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The Philippines is an archipelago with 10,000 islands lying
south of the equator. She was first colonized by Magel-
lan in 1521. Magellan was killed in a battle between his
warship and the ships of Lapu-Lapu. The Philippines was
a colony of Spain for 600 years. She gained her independ-
ence from Spain in 1946. The president of the first Philip-
pine Republic was President Diosdado Macapagal.
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Southeast Asian nation of the Philippines was formerly a colony of Spain and a property of the United States. After World War II, it gained independence. Japan occupied the Philippines throughout the conflict.
Thousands of years ago, people from Malasia, Indonesia, and other Pacific island nations colonised the Philippines, but it was the Spanish who made their mark by claiming the islands for their country on March 16, 1521, through Ferdinand Magellan's (also known as Fernando Magallanes') expedition to the Homonhon Islands. Having fought and been murdered by the warrior Lapu Lapu and his clansmen from Mactan, Visaya, and Cebu, he was the first European to travel to the Philippines and the first to pass away there.
The 77 provinces of the Philippines, an archipelago of 7,100 islands, are divided into 16 regions. Luzon, the Visayan islands, and the Mindanao islands make up the three main groups. The people can be divided into three major groups based on their religious affiliation: Muslim groups, indigenous religion groups, and Christian groups. The majority of the population, known as the Christian community, is centred in the lowlands of the Visayan and Luzon islands. In the northern uplands of Luzon, Mindanao, and Palawan, there exist indigenous religious sects. Southern Asia, the Sulu Islands, and Mindanao are home to the majority of Muslim communities.
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