The Philippines

Capital: Currency:
Manila Philippine Peso
Population: Official Languages:
109,581,078 Filipino, English

Where is the Philippines?

The Philippines is an island off Southeast Asia in the Pacific Ocean.
It is an archipelago [a sea or stretch of water having many islands]
consisting of 7,641 islands. Of these islands only 2,000 are
inhabited. The Philippines is bordered by China, Japan, Vietnam,
Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Palau.
National
Sport
Arnis the Philippines National Sport
and Martial Art.  
Arnis involves the use of force and
bladed-edge weapons, including
daggers, spears and other combat
weapons.

Popular
Sports
There are six major sports in the
Philippines: basketball, boxing, tennis,
football, billiards, and volleyball.
Basketball is the most played and the
most popular sport for the Filipinos.
The Filipinos love basketball because
its a fast game and Filipinos like a
sport that's dynamic, tactical and
entertaining.
 What does the
Philippines Flag
Represent?
The blue stripe symbolizes peace, truth and justice,
The red stripe symbolizes bravery
The white triangle symbolizes hope for equality.

In the centre of the white triangle there is a sun with eight rays, each representing
a Philippine province.  Around the sun there is 3 stars each representing one of
the country's three main island groups—Luzon, Visayas  and Mindanao. A unique
feature of this flag is that if it is hanging upside down it means the country is at
war.
Food
Adobo is a popular Filipino dish and cooking process in
the Philippines cuisine that involves meat, seafood, or vegetables marinated
in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and black peppercorns, which is browned in oil,
and simmered in the marinade.
 Links With Ireland
• A lot of nurses come from the Philippines to work in Ireland, they
have been coming since the late 1990s.

• My First Cousin Raymond has been living in the Philippines for the
last few years with his partner and 3 daughters, Khea 11, Risa 6 and
Avril 3.
 He claimed the land for Spain, but was killed on
Brief History the island when trying to resolve an argument

about the
between two local tribes. In 1935, the US made
the Philippines a self-governing territory under

Philippines President Manuel Quezon. In 1946, the

country became a fully independent nation.

The Philippines was originally

settled in by a group of people
called the Negritos.
They arrived at the islands
thousands of years ago. The
Polynesians arrived next and the
island became populated with
tribal people led by chieftains.
In 1521 the first European to
arrive was Ferdinand Magellan
from Portugal.
Manuel Quezon
What is the
Philippines Known
for
The Philippines is known for having an abundance of
beautiful beaches and delicious fruit. The Philippines is
one of the top producers of bananas, mangoes are the
most popular fruit in the Philippines. San Vicente is the
longest beach in the Philippines at 14 km.
 Climate
Temperatures in the Philippines usually range between 21 °C and 32 °C.
Temperatures can differ between regions and depending on the season,
however generally January is the coolest month while May is the
warmest.

National Animal
The Carabao is the national animal of the Philippines. It symbolizes,
strength, power, efficiency, perseverance and most of all, hard work.
Carabao are incredible animals that are used for work and farming tasks,
they plough fields, carry and move heavy objects and they are even used
for transportation.
Quiz Time: Philippines
1. What is the most popular fruit in the Philippines?
2. What month is the coolest in the Philippines?
3. What does the 3 stars represent on the Philippine flag?
4. The National Animal of the Philippines is the ————— ?
5. Who was the first European to go to the Philippines?
6. Name two major sports in the Philippines?
7. How long is the longest beach in the Philippines?
8. What is the name of this beach?
9. —————— is the National Sport of the Philippines?
10. In what year did the Philippines gain full independence as a nation?
 The End
By Caoimhe Collins