Today’s Country File is where we’re stopping on the way back from our upcoming dive trip to Palau, seeing as how you pretty much can’t fly to Palau from Asia without stopping in it: Republika ng Pilipinas, commonly known as the Philippines!
The Philippines joined UNESCO on 21 November 1946, making it a real country by everywhs.com‘s standard; it has 6 inscribed and 19 tentative World Heritage Sites, and 2 wonders on the New 7 Wonders lists:
Inscribed:
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (2014)
Historic City of Vigan (1999)
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (1999)
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (1993)
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1993)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1995)
Tentative:
The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun (16/05/2006)
Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley (16/05/2006)
Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (16/05/2006)
Butuan Archeological Sites (16/05/2006)
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (16/05/2006)
Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (16/05/2006)
Neolithic Shell Midden Sites in Lal-lo and Gattaran Municipalities (16/05/2006)
Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (16/05/2006)
Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (16/05/2006)
Mt. Pulag National Park (16/05/2006)
Apo Reef Natural Park (16/05/2006)
El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (16/05/2006)
Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (16/05/2006)
Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (16/05/2006)
Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and outlying areas inclusive of the buffer zone(16/05/2006)
Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes (15/08/1993)
Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape (20/03/2015)
Mayon Volcano Natural Park (MMVNP) (20/03/2015)
Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (20/03/2015)
New 7 Wonders:
Puerto Princesa Underground River
TCC counts the Philippines as one place, and MTP splits it into three:
Luzon (Northern)
Mindanao (Southern)
Visayas (Central)
Reference:
- UNESCO country profile
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Nation Online’s profile
- CountryCode’s statistics and telephone info
- WhatPlug’s power outlet info
- Budget Your Trip’s cost estimations
- FlightMapper’s list of international airports
- Trip Advisor’s Things to Do
- Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree forum
- Wikitravel
- Wikivoyage
- Wikipedia
Trip Reports:
- none yet!
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