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Capital of the Philippines
Manila, on the island of Luzon.
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Three island groups
Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
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Largest island
Luzon.
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Highest mountain
Mount Apo on Mindanao, about 2,954 metres.
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Longest river
The Cagayan River in northern Luzon.
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Largest lake
Laguna de Bay, south-east of Metro Manila.
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Official languages
Filipino and English.
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Currency
The peso, divided into 100 centavos.
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Magellan reaches the islands
1521, and he is killed at Mactan.
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First lasting Spanish settlement
Cebu in 1565 under Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.
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Manila made the Spanish capital
1571.
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Katipunan founded by
Andres Bonifacio in 1892.
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Rizal's two novels
Noli Me Tangere (1887) and El Filibusterismo (1891).
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Independence proclaimed at Kawit
12 June 1898 by Emilio Aguinaldo.
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Treaty that passed the islands to the US
The Treaty of Paris of 1898, for 20 million dollars.
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Commonwealth begins
1935, with Manuel Quezon as first president.
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Independence recognised by the United States
4 July 1946.
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People Power Revolution
February 1986 along EDSA.
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Term of the president
Six years, with no re-election.
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Number of senators
Twenty-four.
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Smallest unit of local government
The barangay.
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Weather agency
PAGASA, which names tropical cyclones.
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National bird
The Philippine eagle.
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Banaue Rice Terraces
In Ifugao, listed by UNESCO in 1995.
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Founding of ASEAN
1967, with the Philippines as a founding member.
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National Tree of the Philippines
Narra (Pterocarpus indicus), declared in 1934.

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