FACTS AND FABLES ABOUT BAGUIO BARANGGAYS:
Did you know that the area presently known as Mines View park was originally called Binanga, from the local term banga, or cooking pot? Local legend has it that in the early days, mountain settlers in this area found a mysterious cooking pot of unknown origin, and thus named the area after it. It was also said that in the early 1900's a certain Kidpalos from Balingway, Itogon, relocated to this area after marrying Kanya, a beautiful lass from La Trinidad. He was originally from the area now known as Burnham Park, the legend said.
This same area, including what are now called Session Road and the City Market, was also referred to as Bagew by the early Kankanaeys. They refer to the area bordering the Tuba and Itogon municipalities as Dapon and Ulla
