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v. t. e. The báhay kúbo, kubo, or payág (in the Visayan languages), is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Often serving as an icon of Philippine culture, [ 3 ] its design heavily influenced the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato architecture.
The 50 largest islands have a combined area of around 321,000 square kilometers (124,000 sq mi) and a combined population of about 100.9 million (2015); thus they contain about 99% of the Philippines' total land area and total population (2015). Combined population of Luzon and Mindanao accounts for 80% of total population of the Philippines.
The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato. The báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. It is an updated version of the traditional bahay kubo of the Christianized ...
The name Filipino, as a demonym, was derived from the term las Islas Filipinas ' the Philippine Islands ', [52] the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain. [53]
Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split- bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. [ 1 ] They are woven into various intricate traditional patterns, often resulting in repeating diagonal, zigzag, or diamond-like shapes. The term "sawali" is more properly ...
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.
The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, [8] and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), it is the world's fifth largest island country. [2][3][9] The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 square kilometers (40,541 sq mi).
The Philippines is generally mountainous; uplands make up 65 percent of the country's total land area. [53]: 38 [198] The Philippines is an archipelagoof about 7,641 islands,[199][200]covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).