ᜋᜃ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔, ᜋᜃ --ᜆᜂ, ᜋᜃᜃᜎᜒᜐᜐᜈ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜋᜃᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ (Tagalog) ("For God, People, Nature, and Country") | |||||||
Anthem | "ᜎᜓᜉᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜅ᜔" "Lupang Hinirang" English: "Chosen Land" | ||||||
Capital (and largest city) |
Saludong | ||||||
Language official |
Tagalog, Punjabi, Spanish | ||||||
others | Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon and many more | ||||||
Religion main |
Sikhism, Christianity, Islam | ||||||
others | Buddhism, Animism, Hinduism | ||||||
Demonym | Katagaluganese | ||||||
President | Balani Alujipan | ||||||
Area main |
300,000 km² | ||||||
water (%) | 0.61 | ||||||
Population | 98,495,000 | ||||||
Independence | from Sikh Kingdom of Punjab | ||||||
declared | July 4, 1946 | ||||||
Currency | Katagaluganese Rupee | ||||||
Time Zone | KST (UTC+8) | ||||||
Internet TLD | .kat | ||||||
Organizations | United Nations, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Punjabi Commonwealth |
Katagalugan (Tagalog: ᜃᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔ ), officially the the Republic of Katagalugan, is a island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Kalusugan Strait lies Taiwan; west across the South China Sea sits Vietnam; southwest is the island of Borneo across the Sulu Sea, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Nusantara; while to the east it is bounded by the Philippine Sea and the island-nation of Palau. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity. At 300,000 sq km (115,831 sq mi), the Philippines is the 73rd-largest country in the world, consisting of an archipelago of 7107 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions: Kalusugan, Visayas, and Kamindanawan. Its capital city is Saludong while its most populous city is Quezon City.
It was a Spanish colony before becoming a Punjabi one.