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  2. Filipinos - Wikipedia

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    Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) [49] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic [50] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.

  3. Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao .

  4. Ethnic groups in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is inhabited by more than 182 ethnolinguistic groups, [1] : 5 many of which are classified as "Indigenous Peoples" under the country's Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997. Traditionally-Muslim peoples from the southernmost island group of Mindanao are usually categorized together as Moro peoples, whether they are classified ...

  5. Indigenous peoples of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines has 110 enthnolinguistic groups comprising the Philippines' indigenous peoples; as of 2010, these groups numbered at around 14–17 million persons. [2] Austronesians make up the overwhelming majority, while full or partial Negritos scattered throughout the archipelago. The highland Austronesians and Negrito have co-existed with ...

  6. Tagalog people - Wikipedia

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    The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines, particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province of southern Luzon, and comprise the majority in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and Zambales in Central Luzon and the island of Mindoro .

  7. Kalinga people - Wikipedia

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    The Kalinga people [2] [3] [4] ( IPA: [ka'liŋɡa]) are an indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines. [5] They are mainly found in Kalinga province which has an area of 3,282.58 sq. km. Some of them, however, already migrated to Mountain Province, Apayao, Cagayan, and Abra. [6]

  8. Culture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.

  9. List of people from Manila - Wikipedia

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    Ramon Bagatsing – 17th and the longest-serving Mayor of Manila. Isko Moreno – 27th Mayor of Manila, former Manila City councilor from the 1st district, actor and vlogger. Larry Silva – 21st Vice Mayor of Manila, former Manila City councilor from the 3rd district, actor and comedian.