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Benguet

Benguet is a province in the Cordillera Administrative Region of Luzon, Philippines. Its population was 473,190 in the 2024 census, and it has 1 city and 13 municipalities.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 8, 2026
Rolling grassy ridges glowing gold and rust in early light, with a footpath in the foreground and blue mountains beyond under a pale sky.
The grassland ridges of Mount Pulag at dawn, near its Tower Site.Photo: “Tower Site Mount Pulag Benguet, Philippines” by baluca1194, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized by Scene. Scene's copy is shared under the same licence.

  • PeopleSources

    473,190

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 17.1% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    1st

    of the 6 provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 26 of every 100 people in Cordillera Administrative Region lived in Benguet in 2024 (26.16%)

  • Inside itSources

    14

    cities and municipalities

    269 barangays

  • LandSources

    3,200.20 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Benguet's land would fill a square about 56.6 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 148 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 1 person per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    133,209

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.5 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    59.4%

    About 59 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
1401100000[4]Formerly 141100000

People

Benguet had 473,190 people in the 2024 census, up 17.1% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Benguet had the most people of the 6 provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region in 2024[1]
  1. 1Benguet473,190
  2. 2Abra246,948
  3. 3Kalinga235,391
  4. 4Ifugao208,668
  5. 5Mountain Province149,775
  6. 6Apayao126,587
All 6 provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region
Of every 100 people in Benguet in 2024[1]

The PSA counts Benguet without Baguio City, which is a highly urbanized city and is counted on its own, as in every province.[1]

Age structure · 2024 Census[5]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 24 of every 100 are children under 15 (23.7%)
  • About 70 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (70%)
  • About 6 of every 100 are 65 or older (6.2%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
Under 531,72816,45115,277
5 - 938,08419,81618,268
10 - 1442,13521,89620,239
15 - 1947,06023,70723,353
20 - 2449,15924,94824,211
25 - 2942,36222,55919,803
30 - 3441,74822,38719,361
35 - 3936,04619,53516,511
40 - 4431,66317,26314,400
45 - 4925,06913,55611,513
50 - 5421,51911,47110,048
55 - 5919,44410,0999,345
60 - 6416,4348,3658,069
65 - 6912,3476,1176,230
70 - 748,0303,7574,273
75 - 794,4891,9142,575
80 - 842,5609881,572
85 and over2,0296621,367

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
473,190[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
133,209[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.5 on average[1, 2]
Share of Cordillera Administrative Region, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
26.16%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
59.4% (280,942 people)[6]
Men and women, 2024
245,491 men, 226,415 women[5]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024473,190[1, 2]0.64% a year133,2093.5
2020as of May 1, 2020460,683[1]0.67% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015446,224[1]1.91% a year——
2010as of May 1, 2010403,944[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then372,533[36]1.68% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders330,129[36, 37]1.09% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then313,833[36]0.68% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then302,715[36]2.53% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then235,742[36]2.87% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then204,616[36]2.72% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then179,012[36]2.93% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then133,221[36]———

Cities and municipalities

Benguet is made up of 13 municipalities and Baguio City, with 269 barangays in all. Baguio City lies within it but governs itself apart from the province.
Colour byColours the map of Benguet by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
IfugaoIlocos SurLa UnionMountain ProvinceNueva VizcayaPangasinanAtok: 19,346 people, 103 per km², 0.16% a yearBakun: 15,399 people, 49 per km², 1.39% a yearBokod: 16,071 people, 39 per km², 2.61% a yearBuguias: 45,703 people, 255 per km², 0.44% a yearBaguio City: 368,426 people, 6,405 per km², 0.14% a yearItogon: 59,736 people, 133 per km², −0.69% a yearKabayan: 15,841 people, 59 per km², 0.05% a yearKapangan: 20,048 people, 95 per km², 0.92% a yearKibungan: 16,884 people, 63 per km², −0.24% a yearLa Trinidad: 142,925 people, 1,884 per km², 0.95% a yearMankayan: 38,647 people, 222 per km², 0.90% a yearSablan: 12,436 people, 112 per km², 1.71% a yearTuba: 49,268 people, 110 per km², 0.47% a yearTublay: 20,886 people, 202 per km², 1.75% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 20,000
  • 20,000 to 31,000
  • 31,000 to 45,000
  • 45,000 to 76,000
  • 76,000 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 140
  • 140 to 250
  • 250 to 390
  • 390 to 750
  • 750 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap
Cities and municipalities of Benguet. Each column heading sorts the table.
Kind[1, 7]Share (2024)
AtokMunicipality19,3464.09%0.16% a year188.61 km²
BakunMunicipality15,3993.25%1.39% a year311.52 km²
BokodMunicipality16,0713.4%2.61% a year414.72 km²
BuguiasMunicipality45,7039.66%0.44% a year179.56 km²
Baguio CityHighly urbanized city368,426counted on its own0.14% a year57.52 km²
ItogonMunicipality59,73612.62%−0.69% a year448.08 km²
KabayanMunicipality15,8413.35%0.05% a year266.58 km²
KapanganMunicipality20,0484.24%0.92% a year210.00 km²
KibunganMunicipality16,8843.57%−0.24% a year267.53 km²
La TrinidadMunicipality142,92530.2%0.95% a year75.88 km²
MankayanMunicipality38,6478.17%0.90% a year173.88 km²
SablanMunicipality12,4362.63%1.71% a year111.38 km²
TubaMunicipality49,26810.41%0.47% a year449.26 km²
TublayMunicipality20,8864.41%1.75% a year103.20 km²

Land & Environment

Benguet covers 3,200.20 km² of land, 148 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 2,923 m above the sea and it lies inland.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
3,200.20 km²[7]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
148 people per km²[7]
Coordinates
16.46443° N, 120.68783° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[32]
Lowest
59 m
Average
1,247 m
Highest
2,923 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

No coastline: it lies inland.

Rivers[33]

  1. Agno River119.9 of 279.2 km
  2. Bued River35.9 of 38.6 km
  3. Abra River30.7 of 194.8 km
  4. Amburayan River20.4 of 75.2 km
  5. Aringay River16.9 of 45.1 km
  6. Agno River14.3 km
  7. Naguilian River13.2 of 50.6 km
  8. Bakun River12.7 of 31.7 km

The longest inside it: 30 in all.

Lakes[33]

  1. Ambuklao Reservoir5.7 km²
  2. Binga Dam Reservoirreservoir3.4 km²
  3. Lubo Lake0.10 km²
  4. Mount Kabuyao Dam Reservoirreservoir0.08 km²

Peaks[33]

  1. Mount Pulag2,928 m
  2. Mount Tabayoc2,820 m
  3. Mount Panotoan2,657 m
  4. Mount Osdung2,615 m
  5. Mount Nangaoto2,553 m
  6. Mount Santo Tomas2,252 m

The highest: 88 in all.

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type I[34]

Two seasons: dry from November to April, wet for the rest of the year, with the heaviest rain from June to September.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Baguio City, the nearest PAGASA station, 11 km away[35]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 3,824 mm of rain on 152 days a year; 19.5 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Baguio City, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January16 mm318.1 °C23.1 °C13.0 °C
February24 mm318.5 °C23.7 °C13.4 °C
March51 mm519.7 °C24.8 °C14.5 °C
April100 mm820.7 °C25.5 °C15.9 °C
May340 mm1820.6 °C24.7 °C16.4 °C
June406 mm1920.4 °C24.3 °C16.5 °C
July773 mm2419.6 °C23.1 °C16.2 °C
August963 mm2519.3 °C22.3 °C16.2 °C
September537 mm2219.6 °C23.0 °C16.1 °C
October477 mm1319.6 °C23.6 °C15.6 °C
November96 mm719.5 °C23.9 °C15.1 °C
December42 mm518.8 °C23.5 °C14.1 °C
The year3,824 mm15219.5 °C23.8 °C15.2 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 1,510 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Benguet's economy made ₱116.9 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱236,679 for each person. About 6 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.
Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary
₱116.9 billion[19]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱89.8 billion at 2018 prices. It leaves out Baguio City, which the PSA counts apart.
Growth, 2024–2025
3.3%[20]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025
₱236,679[21]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
6.4% of people[22]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[4]
About 6 of every 100 people in Benguet lived below the poverty line in 2023 (6.4%)[22]

The PSA's survey puts it between 4.0% and 8.9%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱31,205 a person for the year. As the PSA counts it, without the City of Baguio.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

  • 433government offices
  • 66hospitals and health centres
  • 608schools
  • 240places of worship
  • 34markets
  • 22stations and terminals
  • 60parks
  • 48monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Each town's page lists its own; this page lists the stations, parks, beaches and monuments.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Benguet” in their name, then one in each of its most populous cities and municipalities.

Stations and terminals22

16 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 14 cities and municipalities of Benguet

Parks60

54 more parks are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 14 cities and municipalities of Benguet

Monuments and memorials48

42 more monuments and memorials are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 14 cities and municipalities of Benguet

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A governor leads Benguet. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (the provincial board), led by the vice governor. The governor, the vice governor and the board's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[16, 17]

Capital
La Trinidad[4]
Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
Lone district of Benguet[18]

Leaders

The governor and vice governor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Governor
    Melchor Daguines Diclas[23]
    Vice governor
    Marie Rose Fongwan Kepes[23]

  2. 2022–2025

    Governor
    Melchor Daguines Diclas[24]
    Vice governor
    Ericson Lawagey Felipe[24]

  3. 2019–2022

    Governor
    Melchor Daguines Diclas[25]
    Vice governor
    Johnny Diwas Waguis[25]

  4. 2016–2019

    Governor
    Cresencio Cariño Pacalso[26]
    Vice governor
    Florence Belino Tingbaoen[26]

  5. 2013–2016

    Governor
    Nestor Bagtang Fongwan[27]
    Vice governor
    Nelson Cagas Dangwa[27]

  6. 2010–2013

    Governor
    Nestor Bagtang Fongwan[28]
    Vice governor
    Crescencio Cariño Pacalso[28]

  7. 2007–2010

    Governor
    Nestor Bagtang Fongwan[29]
    Vice governor
    Crescencio Cariño Pacalso[29]

  8. 2004–2007

    Governor
    Borromeo Pinas Melchor[30]
    Vice governor
    Cresencio Cariño Pacalso[30]

  9. 2001–2004

    Governor
    Raul M. Molintas[31]
    Vice governor
    Edna C. Tabanda[31]
Governors and vice governors of Benguet, by term
TermGovernorVice governor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Melchor Daguines Diclas[23]Marie Rose Fongwan Kepes[23]
2022–2025Melchor Daguines Diclas[24]Ericson Lawagey Felipe[24]
2019–2022Melchor Daguines Diclas[25]Johnny Diwas Waguis[25]
2016–2019Cresencio Cariño Pacalso[26]Florence Belino Tingbaoen[26]
2013–2016Nestor Bagtang Fongwan[27]Nelson Cagas Dangwa[27]
2010–2013Nestor Bagtang Fongwan[28]Crescencio Cariño Pacalso[28]
2007–2010Nestor Bagtang Fongwan[29]Crescencio Cariño Pacalso[29]
2004–2007Borromeo Pinas Melchor[30]Cresencio Cariño Pacalso[30]
2001–2004Raul M. Molintas[31]Edna C. Tabanda[31]

History & Identity

Benguet's fiesta and days

Everything listed for Benguet in Now

Created
Organized as a civil province by Act No. 49 of the Philippine Commission, 23 November 1900; made a province again by Republic Act No. 4695, approved 18 June 1966[9, 10]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe province's own account: on one expedition a Spaniard asked about the cloth that the people of La Trinidad wound around their heads against the cold and wind. It was called benget, which the Spaniards pronounced Benguet, and the word came to mean the whole highland country of the Ibaloi, Kankanaey and Kalanguya.[11, 12]

Its story

Spanish explorers led by Juan de Salcedo first entered its mountains in 1572, looking for the gold and copper traded down from the highlands. Its people resisted for centuries: in 1664 the Spaniards gave up trying to subdue them, and in 1759 they shelled and destroyed Tonglo, between today's Baguio and Tuba, yet withdrew.[11]

In 1854 the Distrito de Benguet became a regular politico-military comandancia, with La Trinidad as its capital.[11]

Under the First Philippine Republic, Benguet was made a province in 1899, with Juan Oraa Cariño as governor and its seat at Tuel, in Tublay.[11]

On 23 November 1900 the United States Philippine Commission's Act No. 49 set up a civil government for the Province of Benguet, with its capital at Baguio. The province marked its 122nd founding anniversary on 23 November 2022, a count that starts in 1900.[9, 11, 13]Calculated by Scene: 2022 − 122 = 1900 (Benguet marked its 122nd Founding Anniversary on 23 November 2022).

In 1908 it became a sub-province of the new Mountain Province, and in 1909 Baguio was chartered as a city; La Trinidad became the capital after 1916. Republic Act No. 4695 divided the Mountain Province in 1966 and made Benguet a province again, with La Trinidad as its capital.[10, 11, 14, 15]

Timeline

  1. 1572

    Juan de Salcedo's expedition enters the Benguet highlands.[11]

  2. 1759

    Spanish forces destroy the settlement of Tonglo, then withdraw.[11]

  3. 1854

    The Distrito de Benguet becomes a regular comandancia, with La Trinidad as its capital.[11]

  4. 1899

    The First Philippine Republic makes Benguet a province.[11]

  5. 23 November 1900

    Act No. 49 sets up a civil government for the Province of Benguet, with Baguio as its capital.[9, 12]

  6. 18 August 1908

    Act No. 1876 makes Benguet a sub-province of the new Mountain Province.[14]

  7. 1 September 1909

    Baguio becomes a chartered city under Act No. 1963.[15]

  8. 18 June 1966

    Republic Act No. 4695 divides the Mountain Province; Benguet becomes a province with La Trinidad as its capital.[10]

Nearby

Benguet shares a border with 6 places.

How it compares

Benguet beside Cordillera Administrative Region, and where it stands among the provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region.

Benguet beside Cordillera Administrative Region
FigureBenguetCordillera Administrative RegionRank among the provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary473,190[1, 2]1,808,9851st of 6
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary0.64% a year[1, 2]faster0.15% a year1st of 6
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary148[7]more crowded861st of 6
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary3,200.20 km²[7]21,116.05 km²4th of 6
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.5[1, 2]lower3.8not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary59.4%[6]higher35.1%not ranked

Sources

Page updated October 8, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  13. 13.Office of the President of the Philippines. Proclamation No. 82, s. 2022: Declaring Wednesday, 23 November 2022, a Special (Non-Working) Day in the Province of Benguet. Published October 20, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  14. 14.Philippine Commission. Act No. 1876: An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Province to Be Known as the Mountain Province, for the Establishment of a Prison at Bontoc for Non-Christian Criminals, Changing the Boundaries of the Province of Nueva VIzcaya, Amending Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Sixty-Seven, as Amended, by Changing the Boundaries of the Mountain Judicial District and the Times and Places of Holding Courts of First Instance in the Said District, Providing for Participation by the Mountain Province in the Distribution of Internal-Revenue Collections, and Repealing All Acts or Parts of Acts Inconsistent with this Act. Published August 18, 1908. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  15. 15.Philippine Commission. Act No. 1963: An Act to Incorporate the City of Baguio and for Other Purposes. Published August 9, 1909. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
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