Guess what COUNTRY this is??

Question

1.This country is the world's 12th most populous country, with a population of over 89 million as of 2006.

2.This country is a significant source of migrant workers. There are over 8 million of its citizens work in other countries.

3.This country is a developing country with an agricultural base, light industry, and service-sector economy.

4.Regional development of this country is uneven. The main island gains most of the new economic growth at the expense of the other regions

5.More than 170 languages are spoken in the country,

6.It is the third-largest Christian nation. However, various Muslim groups have been waging a decades-long armed campaign against the government for political self-determination.

7.This country is one of the only two nations in the world where all civil marriages are for life, because civil divorce is banned.

8.This country was ruled by Spain for 350 years. Afterwards, the US ruled this country for 5 decades.

Answer 1

Philippines

Answer 2

Population growth in the Philippines, the world's 12th most populous state, has slowed to 1.95% annually since last year, compared to 2.1% in the previous 5 years, the government said Wednesday.

The slower birth rate is projected for the 6-year period to 2010, when the population is estimated to reach more than 94 million, the National Statistical Coordination Board said in a statement.

The mid-2006 population is projected at 87 million, putting it just behind Mexico and ahead of Vietnam.

The Philippines was ruled as a territory of New Spain from 1565 to 1821, before it was administered directly from Spain. Manila Galleon began in the late 16th century. The Philippines opened itself to world trade on September 6, 1834. A propaganda movement began in the Spanish mainland, which included José Rizal. This was done in order to inform the government of the injustices of the administration in Philippines as well as the abuses of the friars. In the 1880s and the 1890s, the propagandists clamored for political and social reforms, which included demands for greater representation in Spain. Unable to gain the reforms, Rizal returned to the country, and pushed for the reforms locally. Rizal was subsequently arrested, tried, and executed for sedition on December 30, 1896. Earlier that year, the Katipunan, led by Andrés Bonifacio already started a revolution, which was eventually continued by Emilio Aguinaldo, who established a revolutionary government, although the Spanish governor general Fernando Primo de Rivera proclaimed the revolution was over in May 17, 1897.

The Philippines today is a significant source of migrant workers; there are over 8 million overseas Filipinos and their remittances exceed $12 billion a year, an amount that forms a significant portion of the Philippines' gross national product.


More than 170 languages are spoken in the country, almost all of them belonging to the Western Malayo-Polynesian language group of the Austronesian language family. According to the 1987 Constitution, Filipino, heavily based on Tagalog, and English are both the official languages.

The twelve major regional languages are auxiliary languages of their respective regions, each with over one million speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Kinaray-a, Maranao, Maguindanao, and Tausug.

Spanish and Arabic are used as auxiliary languages. The use of Spanish in the Philippines as the original official language of the country has declined, only a small proportion of the population speaks it.

The Min Nan Chinese dialect is widely spoken by the country's Chinese minority.


The Philippines is the third-largest Christian nation. About 92 percent of all Filipinos are Christians: 83 percent belong to the Roman Catholic Church, 2 percent belong to the Philippine Independent Church, and 10 percent belong to various Protestant denominations. Although Christianity is a major force in the culture of the Filipinos, a small minority practices animism with indigenous traditions and rituals.

Approximately 5 percent of Filipinos are Muslim and live primarily in parts of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. Most lowland Muslim Filipinos practice normative Islam, although the practices of some Mindanao's hill tribe Muslims reflect a fusion with animism. The Muslims have resisted conquest and conversion for centuries by the Spanish and the Americans. Various Muslim groups have been waging a decades-long armed campaign against the Philippine government for political self-determination.

There are also small populations of Buddhists, Hindus, and Jews.

Answer 3

Philippines

Answer 4

The Philippines

Answer 5

The Philippines

Answer 6

Philippines?

Answer 7

Philippines, the only other country where divorce is banned is Malta, which has less than half a million people.

Answer 8

Indonesia

Answer 9

Philippines, too bad it's been answered already.

Answer 10

Philippines!!!
Mabuhay!!!