Baguio Facts for Kids

Baguio City, Luzon

Baguio City is a city in northern Luzon, Philippines. Its official name is the City of Baguio. People know it as the Summer Capital of the Philippines because its climate is cooler than other parts of the country. It is cooler because it is more than 4,800 feet above sea level. People call it the "City of Pines" because it is in a region where pine trees and orchids can grow.

The United States founded Baguio in 1900. This was so it could use have a hill station. Baguio City was the United States' only hill station in Asia.

Baguio is physically within Benguet province but is a separate political unit. Baguio was Benguet's capital from 1901 to 1916. But Baguio became a chartered city in 1916. This meant that Baguio had a status that is similar to a province.

Baguio belongs to the Cordillera Administrative Region. That region also has the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province. The city is the region's business and educational centre.

The 2015 census says that Baguio has 345,366 people living there.

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The tents and dormitories of Teachers Camp in Baguio, 1909, the summer retreat for American educators
Summer offices of the Philippine Insular Government in Baguio in 1909
Aerial view of Baguio, 1937
General Yamashita (center, on the near side of the table) at the surrender ceremony at Camp John Hay on September 3, 1945.
An office building along Session Road destroyed by artillery fire during the Battle of Baguio. The building had been demolished in 2021 to pave way for a new building.
Pine trees near UP Baguio
The Mansion - Summer Residence of the Philippine President
Mt. Santo Tomas fog
Baguio Skyline as of 2018
Porta Vaga Mall
Houses in Baguio
SM City Baguio as viewed from Burnham Park
Maharlika Livelihood Complex
Brooms with price tags being sold in market
A building hosting a BPO in Baguio.
Aegis Baguio
Baguio Museum
A float by the Scouts Royale Brotherhood used at the 2012 Panagbenga Festival
Burnham Park Lake
Baguio Athletic Bowl
The Loakan Airport runway in the outskirts of the city
Baguio outskirts overlooking Kennon Road and the mountains of Tuba
Session Road, one of Baguio's primary roads
Flyover in Baguio.
BGHMC-Baguio's sole government hospital
Baguio Central School
Baguio City National High School (BCNHS)
The Philippine Military Academy in Fort del Pilar
Saint Louis University

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