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{{Country
|name = Philippines
|image = [[File: Philippines.png|300px]]
|imagetext = Map of Philippines
|symbol = [[File: Coat of arms of the Philippines.png|100px]]
|symboltext = Coat of arms
|continent = [[Asia]]
|numberofzones = 16
|maxpph = 16
|updated = 2022-01-17
}}

The '''Philippines''' (Filipino: ''Pilipinas''), officially the '''Republic of the Philippines''' (Filipino: ''Republika ng Pilipinas''), is a [[country]] in southeast [[Asia]] which has just over 100 million inhabitants.

The capital is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila Manila] and the largest city is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quezon_City Quezon City]. Other major cities are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_City Davao City] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloocan Caloocan].

The Philippines is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelagic_state archipelagic country] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia Southeast Asia]. It is situated in the western [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean Pacific Ocean]. The Philippines is bounded by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea South China Sea] to the west, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Sea Philippine Sea] to the east, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebes_Sea Celebes Sea] to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with [[Country: Taiwan|Taiwan]] to the north, [[Country: Japan|Japan]] to the northeast, [[Country: Palau|Palau]] to the east and southeast, [[Country: Indonesia|Indonesia]] to the south, [[Country: Malaysia|Malaysia]] and [[Country: Brunei|Brunei]] to the southwest, [[Country: Vietnam|Vietnam]] to the west, and [[Country: China|China]] to the northwest.

[[File: Flag of the Philippines.png|x120px|Flag of the Philippines]]

== Zones ==
There are [https://lundkvist.com/?country=%23&continent=Asien&countryContinent=336 16] [[turf zones]] in the country all belonging to the same and only region, ''Philippines''. Six of these zones are counted as [[world heritage sites]], two [[monument zones]], one [[holy zone]] and two [[bridge zones]].

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

=== [[File: Zontyp01.png|24px]] [[World Heritage Sites]] ===
* [[Zone: Hamiguitan|Hamiguitan]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: RiceTerraces|RiceTerraces]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: SantoTomas|SantoTomas]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: Subterranean|Subterranean]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: TubbatahaReef|TubbatahaReef]] ([[2015]])
* [[Zone: Vigan|Vigan]] ([[2015]]) - The first [[turf zone]] in the country.

=== [[File: Zontyp06.png|24px]] [[Monument zones]] ===
* [[Zone: Benavides|Benavides]] ([[2017]])
* [[Zone: Quezon|Quezon]] ([[2017]]) - The 10<sup>th</sup> [[turf zone]] in the country.

=== [[File: Zontyp07.png|24px]] [[Holy zones]] ===
* [[Zone: Siquijor|Siquijor]] ([[2019]])

=== [[File: Zontyp09.png|24px]] [[Bridge zones]] ===
* [[Zone: MiniPhili|MiniPhili]] ([[2017]])
* [[Zone: Rizal|Rizal]] ([[2017]])

=== Other zones ===
* [[Zone: CebuAir|CebuAir]] ([[2019]])
* [[Zone: Dumaguete|Dumaguete]] ([[2019]])
* [[Zone: Hinagdanan|Hinagdanan]] ([[2019]])
* [[Zone: Manilair|Manilair]] ([[2017]])
* [[Zone: TurtleIsland|TurtleIsland]] ([[2016]])

''Updated: 2022-01-17''

== Country specific medals ==
No country specific [[Medals#Country medals|medals]].

== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines Philippines (Wikipedia)]
* [https://lundkvist.com/?country=%23&continent=Asien&countryContinent=336 Map with all zones in the Philippines marked]

[[Category: Countries]]
[[Category: Asia]]
[[Category: Philippines| ]]

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