Baguio
[key], city, 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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