The Philippines, is an island nation located in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital. Made of 7,108 islands, 97 ethnic groups and 101 languages, the Philippines is known as "The Smile of Asia", due to its hospitality. Through its rich history, Philippine culture has had many affinities with the West, especially with Spain and Latin America due to three centuries of Spanish colonial rule.
The archipelago is famous for the contrast between huge and modern metropolis like Manila or Cebu, the primitive tribal territories, the deserted islands, the clear sea waters and the smooth white coral sand.
The Kingdom of Spain is a beautiful European country on the south west of that continent. It shares the Iberian peninsula with Portugal, which is located to the west of Spain. It shares its northern border with France, while it borders Gibraltar in the south. Spain is a Mediterranean and an Atlantic country.
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China is a country and a large cultural region and civilization in East Asia. With over one-fifth of the world's population, China has been home to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back more than 6,000 years.
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Japan (日本) is an East Asian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, east of China and Korea, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. It is composed of over 3,000 islands, the largest of which are Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū.
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Since Pennsylvania started out as William Penn's 'Holy Experiment', the state has had a proud history of support for democratic values. Philadelphia was the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and Pennsylvania was the first capitol of the United States. The state gained the nickname 'the Keystone State' due to its key position amongst America's first 13 states.
For the visitor, Pennsylvania's landscape is one of hills, plateaus, ridges, valleys, rivers and lakes, which makes for glorious natural attractions, such as the vast Allegheny National Forest and the Pocono Mountains.
