Benguet

Benguet is a province in the region of in the . Benguet is home to the Ibaloy, Kankana-ey, and Kalanguya peoples. Benguet became a full province in 1968, being carved out of the larger .
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is a highland city of 366,358 people in the province of Benguet, Philippines. Due to its cool mountain weather relative to the rest of the country, it is considered the "Summer Capital of the Philippines." The city is abundant in pine trees, so it is nicknamed the City of Pines.

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is a small town which serves as the capital of the province of Benguet which is part of the Cordillera Administrative Region of the . Tourists to the town mostly come from the neighboring city of .

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, officially the Municipality of , is a 3rd-class municipality in the province of Benguet, . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 19,346 people.

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Benguet

Latitude of center
16.52° or 16° 31′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
120.69° or 120° 41′ 24″ east
Population
473,000
Elevation
1,695 metres (5,561 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305704499
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1725582
Wiki­data ID
Q13750
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Benguet” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Benguet”
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Benguet”
  • Arabic: “بينغويت”
  • Asturian: “Benguet”
  • Balinese: “Benguet”
  • Banjar: “Benguet”
  • Bengali: “বেনকুয়েট”
  • Capiznon: “Benguet”
  • Catalan: “Benguet”
  • Cebuano: “Benguet”
  • Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Benguet”
  • Central Bikol: “Benguet”
  • Chavacano: “Benguet”
  • Chinese: “Benguet”
  • Chinese: “本格特省”
  • Danish: “Benguet”
  • Dutch: “Benguet”
  • Filipino: “Lalawigan ng Benguet”
  • Finnish: “Benguet”
  • French: “Benguet”
  • French: “province de Benguet”
  • Georgian: “ბენგეტი”
  • German: “Benguet”
  • German: “Provinz Benguet”
  • Gorontalo: “Benguet”
  • Greek: “Μπενγκέτ”
  • Gujarati: “બેન્ક્વેટ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בנגוט”
  • Hiligaynon: “Benguet”
  • Hindi: “बेंगेत प्रान्त”
  • Iloko: “Benguet”
  • Iloko: “Probinsia ti Benguet”
  • Indonesian: “Benguet”
  • Italian: “Benguet”
  • Italian: “provincia di Benguet”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Benguet”
  • Japanese: “ベンゲット”
  • Japanese: “ベンゲット州”
  • Javanese: “Benguet”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಗ್ವೆಟ್”
  • Kinaray-A: “Benguet”
  • Korean: “벵게트주”
  • Latin: “Benguet”
  • Latvian: “Bengeta”
  • Latvian: “Bengveta”
  • Lithuanian: “Bengetas”
  • Macedonian: “Бенгет”
  • Malay: “Benguet”
  • Marathi: “बेनक्वेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Benguet”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “敏讫省”
  • Minangkabau: “Benguet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benguet”
  • Norwegian: “Benguet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Benguet”
  • Pampanga: “Benguet”
  • Pangasinan: “Benguet”
  • Persian: “بنگوئه”
  • Polish: “Benguet”
  • Portuguese: “Benguet”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Benguet”
  • Russian: “Бенгет”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ගුවට්”
  • Slovenian: “Benguet”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Benguet”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنقوئه”
  • Spanish: “Benguet”
  • Sundanese: “Benguet”
  • Swedish: “Benguet”
  • Tagalog: “Benguet”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Benguet”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Benguet”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Benguet”
  • Tamil: “பென்குட்”
  • Telugu: “బెంగ్వెట్”
  • Tetum: “Benguet”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเบงเก็ต”
  • Thai: “เบงเก็ต”
  • Turkish: “Benguet”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенгет”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенґет”
  • Urdu: “بینگیت”
  • Venetian: “Benguet”
  • Vietnamese: “Benguet”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benguet”

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