To qualify for this list, the national anthem must be performed at public events, and be universally recognised as being the appropriate national anthem by the listening public.
| Nation |
National anthem |
Date adopted |
Lyrics writer |
Music writer |
 Abkhazia |
"Aiaaira" ("Victory") |
1992 |
unknown |
unknown |
 Acadia |
"Ave Maris Stella" ("Star of the Sea, We Hail Thee") |
1884 |
unknown |
unknown |
 Åland Islands |
"Ålänningens sång" ("The Ålander's Song") |
1922 |
John Grandell |
Johan Fridolf Hagfors |
 Afghanistan |
"Milli Tharana" ("National Anthem") |
2006 |
Abdul Bari Jahani |
Babrak Wassa |
 Albania |
"Himni i Flamurit" ("Hymn to the Flag") |
— |
Aleksander Stavre Drenova |
Ciprian Porumbescu |
 Algeria |
"Kassaman" ("We Pledge") |
1963 |
Mufdi Zakariah |
Mohamed Fawzi |
 American Samoa |
"Amerika Samoa" |
1950 |
Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo |
Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga |
 Andalusia |
"La bandera blanca y verde" ("The white and green flag") |
— |
Blas Infante |
Sevilla José del Castillo Díaz |
 Andorra |
"El Gran Carlemany" ("The Great Charlemagne") |
1921 |
Enric Marfany Bons |
Juan Benlloch y Vivó |
 Angola |
"Angola Avante" ("Forward Angola") |
1975 |
Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro |
Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas |
 Anguilla |
"God Save the Queen", "God Bless Anguilla" (unofficial) |
—,1981 |
unknown, Alex Richardson |
unknown, Alex Richardson |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
"Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee"note 1 |
1967 |
Novelle Hamilton Richards |
Walter Garnet Picart Chambers |
 Argentina |
"Himno Nacional Argentino" ("Argentine National Anthem") |
1813 |
Vicente López y Planes |
Blas Parera |
 Armenia |
"Mer Hayrenik"' ("Our Fatherland") |
1991 |
Mikael Nalbandian |
Barsegh Kanachyan |
 Aruba |
"Aruba Dushi Tera"' ("Aruba Precious Country") |
1976 |
Juan Chabaya Lampe |
Rufo Wever |
 Australia |
"Advance Australia Fair"note 1 |
1984 |
Peter Dodds McCormick |
Peter Dodds McCormick |
 Austria |
"Land der Berge, Land am Strome" ("Land of Mountains, Land on the River") |
1946 |
Paula von Preradovic |
Johann Holzer |
 Azerbaijan |
"Azərbaycan marşı" ("Azerbaijan's Anthem") |
1918 |
Ahmed Javad |
Uzeyir Hajibeyov |
 Bahamas |
"March On, Bahamaland"note 1 |
1973 |
Timothy Gibson |
Timothy Gibson |
 Bahrain |
"Bahrainona" ("Our Bahrain") |
1971 |
Mohamed Sudqi Ayyash |
unknown |
 Bangladesh |
"Amar Shonar Bangla" ("My Golden Bengal") |
1972 |
Rabindranath Tagore |
Rabindranath Tagore |
 Barbados |
"In Plenty and In Time of Need" |
1966 |
Irving Burgie |
C. Van Roland Edwards |
 Belarus |
"My Belarusy" ("We, the Belarusians")note 2 |
1955 |
Michael Klimovich |
Nestar Sakalowski |
 Belgium |
"The Brabançonne" ("The Song of Brabant") |
1860 |
Jenneval (Louis-Alexandre Dechet) |
François Van Campenhout |
 Belize |
"Land of the Free" |
1981 |
Samuel Alfred Haynes |
Selwyn Walford Young |
 Benin |
"L'Aube Nouvelle" ("The Dawn of a New Day") |
1960 |
Gilbert Jean Dagnon |
Gilbert Jean Dagnon |
 Bhutan |
"Druk tsendhen" (The Thunder Dragon Kingdom) |
1953 |
Dasho Gyaldun Thinley |
Aku Tongmi |
 Bolivia |
"Himno Nacional de la República de Bolivia" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Bolivia") |
1851 |
José Ignacio de Sanjinés |
Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti |
 Bonaire |
"Tera di Solo y suave biento" ("Country of Sun and Gentle Breeze") |
1964 |
Unknown |
J. B. A. Palm |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
"Državna himna Bosne i Hercegovine" ("The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina") |
1999 |
none |
Dušan Šestić |
 Botswana |
"Fatshe leno la rona" ("Blessed Be This Noble Land") |
1966 |
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete |
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete |
 Brazil |
"Hino Nacional Brasileiro" ("Brazilian National Anthem") |
1922 |
Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada |
Francisco Manuel da Silva |
 Brunei |
"Allah Peliharakan Sultan" ("God Bless the Sultan") |
1951 |
Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Abdul Rahim |
Awang Haji Besar bin Sagap |
 Bulgaria |
"Mila Rodino" ("Dear Motherland") |
1964 |
Tsvetan Radoslavov |
Tsvetan Radoslavov |
 Burkina Faso |
"Une Seule Nuit" ("One Single Night") |
1984 |
Thomas Sankara |
Thomas Sankara |
 Burma |
"Kaba Ma Kyei" ("Till the End of the World, Burma") |
1947 |
Saya Tin |
Saya Tin |
 Burundi |
"Burundi bwacu" ("Our Burundi") |
1962 |
Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja and others |
Marc Barengayabo |
 Cambodia |
"Nokoreach" ("Royal Kingdom") |
1941 |
Chuon Nat |
F. Perruchot and J. Jekyll |
 Cameroon |
"O Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres" ("O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers") |
1957 |
René Djam Afame, Samuel Minkio Bamba, and Moïse Nyatte Nko'o |
René Djam Afame |
 Canada |
"O Canada"note 1 |
1980 |
Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French); Robert Stanley Weir (English) |
Calixa Lavallée |
 Cape Verde |
"Cântico da Liberdade" ("Song of Freedom") |
1996 |
Amílcar Spencer Lopes |
Adalberto Higino Tavares Silva |
 Catalonia |
"Els Segadors" ("The Reapers") |
1899 |
Emili Guanyavents |
Francesc Alió |
 Central African Republic |
La Renaissance ("The Rebirth") |
1960 |
Barthélémy Boganda |
Herbert Pepper |
 Chad |
"La Tchadienne" ("People of Chad") |
1960 |
Louis Gidrol and others |
Paul Villard |
 Chile |
"Himno Nacional de Chile" ("National Anthem of Chile") |
1828 |
Eusebio Lillo |
Ramón Carnicer |
 People's Republic of China |
"Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ" ("The March of the Volunteers") |
1949 (provisional); 1982 (official); 2004 (constitutional) |
Tian Han |
Nie Er |
 Colombia |
"Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia") |
1920 |
Rafael Núñez |
Oreste Sindici |
 Comoros |
"Udzima wa ya Masiwa" ("The Union of the Great Islands") |
1978 |
Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane |
Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane and Kamildine Abdallah |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
"Debout Congolais" ("Arise Congolese") |
1960 |
Joseph Lutumba |
Simon-Pierre Boka di Mpasi Londi |
 Republic of the Congo |
"La Congolaise" ("The Congolese") |
1959 |
Levent Kimbangui |
Français Jacques Tondra |
 Cook Islands |
"Te Atua Mou E" ("God is Truth") |
1982 |
Pa Tepaeru Te Rito Ariki Lady Davis |
Thomas Davis |
 Costa Rica |
"Himno Nacional de Costa Rica" ("National Anthem of Costa Rica") |
1853 |
José María Zeledón Brenes |
Manuel María Gutiérrez |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
"L'Abidjanaise" ("Song of Abidjan") |
1960 |
Mathieu Ekra, Joachim Bony, and Pierre Marie Coty |
Pierre Marie Coty and Pierre Michel Pango |
 Croatia |
"Lijepa naša domovino" ("Our Beautiful Homeland") |
1991 |
Antun Mihanović |
Josif Runjanin |
 Cuba |
"El Himno de Bayamo" ("The Anthem of Bayamo") |
1902 |
Perucho Figueredo |
Perucho Figueredo |
 Curaçao |
"Himno di Kòrsou" ("Anthem of Curaçao") |
1978 |
Guillermo Rosario, Mae Henriquez, Enrique Muller, and Betty Doran |
Frater M. Candidus Nouwens and Errol Colina |
 Cyprus |
"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían" ("Hymn to Liberty")note 3 |
1865 |
Dionýsios Solomós |
Nikolaos Mantzaros |
 Czech Republic |
"Kde domov můj?" ("Where is My Home?") |
1918 (Czechoslovakia); 1993 (Czech Republic) |
Josef Kajetán Tyl |
František Škroup |
 Denmark |
"Der er et yndigt land" ("There is a Lovely Country")note 4 |
1835 |
Adam Oehlenschläger |
Hans Ernst Krøyer |
 Djibouti |
"Djibouti" ("Djibouti") |
1977 |
Aden Elmi |
Abdi Robleh |
 Dominica |
"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour" |
1967 |
Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond |
Lemuel McPherson Christian |
 Dominican Republic |
"Himno Nacional" ("National Anthem") |
1934 |
Emilio Prud'homme |
Jose Rufino Reyes Siancas |
 East Timor |
"Pátria" ("Fatherland") |
2002 |
Francisco Borja da Costa |
Afonso de Araujo |
 Ecuador |
"Salve, Oh Patria" ("We Salute You, Our Homeland") |
1948 |
Juan León Mera |
Antonio Neumane |
 Egypt |
"Bilady, Bilady, Bilady" ("My Country, My Country, My Country") |
1979 |
Mohamed Younis El Qadr and Sayed Darwish ( first 2 lines adapted from a speech by Mustafa Kamil) |
Sayed Darwish |
 El Salvador |
"Himno Nacional de El Salvador" ("National Anthem of El Salvador") |
1879 |
Juan José Cañas |
Juan Aberle |
 England |
"God Save the Queen". See also: United Kingdom |
— |
unknown |
unknown |
 Equatorial Guinea |
"Caminemos pisando la senda" ("Let Us Tread the Path") |
1968 |
Atanasio Ndongo Miyone |
Atanasio Ndongo Miyone |
 Eritrea |
"Ertra, Ertra, Ertra" ("Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea") |
1993 |
Solomon Tsehaye Beraki |
Isaac Abraham Meharezghi and Aron Tekle Tesfatsion |
 Estonia |
"Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" ("My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy") |
1920 |
Johann Voldemar Jannsen |
Fredrik Pacius |
 Ethiopia |
"Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya" ("March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia") |
1992 |
Dereje Melaku Mengesha |
Solomon Lulu Mitiku |
 Fiji |
"Meda Dau Doka" ("God Bless Fiji") |
1970 |
Michael Francis Alexander Prescott |
Charles Austin Miles |
 Finland |
"Maamme" ("Our Land") |
1867 |
Johan Ludvig Runeberg |
Fredrik Pacius |
 France |
"La Marseillaise" ("The Song of Marseille") |
1795 |
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
 Gabon |
"La Concorde" ("The Concord") |
1960 |
Georges Aleka Damas |
Georges Aleka Damas |
 Galicia |
"Os Pinos" ("The Pinetrees") |
1907 |
Eduardo Pondal |
Pascual Veiga |
 The Gambia |
"For The Gambia Our Homeland" |
1965 |
Virginia Julie Howe |
Jeremy Frederick Howe |
 Georgia |
"Tavisupleba" ("Freedom") |
2004 |
David Magradze |
Zakaria Paliashvili |
 Germany |
Third stanza of "Das Deutschlandlied" ("The Germany Song") |
1922 |
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben |
Joseph Haydn |
 Ghana |
"God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" |
1957 |
Philip Gbeho |
Philip Gbeho |
 Greece |
"Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían" ("Hymn to Liberty")note 5 |
1865 |
Dionýsios Solomós |
Nikolaos Mantzaros |
 Grenada |
"Hail Grenada" |
1974 |
Irva Merle Baptiste |
Louis Arnold Masanto |
 Guatemala |
"Himno Nacional de Guatemala" ("National Anthem of Guatemala") |
1896 |
José Joaquín Palma |
Rafael Álvarez Ovalle |
 Guinea |
"Liberté" ("Liberty") |
1958 |
Unknown |
Kodofo Moussa |
 Guinea-Bissau |
"Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" ("This Is Our Beloved Country") |
1974 |
Amílcar Cabral |
Amílcar Cabral |
 Guyana |
"Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains" |
1966 |
Archibald Leonard Luker |
Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter |
 Haiti |
"La Dessalinienne" ("Song of Dessalines") |
1904 |
Justin Lhérisson |
Nicolas Geffrard |
 Honduras |
"Himno Nacional de Honduras" ("National Anthem of Honduras") |
1915 |
Augusto Constancio Coello |
Carlos Hartling |
 Hungary |
"Himnusz" ("Hymn") |
1844 |
Ferenc Kölcsey |
Ferenc Erkel |
 Iceland |
"Lofsöngur" ("Hymn") |
— |
Matthías Jochumsson |
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson |
 India |
"Jana Gana Mana" ("Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People") |
1950 |
Rabindranath Tagore |
Rabindranath Tagore |
 Indonesia |
"Indonesia Raya" ("Great Indonesia") |
1945 |
Wage Rudolf Supratman |
Wage Rudolf Supratman |
 Iran |
"Soroud-e Melli-e Jomhouri-e Eslami-e Iran" ("National Anthem of Iran") |
1990 |
multiple |
Hassan Riyahi |
 Iraq |
"Mawtini" ("My Homeland") |
2004 |
Ibrahim Touqan |
Muhammad Fuliefil |
 Ireland |
"Amhrán na bhFiann" ("The Soldier's Song") |
1926 |
Liam Ó Rinn |
Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney |
 Israel |
"HaTikvah" ("The Hope") |
1948 (de facto); 2004 (de jure) |
Naftali Herz Imber |
Samuel Cohen |
 Italy |
"Il Canto degli Italiani" ("The Song of the Italians") |
1946 (de facto); 2005 (de jure) |
Goffredo Mameli |
Michele Novaro |
 Jamaica |
"Jamaica, Land We Love"note 1 |
— |
Hugh Sherlock |
Robert Lightbourne |
 Japan |
"Kimi ga Yo" ("May Your Reign Last Forever") |
1999 |
traditional Waka poem from the Heian period |
traditional melody of the Meiji period |
 Jordan |
"Al-salam Al-malaki Al-urdoni" ("The Royal Anthem of Jordan") |
1946 |
Abdul Monem Al-Refai |
Abdul Qader al-Taneer |
 Kazakhstan |
"Meniñ Qazaqstanım" ("My Kazakhstan") |
2006 |
Zhumeken Nazhimedenov (with modifications by Nursultan Nazarbayev) |
Shamshi Kaldayakov |
 Kenya |
"Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" ("Oh God of All Creation") |
1963 |
Graham Hyslop, G. W. Senoga-Zake, Thomas Kalume, Peter Kibukosya, and Washington Omondi |
traditional African tune |
 Kiribati |
"Teirake Kaini Kiribati" ("Stand up, Kiribati") |
1979 |
Urium Tamuera Ioteba |
Urium Tamuera Ioteba |
 North Korea |
"Aegukka" ("The Patriotic Song") |
1947 |
Pak Seyŏng |
Kim Wŏn'gyun |
 South Korea |
"Aegukga" ("The Patriotic Song") (unofficial) |
1948 |
uncertain |
Ahn Eak-tae |
 Kosovo |
"Europe"1 |
2008 |
none1 |
Mendi Mengjiqi1 |
 Kurdistan |
Ey Reqîb |
1938 |
Dildar (Yunis Rauf) |
|
 Kuwait |
"Al-Nasheed Al-Watani" ("National Anthem") |
1978 |
Ahmad Meshari Al-Adwani |
Ibrahim Al-Soula |
 Kyrgyzstan |
"Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni" ("National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic") |
1992 |
Djamil Sadykov and Eshmambet Kuluev |
Nasyr Davlesov and Kalyi Moldobasanov |
 Laos |
Pheng Xat Lao ("National Anthem of Laos") |
1947 |
Sisana Sisane |
Thongdy Sounthonevichit |
 Latvia |
"Dievs, svētī Latviju!" ("God Bless Latvia") |
1920 |
Kārlis Baumanis |
Kārlis Baumanis |
 Lebanon |
"Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam" ("We are All for Our Nation, for Our Flag and Glory") |
— |
Rashid Nakhle |
Wadih Sabra |
 Lesotho |
"Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona" ("Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers") |
1967 |
François Coillard |
Ferdinand-Samuel Laur |
 Liberia |
"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!" |
1847 |
Daniel Bashiel Warner |
Olmstead Luca |
 Libya |
"Allahu Akbar" ("God Is Great") |
1969 |
Egyptian marching song |
Egyptian marching song |
 Liechtenstein |
"Oben am jungen Rhein" ("Up Above the Young Rhine") |
1963 |
Jakob Josef Jauch |
unknown |
 Lithuania |
"Tautiška giesmė" ("National Song") |
1919 |
Vincas Kudirka |
Vincas Kudirka |
 Luxembourg |
"Ons Hémécht" ("Our Homeland") |
1895 |
Michel Lentz |
Jean Antoine Zinnen |
 Macedonia |
"Denes nad Makedonija" ("Today Over Macedonia")note 6 |
1944 |
Vlado Maleski |
Todor Skalovski |
 Madagascar |
"Ry Tanindraza nay malala ô" ("Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland") |
— |
Norbert Raharisoa |
Rahajason |
 Malawi |
"Mlungu dalitsani Malawi" ("God Bless Malawi") |
1964 |
Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka |
Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka |
 Malaysia |
"Negaraku" ("My Country") |
1957 |
multiple |
folk song ("Terang Bulan") |
 Maldives |
"Gaumii salaam" ("National Salute") |
1972 |
Muhammad Jameel Didi |
Pandit Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva |
 Mali |
"Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali" ("For Africa and for You, Mali") |
1962 |
Seydou Badian Kouyate |
Banzoumana Sissoko |
 Malta |
"L-Innu Malti" ("The Maltese Hymn") |
1964 |
Dun Karm Psaila |
Robert Samut |
 Marshall Islands |
"Forever Marshall Islands" |
— |
Amata Kabua |
Amata Kabua |
 Mauritania |
"National Anthem of Mauritania" |
1960 |
Baba Ould Cheikh |
Tolia Nikiprowetzky |
 Mauritius |
"Motherland" |
— |
Jean Georges Prosper |
Philippe Gentil |
 Mexico |
"Himno Nacional Mexicano" ("Mexican National Anthem") |
1943 |
Francisco González Bocanegra |
Jaime Nunó |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
"Patriots of Micronesia" |
1991 |
— |
traditional German song (Ich hab' mich ergeben) |
 Moldova |
"Limba Noastră" ("Our Language") |
1994 |
Alexei Mateevici |
Alexandru Cristea |
 Monaco |
"Hymne Monégasque" ("Monégasque Anthem") |
1848 |
Louis Notari |
Théophile Bellando de Castro |
 Mongolia |
"Mongol ulsiin töriin duulal" ("National Anthem of Mongolia") |
1950 |
Tsendiin Damdinsüren |
Bilegiin Damdinsüren and Luvsanjyamts Murdorj |
 Montenegro |
"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" ("O, Bright Dawn of May") |
— |
unknown |
unknown |
 Morocco |
"Hymne Cherifien" ("Anthem of Morocco") |
1956 |
Ali Squalli Houssaini |
Léo Morgan |
 Mozambique |
"Pátria Amada" ("Lovely Homeland") |
2002 |
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 Namibia |
"Namibia, Land of the Brave" |
1991 |
Axali Doëseb |
Axali Doëseb |
 Nauru |
"Nauru Bwiema" ("Song of Nauru") |
1968 |
Margaret Hendrie |
Laurence Henry Hicks |
 Nepal |
"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" ("Hundreds of Flowers") |
2007 |
Byakul Maila |
Ambar Gurung |
 Netherlands |
"Het Wilhelmus" ("The William") |
1932 |
unknown |
Adrianus Valerius |
 Netherlands Antilles |
"The Anthem Without a Title" |
2000 |
Zahira Hiliman and Lucille Berry-Haseth |
Zahira Hiliman |
 New Zealand |
"God Defend New Zealand", "God Save the Queen"note 7 |
1940 |
Thomas Bracken |
John Joseph Woods |
 Nicaragua |
"Salve a ti, Nicaragua" ("Hail to Thee, Nicaragua") |
1971 |
Salomón Ibarra Mayorga |
Author is anonymous. Musical arrangement by Luis A. Delgadillo |
 Niger |
"La Nigérienne" ("The Nigeriens") |
1961 |
Maurice Albert Thiriet |
Robert Jacquet and Nicolas Abel François Frionnet |
 Nigeria |
"Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey" |
1978 |
John A. Ilechukwu, Eme Etim Akpan, B. A. Ogunnaike, Sotu Omoigui, and P. O. Aderibighe |
Nigerian Police Band, under the directorship of B. E. Odiase |
 Northern Ireland |
"God Save the Queen". Unofficial: "Londonderry Air". See also: United Kingdom |
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unknown , Jane Ross |
unknown , unknown |
 Norway |
"Ja, vi elsker dette landet" ("Yes, We Love This Country")note 8 |
1864 |
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson |
Rikard Nordraak |
 Oman |
"Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani" ("National Anthem of Oman") |
1970 |
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 Pakistan |
"Qaumī Tarāna" ("National Anthem") |
1954 |
Hafeez Jullundhri |
Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla |
 Palau |
"Belau rekid" ("Our Palau") |
1980 |
multiple |
Ymesei O. Ezekiel |
 Palestine |
"Biladi" ("My Country") |
1996 |
Said Al Muzayin |
Ali Ismael |
 Panama |
Himno Istmeño ("Hymn of the Isthmus") |
— |
Jeronimo de la Ossa |
Santos Jorge |
 Papua New Guinea |
"O Arise, All You Sons"note 1 |
1975 |
Tom Shacklady |
Tom Shacklady |
 Paraguay |
"Paraguayos, República o Muerte" ("Paraguayans, the Republic or Death") |
1933 |
Francisco Acuña de Figueroa |
Françoice Dupuis, and Remberto Giménez |
 Peru |
"Himno Nacional del Perú" ("National Anthem of Peru") |
1821 |
José de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón |
Jose Bernardo Alcedo |
 Philippines |
"Lupang Hinirang" ("Chosen Land") |
1898 |
Jose Palma |
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