Official Filipino version
IPA transcription of Filipino[a]
Former Spanish version
Former English version
Bayang magiliw,
Perlas ng silanganan,
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo'y buhay.
Lupang hinirang,
Duyan ka ng magiting,
Sa manlulupig
Di ka pasisiil.
Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.
Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y
Tagumpay na nagniningning;
Ang bituin at araw niya,
Kailan pa ma'y di magdidilim.
Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo;
Aming ligaya na 'pag may mang-aapi,
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa 'yo.
[ˈba.jɐŋ mɐ.ˈɡi.lɪʊ̯]
[ˈpeɾ.lɐs nɐŋ sɪ.lɐ.ˈŋa.nɐn]
[ˈa.lɐb nɐŋ ˈpu.so(ʔ)]
[sa dɪb.ˈdib moɪ̯ ˈbu.haɪ̯]
[ˈlu.pɐŋ hɪ.ˈni.ɾɐŋ]
[ˈdu.jɐn k(x)ɐ nɐŋ mɐ.ˈɡi.tɪŋ]
[sa mɐn.lʊ.ˈlu.pɪg]
[ˈdi(ʔ) k(x)ɐ pɐ.sɪ.sɪ.ˈʔil]
[sa ˈda.gɐt ʔɐt bʊn.ˈdok]
[sa ˈsi.moj ʔɐt sa ˈla.ŋɪt moŋ bʊɡ.ˈhaʊ̯]
[maj dɪ.ˈlaɡ ˈʔaŋ tʊ.ˈla]
[ʔɐt ˈʔa.wɪt sa pɐ.gla.jɐŋ mɪ.nɐ.mɐ.ˈhal]
[ˈʔaŋ kɪs.ˈlap nɐŋ wɐ.ˈta.wɐt moɪ̯]
[tɐ.ˈgum.pɐj na nɐg.nɪ.nɪŋ.ˈniŋ]
[ˈʔaŋ bɪ.tʊ.ˈ(ʔ)in ʔɐt ˈʔa.ɾɐʊ̯ ɲa]
[k(x)ɐɪ̯.ˈlan pɐ maɪ̯ ˈdi(ʔ) mɐg.dɪ.dɪ.ˈlim]
[ˈlu.pɐ(ʔ) nɐŋ ˈʔa.ɾɐʊ̯ nɐŋ lwɐl.ˈha.tɪt pɐɡ.ˈsin.tɐ]
[ˈbu.haɪ̯ (ʔ)aɪ̯ ˈla.ŋɪt sa ˈpi.lɪŋ mɔ]
[ʔɐ.ˈmiŋ lɪ.ˈga.jɐ na pɐɡ maj mɐŋ ʔɐ.ʔɐ.ˈpi]
[ˈʔaŋ mɐ.mɐ.ˈtaj nɐŋ ˈda.hɪl sa jɔ]
Tierra adorada,
Hija del sol de Oriente,
Su fuego ardiente
En ti latiendo está.
Tierra de amores,
Del heroísmo cuna,
Los invasores,
No te hollarán jamás.
En tu azul cielo, en tus auras,
En tus montes y en tu mar,
Esplende y late el poema
De tu amada libertad.
Tu pabellón, que en las lides,
La victoria iluminó,
No verá nunca apagados
Sus estrellas y su sol.
Tierra de dichas, de sol y amores,
En tu regazo dulce es vivir.
Es una gloria para tus hijos,
Cuando te ofenden, por ti morir.
Land of the morning,
Child of the sun returning,
With fervor burning
Thee do our souls adore.
Land dear and holy,
Cradle of noble heroes,
Ne'er shall invaders
Trample thy sacred shores.
Ever within thy skies and through thy clouds,
And o'er thy hills and seas,
Do we behold the radiance, feel the throb
Of glorious liberty.
Thy banner dear to all our hearts,
Its sun and stars alight,
Oh, never shall its shining fields
Be dimmed by tyrant's might!
Beautiful land of love, o land of light,
In thine embrace 'tis rapture to lie,
But it is glory ever, when thou art wronged,
For us, thy sons to suffer and die.
Republic of the Philippines
Republika ng Pilipinas (Filipino)
Motto:
Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa[1]
"For God, People, Nature, and Country"
Anthem: "Lupang Hinirang"
"Chosen Land"
Capital
Manila (de jure)
Metro Manila[a] (de facto)
Largest city
Official languages
Recognized regional languages
National sign language
Other recognized languages[b]
Ethnic groups (2010[6])
Religion (2015)[6]
90.1% Christianity
80.6% Catholicism
9.5% Other Christian
5.6% Islam
(neutral)
Filipina
(feminine)
Pinoy
(colloquial neutral)
Pinay
(colloquial feminine)
Philippine
(used for certain common nouns)
Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Legislature
Independence from the United States
• Independence from the Spanish Empire declared
June 12, 1898
• Spanish cession to the United States
December 10, 1898
• Commonwealth status with the United States
November 15, 1935
• Independence from the United States granted
July 4, 1946
February 2, 1987
• Total
300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)[7][8]: 15 [c] (72nd)
• Water (%)
0.61[9] (inland waters)
298,170 km2 (115,120 sq mi)
• 2020 census
109,035,343
• Density
336/km2 (870.2/sq mi) (37th)
2023 estimate
• Total
• Per capita
GDP (nominal)
2023 estimate
• Total
• Per capita
Gini (2021)
41.2[11]
medium
HDI (2021)
0.699[12]
medium · 116th
Currency
Philippine peso (₱) (PHP)
Time zone
right[13]
The Philippines (/ˈfɪlɪpiːnz/ (listen); Filipino: Pilipinas),[14] officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas),[d] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It is the world's twelfth-most-populous country, with diverse ethnicities and cultures. Manila is the country's capital, and its most populated city is Quezon City; both are within Metro Manila.
Negritos, the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by waves of Austronesian peoples. The adoption of Animism, Hinduism, and Islam established island-kingdoms ruled by datus, rajas, and sultans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spanish settlement through Mexico, beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming ruled by the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade. The Philippine Revolution began in 1896, which became entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War. Spain ceded the territory to the United States, and Filipino revolutionaries declared the First Philippine Republic. The ensuing Philippine–American War ended with the United States controlling the territory until the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II. After liberation, the Philippines became independent in 1946. The country has had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a decades-long dictatorship in a nonviolent revolution.
The Philippines is an emerging market and a newly industrialized country, whose economy is transitioning from being agricultural to service- and manufacturing-centered. It is a founding member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, ASEAN, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit; it is a major non-NATO ally of the United States. Its location as an island country on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes it prone to earthquakes and typhoons. The Philippines has a variety of natural resources and a globally-significant level of biodiversity.
The coat of arms of the Philippines (Filipino: Sagisag ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Escudo de Filipinas) features the eight-rayed sun of the Philippines with each ray representing the eight provinces (Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Tarlac) which were placed under martial law by Governor-General Ramón Blanco Sr. during the Philippine Revolution, and the three five-pointed stars representing the three major island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.[1]
On the blue field on the dexter side is the North American bald eagle of the United States, and on the red field on the sinister side is the lion rampant of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of León of Spain, both representing the country's colonial past. The current arms, which shares many features of the national flag, was designed by Filipino artist and heraldist Captain Galo B. Ocampo.
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