Transport

Getting there: by plane through the city and the city of Manila, Cebu. There is air communication between o.Davao in Mindanao and Manado on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The archipelago is laid only one w / d line from Manila to Naga in southern Luzon, so one of the main modes of transport in the archipelago are the buses. You can rent a car. International agencies have offices in most major cities. Local transport includes jeepneys, taxis, PU-CAB (small bus), tricycles (motorcycles with sidecars) and trishaw. Taxi: The fare is not high. It is better to carry loose change and coins as well as taxi drivers never have change. Make sure the driver knew exactly where you want to go.

Weather and Climate

Due to the geographic location on the planet, the climate of the Philippines called "tropical rainforest". The two main characteristics of this climate: high temperature and high relative humidity. Both the Philippines to stay all year round. Rainfall, in theory, can be expected every month of the year.Rainy season - from May to November, it is a consequence of the summer monsoon. The dry season runs under the influence of the so-called "Trade Winds" and lasts from December to April. As a rule, from November to February the weather is cool enough, while from March to May it is very hot. The most rainy days - from June to October, with typhoons, it is quite common at this time. Average rainfall in the lowlands up to 2030 mm.The third characteristic of climate Philippines - the presence of strong typhoons. Philippines are exposed to typhoons each year. Basically, there are typhoons between June and November.

Geography & Population

The Philippine Islands are located in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Malay Archipelago. The islands stretch from north to south from Taiwan to Borneo nearly 1850 miles. The nearest neighbors of the Philippines - Tayvan (north), East Malaysia and Brunei (southwest), Indonesia (south). The Philippines are located in more than 7107 islands, of which only 460 are larger than 2.5 square meters. km. The total area of ​​the country is 300 000 sq.km. Because the archipelago of volcanic origin and all mountainous, the Philippines, there are active volcanoes. The highest point in the country - the volcano Apo-Volcano (2954m). On larger islands, particularly in Luzon and Mindanao, there are vast plains.

 

Population 

Population - 81,159,614 people. (2000). Ethnic composition: 41% visayya, Tagals 21%, 7% of the Moro, Chinese 1.5%, other communities