Baguio
| Baguio | |||
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| Highly Urbanized City | |||
| City of Baguio | |||
(From top, left to right): Panagbenga Park; Wright Park; Baguio City Hall; SM City Baguio; Baguio Cathedral; Session Road; Burnham Park Lake
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| Nickname(s): Summer Capital of the Philippines, City of Pines | |||
 Benguet Province map locating Baguio |
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 Baguio
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| Coordinates: 16°25′N 120°36′E / 16.42°N 120.6°ECoordinates: 16°25′N 120°36′E / 16.42°N 120.6°E | |||
| Country | Philippines | ||
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region | ||
| Province | Benguet (geographically only) | ||
| Congr. districts | Lone district of Baguio City | ||
| Founded | 1900 | ||
| Incorporated | September 1, 1909 (city) | ||
| Highly Urbanized City | December 22, 1979 | ||
| Barangays | 129 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Congressman | Marquez Go (LP) | ||
| • Mayor | Mauricio Domogan (UNA) | ||
| • Vice Mayor | Edison Bilog (LP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 57.51 km2 (22.20 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,540 m (5,050 ft) | ||
| Population (2015 census) | |||
| • Total | 345,366 | ||
| • Density | 6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Cordillerans | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | ||
| ZIP code | 2600 | ||
| Dialing code | +63 (0)74 | ||
| Languages | |||
| Website | www |
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Baguio, officially the City of Baguio (Ibaloi: Ciudad ne Bagiw; Pangasinan: Siyudad na Baguio; Ilocano: Ciudad ti Baguio) and often referred to as Baguio City, is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon of the Philippines, now also known as Summer Capital of the Philippines. It is geographically located within Benguet, serving as the provincial capital from 1901 to 1916, but has since been administered independently from the province following its conversion into a chartered city. The city has become the center of business, commerce, and education in northern Luzon, as well as the regional center of the Cordillera Administrative Region. According to the 2015 census, Baguio has a population of 345,366.
Baguio was established as a hill station by the Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway. It was the United States' only hill station in Asia. The name of the city is derived from bagiw, the Ibaloi word for "moss". The city is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,540 meters (5,050 feet) in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion conducive for the growth of mossy plants and orchids.
During the Spanish occupation in 1846, the Spaniards established a comandancia in the nearby town of La Trinidad, and organized Benguet into 31 rancherias, one of which was Kafagway, a wide grassy area where the present Burnham Park is situated. Most of the lands in Kafagway were owned by Ibaloys even prior to the appointment of Mateo Cariño as chieftain . The Spanish presidencia, which was located at Bagyiw at the vicinity of Guisad Valley was later moved to Cariño's house where the current City Hall stands. Bagyiw, a local term for "moss" once abundant in the area was converted by the Spaniards into Baguio, which served as the name of the rancheria.
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