La Trinidad, Benguet
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| MUNICIPALITY OF LA TRINIDAD Ili ti La Trinidad Bayan ng La Trinidad |
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| Nickname: STRAWBERRY CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES | |||
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| Country | Philippines | ||
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| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region | ||
| Districts | Lone Congressional District of Benguet | ||
| Barangays | 16 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Governor | Nestor Fongwan | ||
| - Vice-Governor | Crescensio Pacalso | ||
| - Mayor | Artemio Galwan | ||
| Area | |||
| - Land | 82.7380 km² (31.9 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,300 m (4,265 ft) | ||
| Population (2000) | |||
| - Total | 67,963 | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | ||
| Zip Code | 2601 | ||
| Area code(s) | 2 | ||
| Website: www.latrinidad.gov.ph | |||
La Trinidad is a 1st class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Benguet. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 67,963 people in 13,658 households.
[edit] Geography and climate
La Trinidad is located 3 km north of Baguio City and is 256 km north of Manila. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Tublay, on the south by Baguio, and on the west by Sablan and Tuba.
The municipality has a land area of 8273.80 hectares, representing 3.16% of the provincial land area. The terrain is generally mountainous with springs, rivers and creeks. La Trinidad's valley floor elevation is at 1300 meters above sea level. Elevation ranges from 500 to 1700 meters above sea level.
La Trinidad belongs under the Type I climate by the Coronas System of classification with distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry season is from November to April while the wet season occurs during the rest of the year. The climate is cool with temperatures ranging from 11.7 C during the month of December at its coldest and 23.2 C at its warmest during the months of March, April and May. The average daily temperature is 18.55 C. Wind velocity is 1.43. During the rainest month of August, the rainfall average is 850.70 mm.
The municipality is also the home of the following schools:
- science high school for the CAR region: Cordillera Regional Science High School
- the first university in the province of Benguet: Benguet State University
- established in the 1960's, its first Catholic School: San Jose High School.
[edit] Barangays
La Trinidad is subdivided into 16 barangays.
- Alapang
- Alno
- Ambiong
- Bahong
- Balili
- Beckel
- Bineng
- Betag
- Cruz
- Lubas
- Pico
- Poblacion
- Puguis
- Shilan
- Tawang
- Wangal
[edit] External links
- Province of Benguet - La Trinidad
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
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