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The Philippines left Tokyo with its best Olympic performance ever, bringing home four medals (a record later surpassed in Paris 2024). This surpassed the three medals the country won at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The first-ever gold medal for the Philippines was won by weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz.
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.
The site is the second biggest producer of juvenile marine fishes in the world, next only to the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. [21] Mt. Pulag National Park Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, and Benguet: ix, x (natural) 2006 The site is the third highest point in the Philippines. [22] Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park Misamis Occidental: vii, ix, x (natural ...
According to the 2020 census, the population of the Philippines is 109,033,245. [7] The first census in the Philippines was held in the year 1591 which counted 667,612 people. [8] The majority of Filipinos are lowland Austronesians, [9] while the Aetas , as well as other highland groups form a minority.
The Philippines, with one homegrown player and 18 from the U.S., beat New Zealand at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday. This is their remarkable story. Philippines stuns New Zealand for first-ever ...
After over a month without recording any cases, the Philippines confirmed its first local transmission on March 7, 2020. [10] [11] Since then, the virus has spread to the country's 81 provinces. [12] National and local governments have been imposing community quarantines since March 15, 2020, as a measure to limit the spread of the virus. [13]
As of May 1, 2020, the Philippines had a population of 109,035,343. [ 12] More than 60 percent of the country's population live in the coastal zone [ 365] and in 2020, 54 percent lived in urban areas. [ 366] Manila, its capital, and Quezon City (the country's most populous city) are in Metro Manila.
The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2] The first human case in the United States was on 21 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it ...