Atok Municipality: 7,400-ft High, Veggie Terraces & Fierce WWII Battle Scenes
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Atok has a land area of 22,385 hectares or 223.85 square kilometer. A great portion of the land is mountainous hence the highest point in the Philippine Highway System is located in the municipality at 7,400 ft. above sea level. Atok is centrally located in the heart of the province of Benguet. Since the municipality is one of Benguet's highland towns, the town's vegetable farmers have been hit three times by frost, causing millions of damage to crops. The name of the municipality was derived from its location. It is a short term of the phrase Nay Patok shi chontog which means "on the mountain top". During the Second World War, Atok was the scene of fierce pitch battles between the military forces of the Philippine Commonwealth, the guerrilla forces of the 66th Infantry (USAFIP-NL) and the Japanese Imperial Forces. This is so because of the terrain along the Halsema road which is suited and ideal for the guerillas to mount ambushes and use the guerilla’s strategy of fighting. The place is now called the “Guerilla Saddle” located at km. 26, Caliking, Atok. (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atok,_Bengu et)
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