The City of Baguio (Ilokano

Ilokano language

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: Ciudad ti Baguio; Filipino

Filipino language

This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...

: Lungsod ng Baguio) is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon

Luzon

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 in the Philippines

Philippines

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. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi

Ibaloi

The Ibaloi or Nabaloi is an indigenous ethnic group found in the northern Philippines. The Ibaloi are one of the indigenous peoples collectively known as Igorot, who live in the mountains of the Cordillera Central on the island of Luzon...

 village known as Kafagway. Baguio City was designated by the Philippine Commission

Philippine Commission

The Philippine Commission was a body appointed by the President of the United States to exercise legislative and limited executive powers in the Philippines. It was first appointed by President William McKinley in 1901. Beginning in 1907, it acted as the upper house of a bicameral Philippine...

 as the Summer Capital of the Philippines on June 1, 1903 and incorporated as a city by the Philippine Assembly

Philippine Assembly

The Philippine Assembly was the lower house of the legislative body of the Philippines during the early part of American colonial period. It was created by the Philippine Organic Act, passed in 1902, which also established the Philippine Commission as the upper house of the Philippine Legislature,...

 on September 1, 1909.