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Bulacan
Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan (; ; ; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region. Its capital is the city of Malolos. Bulacan was established on August 15, 1578, and part of the Super regions of the Philippines, Metro Luzon Urban Beltway Super Region. This province is a part of the Greater Manila Area. It has 572 barangays in 20 municipalities and four component cities (Baliwag, Malolos the provincial capital, Meycauayan, and San Jose del Monte the largest city). Bulacan is located immediately north of Metro Manila. Bordering Bulacan are the provinces of Pampanga to the west, Nueva Ecija to the north, Aurora (province), Aurora and Quezon to the east, and Metro Manila and Rizal (province), Rizal to the south. Bulacan also lies on the north-eastern shore of Manila Bay. In the 2020 census, Bulacan had a population of 3,708,890 people, the most populous in Central Luzon and the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malolos
Malolos , officially the City of Malolos (), is a component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government. Malolos was the site of the constitutional convention of 1898, known as the Malolos Convention, that led to the establishment of the First Philippine Republic led by Emilio Aguinaldo, at the sanctuary of the Barasoain Church. The convent of the Malolos Cathedral served as the presidential palace at that time. The First Philippine Republic is sometimes characterized as the first proper constitutional republic in Asia, although there were several Asian republics predating it – for example, the Mahajanapadas of ancient India, the Lanfang Republic, the Republic of Formosa, or the Republic of Ezo. Aguinaldo himself had led a number of governments prior to Malolos, like those established at Tejeros and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagonoy, Bulacan
Hagonoy, officially the Municipality of Hagonoy (, Kapampangan: ''Balen ning Hagonoy''), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 133,448 people. History Hagonoy was first mentioned in the history of the Philippines in 1571. Even before the "blood compact" between the Spain's conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and the Philippines' Datu Sikatuna was made, the place was already known as Hagonoy. The land consists of archipelagic marsh and river tributaries going to the sea, where the first ancestors of this town probably took this way to reach Hagonoy. Hagonoy first appeared in Philippine history when they formed part of the fleet of Tarik Sulayman of Macabebe, Pampanga that met Martin de Goiti at the Battle of Bangkusay in the initial defense of the Lusong against the Spaniards in 1571. Hagonoy began as part of ''Alcaldia de Calumpit'' as its visita together with Apalit. It has huge convent having founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Bulacan
The governor of Bulacan () is the local chief executive of the province of Bulacan in Central Luzon region of the country. The governor holds office at the Bulacan Provincial Capitol in Malolos City. List of governors of Bulacan Elections * 1988 Bulacan local elections * 1992 Bulacan local elections * 1995 Bulacan local elections * 1998 Bulacan local elections * 2001 Bulacan local elections * 2004 Bulacan local elections * 2007 Bulacan local elections * 2010 Bulacan local elections * 2013 Bulacan local elections * 2016 Bulacan local elections * 2019 Bulacan local elections * 2022 Bulacan local elections * 2025 Bulacan local elections References {{Provincial governors in the Philippines Governors of Bulacan, Government of Bulacan Governors of provinces of the Philippines, Bulacan Politics of Bulacan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocaue, Bulacan
Bocaue , officially the Municipality of Bocaue (), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 141,412 people. Among its tourist attractions are a town museum located near the municipality's center and the town's river festival celebrated on the first Sunday of every July. The river festival is in commemoration of the Holy Cross of Wawa, believed to be miraculous by the town's predominantly Roman Catholic population. The town's name comes from the Old Tagalog word "''Bukawe''", which refers to a type of long bamboo ('' Schyzostachyum lima''). History Bocaue was first established by Franciscan missionaries as a barrio and visita of Meycauayan in 1582 and as a town on April 11, 1606, under the advocacy of San Martin de Tours. It was the first town to be granted independence from the old Meycauayan that was then a very large town comprising the present territories of Meycauayan City, Marilao, Santa Maria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
San Jose del Monte, officially the City of San Jose del Monte (abbreviated as SJDM or CSJDM); ; ; ; ; ), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 651,813 people, making it the largest local government unit within the province of Bulacan and Central Luzon, and the 18th most populated city in the Philippines. It was proclaimed as a component city on 10 September 2000, through Republic Act No. 8797. Its conversion into a highly urbanized city was by virtue of Proclamation No. 1057 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on 4 December 2020; the conversion was rejected on a referendum held on 30 October 2023, by the voters of Bulacan including the concerned city. San José del Monte derived its name from Saint Joseph, whose statue was found in a veritable forest. The hunters called it as such, which means “Saint Joseph of the Mountain” in Spanish. History Early accounts of the founding of the city, as ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baliwag
Baliwag, officially the City of Baliwag (; , Kapampangan: ''Lakanbalen ning Baliwag/Siudad ning Baliwag,'' also spelled as ''Baliuag''), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 168,470 people. The name Baliwag, hispanized as ''Baliuag'', is an old Kapampangan word for "untouched." It was founded in 1732 by Augustinian friars and was incorporated by the Spanish Governor-General on May 26, 1733. It was carved out from the town of Quingua (now Plaridel). Through the years of Spanish domination, Baliuag was predominantly agricultural. People had to depend on rice farming for the main source of livelihood. Orchards and ''tumanas'' yielded fruits and vegetables, which were sold in the public market. Commerce and industry also played important contributions to the economy of the people. Buntal hat weaving in Baliwag together with silk weaving popularly known in the world as Thai silk; the manufacturer of ciga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bustos, Bulacan
Bustos, officially the Municipality of Bustos (), is a Municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,199 people. The town got its name from Jose Pedro Perez de Bustos, a mining engineer from Villaviciosa, Asturias, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain who served as the right-hand of Simón de Anda y Salazar and was appointed ''teniente general alcalde'' (Provincial Governor) of Bulacan. History Bustos was a part of the town of Baliuag as its barrio during the Spanish Period. The town was separated from Baliuag by a tragic incident when around 1860, during a rainy Sunday, a group of natives from Bustos with babies in their arms were on their way to St. Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag for baptismal when they drowned after the ''planceta'' or raft they were riding accidentally capsized while crossing the wild river of Angat River, Angat due to the strong water current. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulakan, Bulacan
Bulakan, officially the Municipality of Bulakan (), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,232 people. Bulakan, which is one of the oldest towns in the Philippines, became the ''encomienda'' or capital of the '' Provincia de la Pampanga'', and later became the first capital of the Province of Bulacan before it was moved to Malolos early during the American occupation. With regard to whether to use the letters "c" or "k" to refer to the municipality of Bulakan, the New Provincial Administrative Code of Bulacan (Ordinance no. C-004) of 2007 states on Chapter 2, Section 15 that the word "Bulakan" stands for the municipality and first capital of the province while "Bulacan" refers to the province itself. Etymology The town got its name is from the Tagalog word ''bulak'', which means ''cotton'' in the English language. It was named ''Bulakan'' due to the abundance of cotton plant growing in the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calumpit, Bulacan
Calumpit , officially the Municipality of Calumpit (, Kapampangan: ''Balen ning Calumpit''), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 118,471 people. The name "''Calumpit''" comes from the tree "'' Kalumpít''", a hardwood species similar to ''apalit'' and narra, which grows abundantly in front of the St. John the Baptist Parish Church in the Población-Sucol area. History Precolonial era Calumpit was already an established ''barangay'' under the leadership of Gat Maitim prior to the fall of Tondo in June 1571. Other nearby villages were Gatbuka, Meyto, Meysulao, Pandukot, Malolos, Macabebe, Hagonoy, and Apalit. When Calumpit was Hispanized and established as a political and geographical entity in 1572, they chose what is today Barangay Población as the site of the church and the administrative center of the aforementioned villages, which were annexed to it. Spanish period Upon hearing that Tond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balagtas, Bulacan
Balagtas (), officially the Municipality of Balagtas (), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,018 people. The town was formerly known as ''Bigaa''. It was renamed in honor of Filipino poet Francisco Balagtas. History Originally known as Caruya/Caluya as per the historical records regarding the early years of the establishment of Bulacan Province, Caruya was one of the encomiendas of the vast region La Pampanga falls under the Alcalde Mayor of Bulacan. Encomienda de Caruya was Encomienda of the King of Spain which appeared in Miguel de Loarca's Relacion de las Isla Filipinas in 1582 and the Report of Governor-General Luis Pérez Dasmariñas of June 21, 1591, document. The propagation of Catholic instructions in Caruya initially belonged to Bulakan Convent and was directly administered by the Alcalde Mayor of Bulacan, but it was transferred to the Malolos Convent on an uncertain date. Bigaa was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulacan Provincial Board
The Bulacan Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Bulacan. The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into six Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts, and each district send two members since 2022; the number of candidates the electorate votes for and the number of winning candidates depends on the number of members their district sends. The vice governor is the ''ex officio'' Chairman, presiding officer, and only Casting vote, votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide. The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Bulacan, with the exception that the Legislative district of San Jose del Monte being a part of the 4th provincial board district until 2025. District apportionment In May 2024, the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Supreme Court ordered the addition of two seats in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angat, Bulacan
Angat , officially the Municipality of Angat (), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,617 people. The town got its name after the Tagalog word ''Angat'' (A-ngat) , meaning ''elevated'' or ''a high piece of land''. History Angat was originally a part of the old ''pueblo'' de Quingua (now the municipality of Plaridel). This fact was due most probably to the situation of the Rio de Quingua (Angat River), which directly connects the town of Quingua, a community then located in the center of vast lands, covering plains and mountains alike. Augustinian missionaries built a small ''visita'' (chapel) under the Parochial ministry of Paroquia de Santiago Matamoro de Quingua. In 1683, the ''visita'' of Angat made a Town Church and the whole Angat where established as a new Pueblo. Today, still stands and legible, is the inscription at the façade of her church with a Roman Numeral "MDCCXII" translated to "1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
