Capital:Manila
Population:87,857,473
Area:300,000 sq km
Climate:tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Languages:two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
Currency:Philippine peso (PHP)
Government:republic
Religions:Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
