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Baguio Population: Baguio City,
Islands Philippines
Baguio City's population as of September 1, 1995 was 226,883 persons.
This indicate a 23.9% increase over the 1990 population of 183,142.
The City's population as of May 2000 was placed at 250,000 persons.
The projected population for the current year 2001 is 254,499 and
is expected to further increase to reach 275,472 by 2005 and a little
over the three hundred thousand mark, 303,540 by 2010. The city
has a very young age structure as 65.5 percent of its total population
are below thirty years old. Females comprise 51.3 percent of the
population as against 48.7 percent for males. The household population
comprises 98 percent of the total population or 245000 persons.
With an average of 4.6 members per household, a tota ofl 53,261
households is gleaned. During the peak of the annual tourist influx,
particularly during the Lenten period, transients triple the population.
Baguio's population grows at a healthy rate of 5% annually.
Featured Baguio Hotels - Recommended Baguio Accommodations
Travel Quotes:
When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. Helen Hayes
Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. Susan Sontag
Philippine Cuisine Island Philippines
Puchero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), afritada (chicken and/or pork simmered in a peanut sauce with vegetables), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), pinakbet (kabocha squash, eggplant, beans, okra, and tomato stew flavored with shrimp paste) crispy pata (deep-fried pigs leg), hamonado (pork sweetened in pineapple sauce), sinigang (meat or seafood in sour broth), pancit (noodles), and lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls).
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Philippine Cuisine Island Philippines Philippines: Capitals and Major Centers
Metro Manila, in Luzon, is the capital and principal centre of government, business, commerce and education.
Metro Manila is composed of four cities and 13 municipalities which cover 630 square kilometres.
Baguio is located in the Cordillera Mountains in northern Luzon five hours from Manila and is the summer capital of the country.
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