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Philippines–Spain relations (Filipino: Ugnayang Pilipinas at Espanya; Spanish: Relaciones Filipinas y España) are the relations between the Philippines and Spain. The relations between the two nations span from the 16th century, the Philippines was the lone colony of the Spanish Empire in Asia for more than three centuries.
Time Zone change [note 3] Wednesday, January 1, 1845 – May 10, 1899 GMT+08:04 (in Manila) local mean time: GMT+07:48 (in Balabac, the westernmost island) GMT+08:26 (in Davao Oriental, the easternmost area) May 11, 1899 – October 31, 1936 GMT+08:00: Philippine Standard Time: November 1, 1936 – January 31, 1937 GMT+09:00: Philippine ...
The Embassy of the Philippines in Madrid is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Spain.Opened in 1951, it is located at the corner of Calle Eresma and Calle Guadalquivir in the barrio (neighborhood) of El Viso, part of the district of Chamartín in northern Madrid, where it has been since 1998.
The Manila galleon (Spanish: Galeón de Manila; Filipino: Galyon ng Maynila) refers to the Spanish trading ships that linked the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies to Mexico , across the Pacific Ocean. The ships made one or two round-trip voyages per year between the ports of Manila and Acapulco from the late 16th to early 19th century. [2]
Manila (/ m ə ˈ n ɪ l ə / mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city.
The Philippines, [g] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [h] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and ...
With time, Cebu's importance fell as power shifted north to Luzon. [citation needed] In the late 16th century the population of Manila grew even as the population of Spanish settlements in the Visayas decreased. [22] In time, the Spanish successfully took over the different local states one by one. [23]
The Philippines was a Spanish colony administered under the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Governor-General of the Philippines who ruled from Manila was sub-ordinate to the Viceroy in Mexico City. [37] The Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade route between the Philippines and Mexico flourished from 1571 until 1815. [38]