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| | Philippine Islands encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Philippine Islands politics and officials, Philippine ... |
 | | The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is an island nation in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital. |
| | It lies 1,210 kilometres (750 mi) from mainland Asia and comprises 7,107 islands called the Philippine Archipelago, approximately 700 of which are inhabited. |
| | Its modern culture, a unique blend of East and West, was most heavily influenced by Spain and the United States, as the Philippine Islands were a Spanish colony for more than 350 years and an American colony for almost 50 years. |
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