The philippines is made up of more than 7000 tropical islands and has a population of 90 million. The country has a tropical climate with a dry season (Nov-April) and a rainy season (May- Oct).
The capital manila - Metro Manila - is a sprawling cluster of 17 cities with municipalities such as manila, quezon, Makati, Pasay, and so on generating a populace to guess at; perhaps start at ten million and keep counting.
Manila has a high population density, with one distict having over 68000 people per square kilometre, so at times it may feel a little crowded especially if you have just arrived from london which has about 8000 people per square kilometre.
Tagalog is the national language and english is used for official/bussiness purpose.
There are 54 other languages with over 140 dialect variations.
The philippines has the world's third largest english speaking population.
