Name:
The Philippines, officially, the Republic of the Philippines
Status:
Republic
President (Head of State):
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo since 2001, re-elected in June, 2004
Surface area:
300,000 km2 (1 /2 the size of France)
Population:
81.2 million people in 2001 (France: 58.3 million people)
Density:
276 people/ km2 (France: 106 people/ km2)
Capital:
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