The City of Baguio is the only chartered city in Cordillera Administrative Region. It is well known as the “Summer Capital of the Philippines” and “City of Pines” due to its cool climate and famed pine trees.
Interesting Facts and Figures about Baguio City
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Baguio was proclaimed as a chartered city on September 1, 1909. Prior to that, it was already declared as the Summer Capital of the Philippines.
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Kennon Road was the first highway built to directly connect Baguio and Pangasinan; before that, Baguio was only reachable by horse or donkey through Naguilian Road.
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The city has 129 barangays. Irisan is the most populated among the barangays.
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The city’s flower festival is the brainchild of Atty. Damaso E. Bangaoet, Jr. He is recognized as the Father of Panagbenga. Ike Picpican proposed to use “Panagbenga”, the Kankana-ey term for the season of blossoming for the festival.
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Panagbenga was first celebrated in 1996. It was the city’s way of rising-up after the 1990 killer earthquake.
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Architect Daniel H. Burnham created the master plan for the city akin to the layout of Washington D.C. His design was ideally made to carry only 30,000 people. Burnham Park was named after him.
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The population is now around 345,000 based on the 2015 PSA census.
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The first Miss Philippines (1947) was Evangeline de Castro from Baguio.
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During the American regime, the city’s officials conducted sessions at the Boy Scout Hall located on the main road, which inspired the name “Session Road”.
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The first schools were the Easter School and the Brent International School.
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The oldest building is the Ogilby Hall, which is located in Brent School.
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The Pacific War ended when Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita signed his surrender in the Ambassador’s Cottage in Camp John Hay.
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