Philippines+by+Kathy

=  Would you eat rice almost E V E R Y D AY  __ ? __   = **The staple food in the Philippines is rice. ** **Rice ** **is from a plant, which then gets removed from the ground; sold; washed; steamed; then eaten. The Filipinos almost always eat** **rice ****with their main dish.**** Rice ****has to be grown in wet, hot and humid areas to grow successfully. It is also eaten in many things some examples are: Meat, fish, eggs, soup, and potatoes. Even eating it plain is optional. In the Philippines they eat many foods, but rice is very important in their culture. Rice is their staple food. ** 

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> To find out about Filipino cuisine click the links below. [|Pansit Mami] [|Filipino Style Chopsuey] The government type in the Philippines is Republic. The people of the country elect the president. In the Philippines the right to vote changes. One minute you can, the next only the represenitives can. Both genders have the right to vote since 1937.**
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<span style="display: block; text-align: center; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> Facts about the Philippines.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The population of the Philippines is a large amount, 91,077,000! And that's most likely rounded. The Philippines has over 7,000 islands and is split into many regions. Their major land forms are Luzan, Mindanao and Visayas. Land Area : 115,124 square miles. That's slightly larger than Arizona. [|Click here to find tons of Information about the Philippines]

//**Fun Facts!**// Also it is ranked number twelve as the most popular country in the //world.// The capital of the Philippines ( Manila ) was named after white flowered mangrove plant, the nilad. The Filipino country is the only country in the world that puts their flag upside-down to show they are at war. Karaoke was first invented in the Philippines, not Japan. [|Click here to read more fun facts about the Philippines!]**
 * The Philippines has exactly 7,107 islands and is an archipelago, like Hawaii.