The+Philippines

=The Philippines=

country is the world's 12th most populous, with a population of over 90 million people.
 * The Philippines is a group of 7 107 big and small islands that lies in Southeastern Asia, between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. It has English as one of their two official languages (which is English and Filipino) because USA was interventing and colonizing the archipelago in the 19th century. The

History
Human fossiles shows us that the archipelago has been lived on for thousands of years. The Negritos is the aboriginal people of the Philippines, who arrived at least 30 000 years ago. The country have had several religions over the years, but in these days over 90% identifies themselves as Christians, with 81% belonging to the Roman Catholic Church. || ||

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