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Philippines map of Köppen climate classification zones. The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: tag-init or tag-araw, the hot dry season or summer from March to May; tag-ulan, the rainy season from June to November; and tag-lamig, the cool dry season from December to February.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, also known as the CCP Complex, is an 88-hectare (220-acre) art district managed by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) located along Roxas Boulevard in Metro Manila, Philippines.
The Philippines has three metropolitan areas officially recognized by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) due to their prominence, population, size, and economy: Manila, Cebu, and Davao. [1] [2] The most populous is Metro Manila, which comprises the City of Manila, 15 neighboring cities, and a municipality.
Bay City is administratively divided between the villages of Barangay 719 of Malate, Manila and Barangay 76 of Pasay in the northern Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex-Financial Center Area (CCP-FCA) section, and the villages of Barangay 76 of Pasay and Baclaran, Tambo and Don Galo of Parañaque in the southern Central Business Park and Asiaworld section.
October 28, 2003 – Calamba, Laguna is designated as the regional center of Region IV-A. [20] March 30, 2004 – Koronadal is designated as the regional center of Region XII. [21] May 23, 2005 – Palawan is transferred from Region IV-B to Region VI (Western Visayas). [22] August 19, 2005 – The transfer of Palawan to Region VI is held in ...
Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, or between 400 and 1500s, due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Raja Matanda, the old King of Luzon, who was born in the early 1500s.
An enlargeable topographic map of the Philippines. The Philippines is: an archipelagic megadiverse island country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Asia. Southeast Asia. Maritime Southeast Asia; Time zone: Philippine Standard Time ; Extreme points of the Philippines
With a population of 12,877,253 in 2015, Metro Manila is the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, and the tenth most populous metropolitan area in Asia. Its total area is 619.57 square kilometres (239.22 sq mi), smaller than Philippine cities Davao City , Puerto Princesa , Zamboanga City and Butuan , and Southeast Asian city propers ...