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Baguio
City (ba´geo, Sp. bägyo´), city (1990 pop. 183,142),
Benguet prov., NW Luzon, the Philippines. Baguio is the
summer capital of the country, with many government buildings.
It is also a noted mountain resort situated in beautiful
pine forests and is the center of a major gold-producing
area. The city is noted for the wood carvings of its Igorot
aborigines. Nearby, at Lepanto, are important copper mines,
and there is a major hydroelectric development on the Agno
River. Originally settled by the Spanish, Baguio developed
only after the American occupation, when a modern city was
laid out (1909) by Daniel H. Burnham and roads were built
(the first in 1913) to connect it with the main highways.
The city was captured early (Dec., 1941) in World War II
by Japanese land forces. Baguio is the seat of the national
Philippine Military Academy, the Univ. of Baguio, and St.
Louis Univ.
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