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CountryPhilippines
Coordinates 16°24′42″N120°34′30″E / 16.41160°N 120.57491°E / 16.41160; 120.57491
TypePublic
Size94,800 square meters (23.4 acres) [1]
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Baguio Cemetery (also known as the Baguio Public Cemetery [2] ) is a 94,800-square-meter (23.4-acre) cemetery [1] in the city of Baguio, Philippines, on top of a hill along Naguilian Road.

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Established in the 1950s, the cemetery was overcrowded by 2011. [1] Informal settlers, some working in the cemetery as tomb cleaners and painters, have settled in land allotted to the cemetery by the Baguio city government. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Palangchao, Harley (23 October 2011). "Still no possible new site for a public cemetery in Baguio". Baguio Midland Courier. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Fianza, Julie (16 November 2012). "Baguio searches for new cemetery". Sun.Star Baguio. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2018.