Philippine Trivia
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Philippine Fun Facts - The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,107 islands and a population of over 90 million. These numbers definitely account for some interesting, if not fun facts, about our country as well as who we are.
- Philippine Facts - Climate: Warm and extremely humid!
- Mount Kitanglad named 28th ASEAN Heritage Park - The Mount Kitanglad (Kitanlad) Range Protected Area (MKRPA) in Bukidnon, a popular bird watching site and home to a dormant volcano ranked fourth highest peak in the country has been named the 28th ASEAN Heritage Park at the 11th Annual Meeting of ASEAN ministers.
- Haring Ibon: Romancing the Philippine Eagle - The Philippine eagle is one of the largest and most endangered eagles in the world.
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Philippines on National Geographic’s To Visit List - It has been recent news that the Philippines made it to National Geographics’s 25 best new travel destinations in the world for 2010 because of our ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity.
- Philippines: A Land of Superlatives - The largest fish in the world, the Whale Shark, locally known as Butanding, regularly swims to the Philippine waters.
- Indigenously Philippines - Endemic to the Philippines, the Cebu Flowerpecker was rediscovered by Dr. Rob Timmins in 1992, 100 years after its last sighting.