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26% arable land; 11% permanent crops; 4% meadows and pastures; 40% forest and woodland; 19% other; includes 5% irrigated
Environment:
astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; subject to landslides, active volcanoes, destructive earthquakes, tsunami; deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
Population
Population:
64,906,990 (July 1989), growth rate 2.7% (1989)
Birth rate:
34 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate:
7 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate:
1 migrant/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate:
48 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth:
63 years male, 69 years female (1989)
Total fertility rate:
4.6 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality:
noun--Filipino(s); adjective--Philippine
Ethnic divisions:
91.5% Christian Malay, 4% Muslim Malay, 1.5% Chinese, 3% other
Religion:
83% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim, 3% Buddhist and other
Language:
Pilipino (based on Tagalog) and English; both official
Literacy:
88% (est.)
Labor force:
22,889,000; 47% agriculture, 20% industry and commerce, 13.5% services, 10% government, 9.5% other (1987)
Organized labor:
2,064 registered unions; total membership 4.8 million (includes 2.7 million members of the National Congress of Farmers Organizations)
Communication
Railroads:
378 km operable on Luzon, 34% government owned (1982)
Highways:
156,000 km total (1984); 29,000 km paved; 77,000 km gravel, crushed-stone, or stabilized-soil surface; 50,000 km unimproved earth
Inland waterways:
3,219 km; limited to shallow-draft (less than 1.5 m) vessels
Pipelines:
refined products, 357 km
Ports:
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras, Iloilo, Legaspi, Manila, Subic Bay
311 total, 258 usable; 71 with permanent-surface runways; 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 49 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
good international radio and submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate; 872,900 telephones; stations--267 AM (including 6 US), 55 FM, 33 TV (including 4 US); submarine cables extended to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan; 1 international satellite ground station; 11 domestic satellite stations
Government
Long-form name:
Republic of the Philippines
Type:
republic
Capital:
Manila
Administrative divisions:
73 provinces and 61 chartered cities*; Abra, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Aklan, Albay, Angeles*, Antique, Aurora, Bacolod*, Bago*, Baguio*, Bais*, Basilan, Basilan City*, Bataan, Batanes, Batangas, Batangas City*, Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Butuan*, Cabanatuan*, Cadiz*, Cagayan, Cagayan de Oro*, Calbayog*, Caloocan*, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Camiguin, Canlaon*, Capiz, Catanduanes, Cavite, Cavite City*, Cebu, Cebu City*, Cotabato*, Dagupan*, Danao*, Dapitan*, Davao City* Davao, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Dipolog*, Dumaguete*, Eastern Samar, General Santos*, Gingoog*, Ifugao, Iligan*, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, Iloilo City*, Iriga*, Isabela, Kalinga-Apayao, La Carlota*, Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Laoag*, Lapu-Lapu*, La Union, Legaspi*, Leyte, Lipa*, Lucena*, Maguindanao, Mandaue*, Manila*, Marawi*, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain, Naga*, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, North Cotabato, Northern Samar, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Olongapo*, Ormoc*, Oroquieta*, Ozamiz*, Pagadian*, Palawan, Palayan*, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Pasay*, Puerto Princesa*, Quezon, Quezon City*, Quirino, Rizal, Romblon, Roxas*, Samar, San Carlos* (in Negros Occidental), San Carlos* (in Pangasinan), San Jose*, San Pablo*, Silay*, Siquijor, Sorsogon, South Cotabato, Southern Leyte, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Surigao*, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Tacloban*, Tagaytay*, Tagbilaran*, Tangub*, Tarlac, Tawitawi, Toledo*, Trece Martires*, Zambales, Zamboanga*, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur
Independence:
4 July 1946 (from US)
Constitution:
2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987
Legal system:
based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
National holiday:
Independence Day (from Spain), 12 June (1898)
Branches:
Constitution provides for a US-style bicameral legislature (24-seat Senate and 200-member House of Representatives) and a presidential form of government with a directly elected president and vice president; judicial branch headed by Supreme Court with descending authority in a three-tiered system of local, regional trial, and intermediate appellate courts
Leaders:
Corazon C. AQUINO, President (since February 1986); Salvador LAUREL, Vice President (since February 1986)
Suffrage:
universal
Elections:
presidential election held on 7 February 1986; Ferdinand Marcos initially declared winner; following civil unrest and military rebellion, he left office and Aquino assumed presidency; congressional election held in May 1987, with those elected to serve until 1992
Political parties and leaders:
PDP-Laban, Aquilino Pimentel; Struggle for a Democratic Philippines (LDP), Ramon Mitra, Peping Cojuangco; Union for National Action (UNA), Salvador Laurel, Juan Enrile; Democratic Socialist Coalition, Noberto Gonzalez; Liberal Party, Jovito Salonga
Communists:
the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) controls about 25,000 full-time insurgents and is not recognized as a legal party; a second Communist party, the pro-Soviet Philippine Communist Party (PKP), has quasi-legal status
Ambassador Emmanuel PELAEZ; Chancery at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036; telephone (202) 483-1414; there are Philippine Consulates General in Agana (Guam), Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle; US--Ambassador Nicholas PLATT; Embassy at 1201 Roxas Boulevard, Manila (mailing address is APO San Francisco 96528); telephone Õ63å (2) 521-7116; there is a US Consulate in
Flag:
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a white equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; in the center of the triangle is a yellow sun with eight primary rays (each containing three individual rays) and in each corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star
Military
Branches:
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Constabulary--Integrated National Police
Military manpower:
males 15-49, 15,755,105; 11,136,367 fit for military service; 674,321 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget:
$1.4 billion, 13.3% of central government budget (1989)
Economy
Overview:
The economy continues to recover from the political turmoil following the ouster of former President Marcos. After two consecutive years of economic contraction (1984 and 1985), the economy once more had positive growth during 1986-87. The agricultural sector, together with forestry and fishing, plays an important role in the economy, employing about 50% of the work force and providing almost 30% of GDP. The Philippines is the world's largest exporter of coconuts and coconut products. Manufacturing contributed about 25% of GDP. Major industries include food processing, chemicals, and textiles.
GNP:
$33.6 billion, per capita $546; real growth rate 5.0% (1987)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.8% (1987)
Unemployment rate:
11.3% (1987)
Budget:
revenues $5.72 billion; expenditures $7.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.04 billion (1988)
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