La Trinidad (Benguet)

La Trinidad is a Philippine municipality in the province of Benguet. La Trinidad is the seat of the provincial government of the province of Benguet.

Geography

La Trinidad is located 3 km north of Baguio City, 256 kilometers north of Manila. The municipality is bordered to the north by Tublay, south to Baguio City and to the west by Sablan and Tuba. The land area is 82.74 km ², which represents 3.16 % of the area of the province of Benguet. The terrain is mountainous with many springs, rivers and streams. The worst is over in La Trinidad is located 1300 m above sea level. The altitude in the municipality ranges from 500 m above sea level to 1700 m above sea level.

Climate

La Trinidad is part of the range of the Type I climate, according to the classification of the Corona system, with a pronounced dry season and rainy season. The dry season lasts from November to April and the rainy season from May to October. The temperatures are cool. The lowest average temperature is measured at 11.7 ° C in January, the highest with 23.2 ° C in the months of March, April and May. The average annual temperature is 18.6 ° C. The most precipitation with an average of 851 mm falls in August.

Barangays

La Trinidad is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. The largest Baranggay are Wangal with 11.16 km ², Puguis 10.22 km ² and Alno 9.58 km ². The smallest Baranggay Cruz is 0.57 km ².

• Alapang
• Alno
• Ambiong
• Bahong
• Balili
• Beckel
• Bineng
• Betag

• Cruz
• Lubas
• Pico
• Poblacion
• Puguis
• Shilan
• Tawang
• Wangal