Also known as: Lalawigan ng Benguet
Benguet is a province in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Population 473K (PSA 2024 census), 0 component cities + 13 municipalities, 140 barangays total, land area 2,769.08 km². Provincial capital: La Trinidad.
Benguet is a province in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Its capital is La Trinidad.
Benguet had 473,190 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Benguet covers 2,769.08 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Benguet has 0 component cities and 13 municipalities (13 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 140 barangays. Baguio City is a highly urbanized city located within Benguet but administered independently of the province, so it is not counted above; counting it, there is 1 cities in all.
Benguet has no component cities. Its 13 municipalities are Atok, Bakun, Bokod, Buguias, Itogon, Kabayan, Kapangan, Kibungan, La Trinidad, Mankayan, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay. Baguio City is a highly urbanized city located within Benguet but administered independently of the province, so it is not counted above; counting it, there is 1 cities in all.
Benguet has zero chartered cities of its own — Baguio City, though geographically inside/adjacent to the province and historically its original host territory, has been independently chartered since 1909 and is excluded from these figures. Baguio served as capital of the undivided Benguet from 1901 until its separate charter, after which La Trinidad became the new provincial capital in 1916. Benguet was created in its current form on June 18, 1966 by Republic Act No. 4695, which split the old, larger American-era Mountain Province into four new provinces simultaneously: Benguet, the modern (smaller) Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Kalinga-Apayao.
Key industries: Vegetable and strawberry farming (La Trinidad, the 'Salad Bowl of the Philippines'), Mining (Benguet Corporation, gold and nickel), Flower and cut-flower production
The province is home to three major Indigenous groups — Kankanaey, Ibaloi, and Kalanguya — and is anchored by two industries visible on its own provincial seal: mining (Benguet Corporation, the Philippines' oldest mining company, founded 1903) and highland agriculture (La Trinidad's 700-plus strawberry farms). Mining-related land-use risk is real and documented: the September 2018 Itogon landslide, triggered by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut), buried a former mining bunkhouse converted into a chapel, killing at least 87 people.
Key industries: Vegetable and strawberry farming (La Trinidad, the 'Salad Bowl of the Philippines'), Mining (Benguet Corporation, gold and nickel), Flower and cut-flower production
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