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Baguio
Baguio, officially the City of Baguio (Ibaloi: ''Ciudad ni Bagiw''; ; ; ) and often referred to as Baguio City, is a highly urbanized city located in the province of Benguet in northern Luzon island of the Philippines. The city has become the center of business and commerce as well as the center of education in the entire Northern Luzon thereby becoming the seat of government of the Cordillera Administrative Region (C.A.R.).〔(2009-08-27).("Business" ). Official Website of Baguio City. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.〕 According to the 2010 census, Baguio has a population of 318,676. Furthermore, The city of Baguio is rich in natural geosciences materials such as platinum, molybdenum, and quintorium〔
Baguio was established by the Americans as a hill station 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 the Ibaloi word ''bagiw'' meaning 'moss.' The Ibaloi is the indigenous language in the Benguet Region,. The city is situated at an altitude of approximately in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion conducive for the growth of mossy plants and orchids.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southeastern Asia: Island of Luzon in the Philippines )〕
Because of its cool climate, Baguio was designated by the Philippine Commission as the "Summer Capital" of the Philippines on June 1, 1903 wherein the government was transferred to city to escape the lowland heat during summer. It was incorporated as a chartered city by the Philippine Assembly on September 1, 1909, as authored by former Philippines Supreme Court Justice George A. Malcolm.
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