FACTS AND FIGURES

OF THE PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
 About the Philippines

7, 641

The 7th highest number 7, 107

of islands in the world.
Source: World atlas
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 The Countries that has the most
number of Islands in the World.
1. Sweden – 221, 800
2. Finland – 188, 000
3. Norway – 55, 00
4. Canada – 52, 455
5. Indonesia 17, 508
6. Australia – 8,222
7. Philippines – 7,641
8. Japan -6, 853
9. United Kingdom – 6, 289
10. Greece – 6, 000
 English
Languages:
Tagalog

Dialects
Tagalog Bicol
Cebuano Waray
Ilocano Pampango
Hiligaynon / Pangasinense
Ilonggo
The Philippines was the first country in
Southeast Asia to gain independence
after World War II, in The Philippines
1945.
The world’s biggest pair of shoes was
made in Marikina City, Philippines, in
2002..
The Philippines are named
after King Philip II of Spain.
Explorer Ruy López de
Villalobos named the
Eastern Visayas Felipenas
first, and the name was
later applied to the entire
archipelago. The country’s
official name is the
Republic of the Philippines.
Of the top 10 largest
shopping malls in
the world, three are
found in the
Philippines:
SM Megamall, SM
North Edsa, and SM
Mall of Asia.
 The world’s largest pearl was
discovered by a Filipino diver in the
Palawan Sea in 1934.

“The Pearl of
Lao Tze”
 The Philippines is the world’s
largest exporter of coconuts and
tropical fruits, such as papaya and
mangosteen.
The Philippines is the only majority Christian
nation in Asia. Eighty percent of its population
identifies as Roman Catholic.
The Philippines has a population of
more than 100 million people, which
makes it the 12th most populous
country in the world.
 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
KAGAWARAN NG TURISMO

WHAT IS THE SLOGAN OF D.O.T?

Who is the current D.O.T Secretary?

Maria Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco (born December 25, 1981)

Philippine Major
Historical Events
Philippine Major Historical Events
Date Events
30,000 B.C. Ancestors of the Negritos, the
first inhabitants of the
Philippines, settle on the islands.
3,000 Austronesians reach the islands
on outrigger canoes.
A.D. 8 to 1377 The Hindu Malay Empire based in
Sumatra rules most of the
Philippines.
1250 The Datus from Borneo arrive in
the Philippines.
DATES EVENTS
The Chinese establish trading posts on
1402 Luzon Island.

1450 Muslim missionaries arrive in Sulu.

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan

1521 reaches Cebu Island and lands at Samar.

Ruy López de Villalobos names the Eastern

Visayas Felipenas in honor of the future
King Phillip II of Spain, and the name is later
1543 applied to the entire archipelago.
DATES EVENTS

1565 Miguel López de Legazpi establishes a

Spanish colony on the island of Cebu.

1571 Legazpi founds Manila.

1593 Doctrina Christiana is the first book

published in the Philippines.

1595 Manila is declared the official capital city.

1611 Dominican friars establish the University of

Santo Tomas in Manila.

1762 The British occupy Manila after the Spanish

defeat in the Seven Years’ War in Europe.
DATES EVENTS
1796 First American trading ships visit the
Philippines.

1800 Governor José Basco y Vargas introduces

sugarcane and tobacco as cash crops.

1811 Philippines’ first newspaper, Del Superior

Govierno, is published.

1834 Manila is opened to world trade and foreign

investment.
Cavite Conspiracy happens; José Rizal, a
1872 Filipino National Hero, leads the
Propaganda Movement.

1892 Rizal founds La Liga Filipina. First railroad

in Philippines opens.