Baguio

Baguio, officially the City of Baguio (Ibaloi: Ciudad ni Bagiw; Ilocano: Ciudad ti Baguio; Pangasinan: Siyudad na Baguio; Filipino: Lungsod ng Baguio) and often referred to as Baguio City, is a highly urbanized city located in the province of Benguet in northern Luzon, island of the Philippines. The city has become the center of business and commerce as well as the center of education in the entire Northern Luzon thereby becoming the seat of government of the Cordillera Administrative Region (C.A.R.). According to the 2010 census, Baguio has a population of 318,676. Furthermore, The city of Baguio is rich in natural geosciences materials such as platinum, molybdenum, and quintorium

Baguio was established by the Americans as a hill station in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway. It was the United States' only hill station in Asia. The name of the city is derived from the Ibaloi word bagiw meaning 'moss.' The Ibaloi is the indigenous language in the Benguet Region,. The city is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,540 meters (5,050 feet) in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion conducive for the growth of mossy plants and orchids.

Baguio (disambiguation)

Baguio is a city in the Philippines.

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DZRR

DZRR-FM (103.1 MHz Baguio City) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The station is one of the 17 My Only Radio FM radio stations of ABS-CBN Regional Network Group which was founded in July 14, 2001 in the Philippines. The station is a proud member of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP). MOR was launched on February 17, 2002 in Baguio City. It broadcasts throughout Northern and Central Luzon and sometimes the signal reaches the area of Cavite, Rizal, Laguna and Metro Manila via weak signal. The studio is located at the Lower Basement of CAP Building, Post Office Loop Baguio City. Its transmitter is located atop Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet. On May 12, 2012, MOR Baguio reformatted from B-C-D into a C-D-E station thus removing all of its programs except for The Weekend Top 20 and TV Patrol Northern Luzon on MOR. On July 8, 2013, MOR Baguio together with its other sister stations nationwide changed its logo into its current logo when 101.9 Manila reformatted and rebranded as M.O.R. 101.9 Manila. On September 1, 2014, they again changed their programs' name synchronous with other regional MOR Stations.