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Benguet

Administration
Full nameBenguet
Settlement typeProvince
CountryPhilippines
RegionCordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
FoundedJune 16, 1966
Government
CapitalLa Trinidad
GovernorNestor Fongwan (Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
Geography
Total Area1091.1 sq mi (2826.59 km2)
Area rank49th out of 80
Demography
Total Population372533 (63rd out of 80) (2007)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (53rd out of 80) (0/sq mi)
Divisions
Independent cities1
Component cities0
Municipalities13
Barangays140
including independent cities: 269
DistrictsLone district of Benguet
including independent cities:
Lone district of Baguio City
Other information
Time zonePHT (UTC+8)
Spoken languagesKankanaey, Ibaloi, Kalanguya, Ilokano

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Benguet (Filipino:'Benhwet') is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad and borders, clockwise from the south, Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya.

Baguio City, a popular tourist destination in the country, is located in the interior of the province, however, the city is independent of the province.

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Benguet steps up climate change mitigating and adaptation measures - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin--LA TRINIDAD, -Benguet-, August 11, 2010 - Pursuant to the mandate of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in the Cordillera for local ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:36:53 GMT+00:00
ERC okays Snap-Benguet deal with NGCP - Business Mirror Tweet this news
Business Mirror--HYDROPOWER developer SN Aboitiz Power--Benguet- (Snap--Benguet-) reported on Friday the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has provisionally approved the ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:30:15 GMT+00:00
SEC turns down PSE appeal on code violations - Business Mirror Tweet this news
Business Mirror---...- regulator said it charged a P100,000 fine because the PSE allegedly failed to promptly notify the SEC of the sanction imposed on miner -Benguet- Corp. ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:35:41 GMT+00:00
AboitizPower completes rehab of Ambuklao hydro plant - Business Mirror Tweet this news
Business Mirror--AboitizPower said SNAP‐-Benguet- will undertake the construction of a new extended headrace tunnel to allow water to flow through to the new turbines, ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:03:54 GMT+00:00
Philex says ore output up 13.6% - Business Mirror Tweet this news
Business Mirror--PHILEX Mining Corp., the country's largest miner, saw mineral production from its -Benguet- operations grow in double digits during the first semester of the ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:47:56 GMT+00:00
Ambuklao hydro rehab to be completed late 2011 - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net--Instead, SNAP--Benguet- will have to construct a new extended headrace tunnel to allow water to flow through to the new turbines, and consequently abandon the ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:09:33 GMT+00:00
Benguet town junks plan to host sanitary landfill - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin--SABLAN, -Benguet- - The municipal government here strongly opposed the planned establishment of an engineered sanitary landfill owned by the ... - Date : Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:19:42 GMT+00:00
Benguet starts paying off loans, OK’s buyback of debt papers - BusinessWorld Online Tweet this news
BusinessWorld Online--LISTED -Benguet- Corp. has started settling debts estimated at P1.5 billion, the company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday. ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:31:00 GMT+00:00
Diarrhea cases on the rise in 4 Benguet villages - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin--KABAYAN, -Benguet- - Health and local government authorities reported an unusual increase in the number of diarrhea cases in four villages of this town over ... - Date : Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:52:42 GMT+00:00
A little bit of History - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net--Much of Baguio and -Benguet- was cowboy country, with vast grazing grounds from South Drive, Busol, Pacdal, Gibraltar, Session Road, Burnham Park, ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:17:12 GMT+00:00

Political : Municipalities

Component local government units of Benguet

Municipalities: Atok * Bakun * Bokod * Buguias * Itogon * Kabayan * Kapangan * Kibungan * La Trinidad * Mankayan * Sablan * Tuba * Tublay ----
Highly urbanized city: Baguio City
(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Benguet by the [http://www.census.gov.ph National Statistics Office])

PH Political Divisions of the Philippines|Capital

CapitalManila * National Capital Region
Autonomous regionAutonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
ProvincesAbra * Agusan del Norte * Agusan del Sur * Aklan * Albay * Antique * Apayao * Aurora * Basilan * Bataan * Batanes * Batangas * Benguet * Biliran * Bohol * Bukidnon * Bulacan * Cagayan * Camarines Norte * Camarines Sur * Camiguin * Capiz * Catanduanes * Cavite * Cebu * Compostela Valley * Cotabato * Davao del Norte * Davao del Sur * Davao Oriental * Eastern Samar * Guimaras * Ifugao * Ilocos Norte * Ilocos Sur * Iloilo * Isabela * Kalinga * La Union * Laguna * Lanao del Norte * Lanao del Sur * Leyte * Maguindanao * Marinduque * Masbate * Misamis Occidental * Misamis Oriental * Mountain Province * Negros Occidental * Negros Oriental * Northern Samar * Nueva Ecija * Nueva Vizcaya * Occidental Mindoro * Oriental Mindoro * Palawan * Pampanga * Pangasinan * Quezon * Quirino * Rizal * Romblon * Samar * Sarangani * Siquijor * Sorsogon * South Cotabato * Southern Leyte * Sultan Kudarat * Sulu * Surigao del Norte * Surigao del Sur * Tarlac * Tawi-Tawi * Zambales * Zamboanga del Norte * Zamboanga del Sur * Zamboanga Sibugay
Other subdivisionsIsland groups * Regions * Cities * Municipalities * Barangays * Legislative districts
Territorial disputesBenham Plateau * North Borneo (Sabah) * Scarborough Shoal * Spratly Islands



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