The City of Baguio (Ilokano: Ciudad ti Baguio; Filipino: Lungsod ng Baguio) is a highly urbanized city in northern

    Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known

    as Kafagway. Baguio City was designated by the Philippine Commission as the Summer Capital of the

    Philippines   on June 1, 1903 and incorporated as a city by the Philippine Assembly on September 1, 1909. Baguio

    is the seat of government of the Cordillera Administrative Region. The name of the city is derived from the word

    bagiw in Ibaloi, the indigenous language of the Benguet Region, meaning 'moss'. The city is at an altitude of

    approximately 1500 meters (5100 ft) in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion conducive to the growth of mossy

    plants and orchids. Baguio City has become the center of business and commerce as well as the center of

    education in the entire Northern Luzon.[1]