Philippines.

PHILIPPINES.

PHILIPPINES.:

Thank you so much Chloe for this "Greetings from" card from The Philippines another for my collection.
 I really like these "Greetings from" cards with all their countries statistics..always learn something.

                                            "Greetings From"   The PHILIPPINES .
 AREA: A country that is 300,000 KM2 with a population of 100.617, 630. with 1600 Postcrossers.
CAPITAL CITY: The Capital City is Manilla and Manilla takes its name from a white flower that grew on mango trees locally known as "Nilad "May Nilad may be translated to mean there is Nilad there. !!!
  The Philippines is the worlds largest exporter of coconuts.The Country was named after King Phillip of Spain.
 MOUNT APO is the highest mountain in the Philippines Archipelago at 2954 MTRS.
VOLCANOES: In the Philippine Island province of Camiguin there are more volcanoes (7) than towns (5) The Island has more volcanoes per KM2 than any other Island in the world.
FAMOUS PHILIPPINOS :Jose Rizal , Lea Salonga , Manny Paquiao , Paeng Nepomuceno.
COASTLINE: The Philippines is the fifth longest, discontinuous coastline in the world at 36.289 KLM.