if by distace - more or less 7370.14 miles
if by culture - almost alike to the spanish with a little bit of everything(chinese and malay touch) but ethnic cultures are TOO FAR different
if by language - Chavacano is dialect in the Philippines and is almost alike to the Spanish Language. Other spanish words are also used in the Philippines like baso, basura, tinidor, etc.
It was the Philippines as a Spanish Colony.
It was invented by the Spanish then it was introduced to the Philippines when the Spanish colonized Philippines.
The Spanish owned the Philippines as part of their empire. The Philippines was governed from what is now Mexico, since Spain and Philippines are too far apart. Since Spain owned the Philippines for some 300 years, Spanish culture and influence has made a very big impact on Philippine culture. In Luzon, you'll see Mexican-style churches at every square. The Filipino language, also has countless amounts of cognates with Spanish. The days of the week, conjunctions, and time-telling is done in Spanish, even though it isn't the official language of the Philippines anymor. The cuisine of the Philippines also bears Spanish influence, such as lechon, crispy patta, flan and empanada. Which are as popular and "national" in the Philippines as they would be in Spain, Mexico or Puerto Rico.
Philip II was in power during the Spanish Period in the Philippines. (that's why Philippines)
The Spanish occupation of the Philippines began in 1565 when Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi established a colony in Cebu. This marked the start of over three centuries of Spanish rule in the Philippines.
Spanish colonization of the Philippines brought the disadvantages of foreign diseases to the natives. Spanish colonization brought the advantages of wealth and technology to the Philippines.
The first Spanish city established in the Philippines was Cebu City in 1565 by Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi. Cebu City became the starting point for Spanish expeditions to other parts of the Philippines.
Spanish rule ended in the Philippines in 1898 when the United States defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War.
The Philippines had been a Spanish colony, and following the Spanish-American war, the US considered the Philippines to be the spoils of war, and sought to take possession of it. The population of the Philippines had other ideas, however.
they bought the philippines from the spanish.
William Howard Taft was the first US Civil Governor of the Philippines, but he got that appointment AFTER the Spanish-American War. There was no American governor f the Philippines during the Spanish-American War because until the war was over the Philippines were a Spanish possession and had a Spanish governor.
Spanish influence was extremely strong in the Philippines during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.