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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area of about 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 112 million, it is the world's fourteenth-most-populous country.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji.
Palau
Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country located in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands, while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia.
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia, or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a region of Oceania. The federation encompasses the majority of the Caroline Islands and consists of four states—from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae—that span the western Pacific just north of the equator for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi). Together, the states comprise around 607 islands and a combined land area of approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi.
Northern Mariana Islands
unincorporated territory of the US located in the Pacific
Maluku Islands
archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands
Spanish–American War
1898 conflict between Spain and the United States
Mariana Islands
archipelago in western North Pacific Ocean
New Spain
viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire (1535-1821)
North Maluku
province of Indonesia, northern part of the Maluku Islands
Caroline Islands
archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, divided between the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau
Miguel López de Legazpi
16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor
Spanish East Indies
Spanish territory in Asia-Pacific from 1565 until 1901
Manila galleon
Royal Spanish trading ships, 1565–1815
Andrés de Urdaneta
Spanish Basque explorer
Pedro Calungsod
Filipino catechist, saint and martyr
Captaincy General of the Philippines
1565–1898 territory of the Spanish Empire in Asia
Spanish Formosa
Spanish colony from 1626 to 1642
Council of the Indies
administrative organ of the Spanish Empire
Spanish language in the Philippines
historical and sociological aspects of the Spanish language in the Philippines
Yñigo Ortiz de Retez
Spanish explorer
Diego Luis de San Vitores
Spanish missionary (1627–1672)
Sultanate of Tidore
sultanate in Southeast Asia
Aua Island
island of the Bismarck Archipelago
Fort Santo Domingo
former fort in New Taipei
Simón de Anda y Salazar
Governor-General of the Philippines
Laws of the Indies
entire body of laws issued by the Spanish Crown for the American and the Philippine possessions of its empire
Philippine Spanish
variety of Spanish spoken and native to the Philippines
Cape Santiago
cape located in Taiwan
Alphabetical Catalog of Surnames
book of surnames in the Spanish East Indies
Plaza de España
the location of the Governors Palace
Pedro de Unamuno
Spanish soldier and explorer
Fort Kastella
Ternate, Maluku do Norte, Indonésia