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Capital: manila
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of the philippines conventional short form: philippines local long form: republika ng pilipinas local short form: pilipinas
National holiday: independence day. 12 june (1898) note: 12 june 1898 was date of declaration of independence from spain; 4 july 1946 was date of independence from us
Government type
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republic
Administrative divisions: 79 provinces and 117 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. 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. zamboanga sibugay : chartered cities: alaminos. angeles. antipolo. bacolod. bago. baguio. bais. balanga. batangas. bayawan. bislig. butuan. cabanatuan. cadiz. cagayan de oro. calamba. calapan. calbayog. candon. canlaon. cauayan. cavite. cebu. cotabato. dagupan. danao. dapitan. davao. digos. dipolog. dumaguete. escalante. gapan. general santos. gingoog. himamaylan. iligan. iloilo. isabela. iriga. kabankalan. kalookan. kidapawan. koronadal. la carlota. laoag. lapu-lapu. las pinas. legazpi. ligao. lipa. lucena. maasin. makati. malabon. malaybalay. malolos. mandaluyong. mandaue. manila. marawi. markina. masbate. muntinlupa. munoz. naga. olongapo. ormoc. oroquieta. ozamis. pagadian. palayan. panabo. paranaque. pasay. pasig. passi. puerto princesa. quezon. roxas. sagay. samal. san carlos (in negros occidental). san carlos (in pangasinan). san fernando (in la union). san fernando (in pampanga). san jose. san jose del monte. san pablo. santa rosa. santiago. silay. sipalay. sorsogon. surigao. tabaco. tacloban. tacurong. tagaytay. tagbilaran. taguig. tagum. talisay (in cebu). talisay (in negros oriental). tanauan. tangub. tanjay. tarlac. toledo. tuguegarao. trece martires. urdaneta. valencia. valenzuela. victorias. vigan. zamboanga |
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Independence:
12 june 1898 (from spain)
Political parties and leaders: kabalikat ng malayang pilipino (kampi) [ronaldo puno. president]; laban ng demokratikong pilipino (struggle of filipino democrats) or ldp [edgardo angara. president]; lakas ng edsa (national union of christian democrats) or lakas [jose de venecia. president; gloria macapagal-arroyo. chairperson]; liberal party or lp [franklin drilon. president; jose atienza. jr.. chairman]; nacionalista [manuel villar. president]; national people's coalition or npc [eduardo cojuangco. chairman emeritus; frisco san juan. president]; pdp-laban [aquilino pimentel. president]; people's reform party [miriam defensor santiago. president]; promdi [emilio osmena. president]; pwersa ng masang pilipino (party of the philippine masses) or pmp [joseph estrada. president; juan ponce enrile. chairman]; reporma [renato de villa. chairman]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
akbayan [reps. etta rosales. mario aguja. and risa hontiveros-baraquiel]; anakpawis [reps. crispin beltran and rafael mariano]; association of philippine electric cooperatives (apec) [reps. edgar valdez. ernesto pablo. and sunny rose madamba]; bayan muna [reps. satur ocampo. joel virador. and teodoro casino. jr.]; buhay [reps. rene velarde and hans christian seneres]; butil [rep. benjamin cruz]; cibac [rep. emmanuel joel villanueva]; gabriela [rep. liza maza]; partido ng manggagawa [rep. renato magtubo] (2003)
International organization participation
: apec. apt. arf. asdb. asean. bis. cp. eas. fao. g-24. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct (signatory). icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. minustah. nam. oas (observer). onub. opcw. pif (partner). un. un security council (temporary). unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unmil. unoci. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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