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]