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The largest Catholic nation in all of Asia, the Philippines, named for King Philip, was a Spanish colony for more than three centuries until the country was taken over the by USA after the Spanish American War in 1898. As a result of the country’s turbulent history, many Filipinos can claim some Asian mainland, Spanish, American, Arab or Indian ancestry.

Filipinos, who number nearly 102 million, speak more than 85 languages and dialects, most belonging to the Malay-Polynesian linguistic sub-family.

The Philippines’ natural resources include cobalt, copper, gold, iron and nickel. The country’s agricultural output includes aquaculture, bananas, coconut products, corn, eggs, mangoes, pork, rice and sugar.

The Philippines is an industrialised nation, and Philippine companies participate in a number of industries, including beverages, business process outsourcing services, chemicals, electronics and semiconductor assembly, fishing, food processing, hydrocarbon products, machinery and equipment, mineral products, paper and paper products, pharmaceuticals, textiles and garments, tobacco products, transport equipment and wood products. The country’s most significant export markets are the USA, Japan, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Germany, Singapore and South Korea.

The Philippine government continues to control its fiscal deficit and to bring down debt ratios. The USA is among the largest foreign direct investors in the Philippines, with $6 billion in total direct investments.

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