The Philippines is an island nation located in southeastern Asia. It is separated from Taiwan Province by the sea across the Bass Strait in the north, Sulawesi Island by the south and southwest, and Indonesia and Malaysia across the sea by the Balabac Strait. The Philippines is bordered by the South China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Philippines has more than 7,000 islands, mainly Luzon, Burmeanao, Samar Island.
The history of the Philippines can be traced back to the 14th century. The Philippines did not exist as a state before the 14th century, it was all tribal. The earliest state of the Philippines was the Sultanate of Sulu, which was mainly distributed in the islands of Sulu and Palawan. The Sulu Sultanate had a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and the king once came to the Ming Dynasty to meet Zhu Di and canonized the Sulu Sultanate as a state. In the 16th century, Magellan made a circumnavigation to discover the Philippine Islands and was killed in a tribal conflict. But the rest insisted on returning to Spain. In the mid-16th century, Spain began to colonize the Philippines and it took more than a century to completely conquer the Philippines. In 1898, the United States and Spain broke out into war, Spain was defeated, and the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris, in which Spain ceded the Philippines, Cuba,** and Puerto Rico to the United States, and the United States gave Spain $20 million. The United States ruled the Philippine archipelago by building factories on a large scale and actively cultivating tropical cash crops on a large scale. In 1946, the Philippines declared independence from the United States, and the Philippine economy developed well during the period of independence, and adopted a positive policy of opening up to attract foreign investment. After the 80s of the 20th century, economic development declined. The Philippines is not growing fast right now.
The population of the Philippines is 1100 million, mainly of Malay descent. Malays account for 85% of the country's population, and the main ethnic groups are Tagalog, Ilogo, Bikol, etc. The population of the Philippines was only 27 million in the 60s of the 20th century, and the population here has increased by 10 million in an average of 10 years. In 2014, the population of the Philippines exceeded 100 million, making it the twelfth country in the world with a population exceeding 100 million. The increase in the population of the Philippines is mainly due to poor families, with a poor family generally consisting of 4 to 5 children and a wealthy family generally having 2 to 3 children. How does the Philippines feed these 100 million people?
The first Philippine archipelago has more than 7,000 islands and a land area of 29970,000 square kilometers. The Philippines is a predominantly mountainous country, with about 3.4 percent of the country's territory covered by mountains. The Philippines is located in the Pacific Rim ** belt, and the Philippines erupts volcanoes and ** for more than a year. The Philippines is home to more than 200 volcanoes that erupt to form magma that carries a large amount of minerals, which provide fertile land for agricultural development. The plains of the Philippines are all located along the coast.
Second, the Philippines is located in the tropics and has a tropical rainforest climate. The average annual temperature in the Philippines is 27 degrees Celsius, and the precipitation is 2000 to 3000 mm. It provides sufficient precipitation and heat for agricultural development. Philippine agriculture is three crops a year, which can shorten the agricultural development cycle.
Third, the Philippines has been ruled by the United States due to its history. The Filipino population speaks English, and a portion of the Filipino population chooses to come to developed countries to work as a laborer. Some of the Philippines have opted for the service sector as Filipino maids. The Philippines relies on these people for part of its foreign exchange every year. The Philippines relies on the export of resources, mainly agricultural products. The Philippines is surrounded by the sea, and can go out to sea to catch fishery resources and export them in exchange for foreign exchange.
Fourthly, the Philippines has long received international assistance. The United States has signed a military alliance with the Philippines, and the United States provides economic and military assistance to the Philippines every year. Every year, Japan provides economic assistance to the Philippines, and Japan is the largest economic donor to the Philippines. International organizations in the world have also provided economic assistance to the Philippines. Due to its high strategic value, the Philippines has also attracted the attention of major powers in the world.