page_title: La Trinidad, Benguet
section_title: Modern history
hierarchical_section_title: La Trinidad, Benguet / History / Modern history
caption_attribution_description: English: StoBoSa Hillside Homes Artwork in La Trinidad, Benguet, a town near Baguio City.
context_page_description: La Trinidad, officially the Municipality of La Trinidad, is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 129,133 people.
  The municipality is known for its strawberry plantations earning the title "Strawberry Fields of the Philippines".
context_section_description: La Trinidad was transformed into a full-fledged town from its former status as municipal district by virtue of Republic Act No. 531, approved June 16, 1950.
  On June 23, 2016, La Trinidad was highlighted in the media when the first and largest community artwork in the Philippines, the STOBOSA Hillside Homes Artwork was unveiled, featuring hillside houses within the sitios of Stonehill, Botiwtiw and Sadjap of Barangay Balili painted with sunflower and abstract designs.
  Today, people often hear about the town's push for cityhood. The town had long surpassed the requirements for annual income, but could not comply with either of the minimum population or land area requirements of at least 150,000 inhabitants or a contiguous territory of 100 square kilometers, as mandated by the Local Government Code.
caption: StoBoSa Hillside Homes Artwork
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