba: “Filipini”
  • Yoruba: “Filipínì”
  • Yue Chinese: “菲律賓”
  • Zeeuws: “Filepien’n”
  • Zeeuws: “Filepijn’n”
  • Zhuang: “Feihlizbinh”
  • Zulu: “i-Philippines”
  • “Fėlėpinā”
  • “Filipiiniq”
  • “Filipina”
  • “Filipinas”
  • “Filipinas Axkayotl”
  • “Filipinji”
  • “ma Pilipina”
  • “ph”
  • “PH”
  • “PHI”
  • “PHL”
  • “Pilipinas”
  • “Pilipinas Axkayotl”
  • “फिलिपींस”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Philippines”. Photo: Matthias Hiltner, CC BY 2.0.