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Los Banos
It is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Laguna.
According to the latest censusit has a population of 98,631 inhabitants in 17,030 households. It has a total land area of 56.5 square kilometers and is bordered on the south and southwest by Mount Makilingon the north by Laguna de Bayon the northwest by Calamba City and on the east by the town of Bay. The town is located 63 kilometers southeast of Manila and is accessible via the South Luzon Expressway.
The town lies on the northern slopes of the long dormant volcano Mount Makiling and is known among tourists for its hot spring resorts that dot the area. Los Baños also hosts the University of the Philippinesalong with other foreign and local and international research centerssuch as the International Rice Research Institutethe ASEAN Center for Biodiversitythe Philippine Rice Research InstitutePhilippine Carabao Center at UPLBand SEAMEO-SEARCAmaking the town a temporary home for tens of thousands of undergraduate and graduate studentsresearchers and expatriates.
Aside from its importance in academicsscience and researchLos Baños is a well-known tourist destination. Because of the town's proximity to Metro ManilaLos Baños' hot spring resorts are frequent weekend or summer getaways for residents of the vast metropolis and tourists from other places in the Philippines and abroad. Tourists who visit Los Baños also come to the several native delicacies stores in the town to buy the town's famous Buko pie (coconut meat pie).
Los Baños started as a settlement called Mainitthe Tagalog term for "hot" and alludes to the thermal springs at the foot of Mount Makiling.
Mainit was a barrio of Bay until 1589. In 1595a temporary building made of bamboo and cogon was built to serve as shelter for the patients who journeyed to Mainit to seek cures for their ailments. In 1671more permanent structures like churches and hospitals were built only to be destroyed by a fire in 1727. The structures were re-erected at a slow rate. The church which now stands in the municipal center of Los Baños dates back to 1851. The Spanish Governor's palace was began in 1879 but was only completed in 1892.
In 1909the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (UPCA) was established. UPCAin successionsbecame a Japanese camp for prisoners of waran internment camp for allied nationalsa target of Kempetai punitive measuresand the headquarters of a secret organization of guerillas. On February 231945the campus was sacked by the Japanese and was razed to the ground. Only Baker Hallthe armory-gymnasiumremained.
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Attractions at Los Banos
Banamos FestivalBoy Scouts of the Philippines Camp
Crocodile Lake
Entomology Museum
Homma-Yamashita Shrine
Maria Makiling Park
Mineral and Hot Springs
Mount Makiling Forest Reserve
Museum of the Wildlife Collections of Dr. Dioscoro Rabor
National Arts Center
Philippine High School for the Arts
Provincial Office Demo Farm Complex
UPLB Museum of Natural History
Valesol Haven
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