San Jose del Monte, officially the City of San Jose del Monte (abbreviated as SJDM or CSJDM); ; ; ; ; ), is a
component city in the
province
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of
Bulacan
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,
Philippines
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. 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
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, and the 18
th 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
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Rodrigo Duterte
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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
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Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern O ...
, 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 gathered from the old people, contend that it was formerly a part of the town of
Meycauayan. This is supported by a decree from the
Archbishop of Manila
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dated March 1750 on the creation of new municipalities. The municipality of San Jose del Monte was then officially founded on 2 March 1752.
The decree included the list of families who volunteered to be relocated. These families, most if not all from Lagulo (now Malhacan) in Meycauayan, brought with them rice, wine, nganga, and salt in exchange for the wild pigs, deer, yantok, and almasigan of the Itas and Dumagats, the native inhabitants of the area. Solares, including intended lots for main roads, were peacefully distributed to the new occupants after being measured and surveyed.
[ ]
In all probability, the hunters reported their findings to the parish priest of Meycauayan. It was said that the priest built a stone church at the site where the town proper is now located. The statue was installed in the new church. Extant Catholic Church records reveal that the first parish priest was Father Antonio de Moral. He took charge of the parish in 1845.
During the
revolt against Spain, the town became a battleground between the
Katipuneros and the Spanish forces. The revolutionaries lost and the vengeful Spanish soldiers burned down the settlement. The townspeople fled for their lives to nearby towns. At the advent of American rule, it was made a part of Santa Maria until 1918 when the town was recreated and Ciriaco Gallardo appointed the first municipal president. Public schools were opened at the start of the American regime but due to the scarcity of the population, the highest grade organized was at the fourth grade.
During the
Japanese occupation, the town became an ideal hiding place for the locally recognized guerrillas because of the town's hilly and wooden terrain. The
Japanese Imperial Army
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took over the local government of San Jose del Monte from 1942 to 1943. In resistance, the municipality formed its guerrilla unit. San Jose del Monte experienced large casualties when the Americans bombed the town center on 11 January 1945, and again on 14 January 1945. When the combined Filipino and American troops came, peace reigned but not for long.
At the height of the
Hukbalahap Rebellion, the town was raided on 10 October 1950. The Huks burned down the town hall. The town was raided for the second time on 21 March 1951. The Huks did not succeed because of the precautionary measures instituted by the town officials after which the Huks were gradually eliminated.
In the 1980s, thousands of informal settlers from
Metro Manila
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were relocated to San Jose del Monte. Due to the large number of residents, Bulacan Governor
Roberto Pagdanganan recalled in 1996 that the relocation did not ensure new livelihoods for its informal settlers, thus turning many squatters toward criminality; he noted that the town had the highest crime rate in the province according to police reports.
In 1988,
Eduardo Roquero was elected mayor of the municipality by a margin of eight (8) votes against his closest opponent, reelectionist Reynaldo Villano.

On 14 February 2024, Luneta Morales, an 83-year-old choir member was killed due to chest injuries while 63 attendees suffered multiple injuries when the "Vicariate of Saint Joseph
Saint Peter the Apostle Church (San Jose del Monte, Bulacan)30-year-old balcony-gallery, weakened by infesting
termites
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collapsed during an
Ash Wednesday
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service past 7 a.m.
PHT. Malolos Bishop
Dennis Villarojo said "those affected and their families are being assisted by the Diocese of Malolos with parish priest Fr. Rómulo Pérez and his parochial vicar Fr. Divino Cayanan.
On 13 February 2025, the
National Historical Commission of the Philippines
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(NHCP) unveiled the city’s first historical marker on Saint Joseph the Worker Parish at Barangay Población I, recognizing its historical value for the city since its construction first as a ''
visita'' of Meycauayan before becoming a separate parish on 11 February 1752, more than a month after San José del Monte became a separate municipality. This comes with the groundbreaking event for constructing the San José del Monte Historical Center () at the former city hall site before its transfer to Barangay Dulong Bayan. It would be the city’s first museum.
Cityhood
2000 plebiscite and later events
In December 1999,
district representative Angelito Sarmiento filed the bill converting the then municipality of San Jose del Monte into a component city. This was approved on July 15, 2000 as ''
Republic Act
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No. 8797''.
A plebiscite was held on September 10, 2000. Despite a low turnout, the cityhood was approved mostly by migrants, mainly from
Metro Manila
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which composed seventy percent of the residents by then; only nine of the 59 villages voted against the bill. The official proclamation was held in the evening. San Jose del Monte became the first city in Bulacan since
Malolos failed in the cityhood bid in December 1999.
(Malolos was eventually declared a city in 2002 by the
Commission on Elections
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which had reversed the official result following a recount.) It was also recorded as the
country's 86th chartered city.
Through ''RA No. 9230'', amending the city charter and approved on December 18, 2003, the city was granted
its own legislative district, the province's
first lone district,
while ''barangays'' were classified into two districts for purposes of representation in the ''
Sangguniang Panlungsod
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''. Officers were to be first
elected in 2004.
Highly urbanized city

On 4 December 2020, President
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assum ...
declared San Jose del Monte as a highly urbanized city through Proclamation No. 1057. However, it will have to go through a plebiscite to ratify its city charter. It was supposed to be held four months after the 2022 national and local elections
but it was overdue ever since then. Hence, the proclamation remained pending for its HUC status for a long time beyond the national and local elections. On 11 September 2023,
COMELEC, released a resolution that synchronized the plebiscite on 30 October 2023, along with the
barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
The majority of voters rejected the conversion, as declared by the COMELEC two days after the plebiscite. Meanwhile, a tenth of those who joined did not vote, leaving blank ballots.
Geography
The elevation of the city ranges from approximately above sea level; the relief transitions from warm lowland to cool upland as one goes eastward. This is because the city is part of the Sierra Madre mountain range. Plains and river valley flats characterize the western and southwestern quadrant. The central portion and much of its eastern section are made up of undulating hills with low relief. High relief areas and moderate slopes best describe its extreme eastern and northwestern quadrant. Slopes of 3%-8% are extensively found in the city, particularly in the western half. Slopes of 30%-50% comprise the smallest portion of the total land area.
The rivers and creeks that flow in San Jose del Monte are direct tributaries of the
Angat River, which flows from the Angat Reservoir. Major natural waterways of San Jose del Monte are the Kipungok, Santo Cristo, and Santa Maria River systems. Kipungok River separates San Jose del Monte from Caloocan and Rodriguez. It is directly connected to the Marilao River, which flows downwards to
Manila Bay
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. Draining to these rivers are creeks and streams, which act as catchment areas for the surface water runoff of the city. Among these are the Bigte, Kantulot, Katinga, and Salamin creeks.
Located in the southeast of the province, it is bordered by the cities of
Caloocan
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Caloo ...
and
Quezon City
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in
Metro Manila
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to the south, by the municipality of
Rodríguez in
Rizal to the east, the municipalities of
Santa María and
Marilao to the west and
Norzagaray to the north. San Jose del Monte is from
Malolos and from
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...
.
The city is home to some of the biggest resettlement areas in the Philippines like the Sapang Palay resettlement area spread over 36 barangays, Pabahay 2000 in Barangay Muzon South, and Towerville in Barangay Minuyan Proper. Most of the city's population come from former informal settlers along the creeks, esteros, riverbanks and railway tracks of Metro Manila.
General Land Use
Growing commercial, residential, and light industrial areas, are found all over the city at major road intersections and along major thoroughfares. However, the bulk of San Jose del Monte's built-up areas are mostly west of Quirino Highway at the primary level to gently sloping 8% terrain, dividing the city into a heavily built-up western section and the largely agricultural eastern section. Most of the city's schools, government institutions, commercial developments, industries, and other urban amenities are in this section. The largest contiguous built-up area is at Sapang Palay Resettlement Project area, followed by the conurbation in Tungkong Mangga and Muzon.
The developments east of the Quirino Highway are mostly scattered residential areas and agricultural lands. However, there are a few subdivisions that are some distance away from Ciudad Real and take advantage of its secluded and rural atmosphere. These are the Blessed Sacrament Seminary and an Augustinian convent.
In between the built-up clusters are pockets of agricultural lands, which are continuously converted into built-up uses. Planted in these lands are crops such as
rice
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and
corn
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. The clustering pattern for both built-up and agricultural uses is partly due to the decisions made by settlers about the hilly conditions that dominate the topography. Most households in the western half of San Jose del Monte opted to convert their lands to residential uses while others maintained the farms. This left upland uses, such as those about forest use, more common towards the easternmost zones.
Most vegetative outgrowths are in areas that are difficult to build on. But there are instances when these outgrowths are integrated into the built-up areas, usually found in the West: several heavily vegetated areas. Supplementing these are mini forest projects of the city government. The City Agriculture Office maintains a Mini Forest Project in Barangay Muzon along the San Jose del Monte–Marilao Road and a mahogany planting site.
Climate
Barangays

San Jose del Monte is politically subdivided into 62
barangay
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s, as shown in the matrix below.
Each barangay consists of
purok
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s and some have
sitios
A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.
It was originally made up of only five barangays: Poblacion, Halang (Muzon), Sapang Palay, Santo Cristo, and Gaya-Gaya. Over time, these five mother barangays were divided to provide better accommodation for the people, particularly in the Sapang Palay Resettlement Area (Hacienda de Sapang Palay), which stretches to Minuyan.
There is an ongoing land dispute with the municipality of Norzagaray, Bulacan regarding both territories. Such disputes can be located in the upper portion of Assumption, the eastern portion of Santo Niño II, the eastern portion of San Martin de Porres, the eastern portion of Lawang Pari, the eastern portion of Minuyan Proper, Kaybanban, San Roque, Paradise III, San Isidro, the upper portion of Tungkong Mangga, the upper portion of Ciudad Real barangays in San Jose del Monte and lower portion of Tigbe, the lower portion of Bitungol, the lower portion of Minuyan, lower portion of Bigte, lower portion of San Mateo (Sitio Karahume), mountainous portion of San Lorenzo in Norzagaray.
Historical maps of Bulacan, before the creation of Doña Remedios Trinidad, indicate that ''both territories'' of San Jose del Monte and Norzagaray stretch up to
Tayabas province.
These barangays are grouped into two districts, the first with a ZIP Code of 3023, and the second with 3024. Twenty-six (26) barangays comprise the first district while the 36 barangays located in Sapang Palay compose the second district.
The city's former administrative center was located in Población 1, which is now transferred to Dulong Bayan, which is now the city's new seat of government. San Jose del Monte has 4 major urban centers, called nodes: Muzon node (consisting of the four barangays of Muzon), Poblacion node (consisting of the two barangays of Población), Sapang Palay node (consisting of the barangays surrounding Sampol Market), and Tungkong Mangga node.
The most recently created barangays are Muzon Proper, Muzon East, Muzon West, and Muzon South created by dividing Barangay Muzon. The four barangays were made through the approval of a law on 25 March 2023 through a referendum.
Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of San Jose del Monte was 651,813 people, with a density of . This makes it the largest local government unit in Bulacan province. It is also the largest city in Central Luzon (Region III).
With the coming of settlers to San Jose del Monte, its population increased tremendously. Its population increased dramatically since the 1950s as the population tended to move from rural areas to towns and cities. Its proximity to Manila allowed it to accommodate its spillover population. This is further hastened by the development of nearby
Quezon City
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and the accompanying increase in population and infrastructure.
The forced relocation of informal settlers and the lure of government to provide them with their own homes allowed the town to continue to grow despite the lack of government facilities. As such, San Jose del Monte exhibited an increasing percentage share of the provincial population from as low as 2% in 1960 to 9% in 1990 and then to 17% in 2015. The town surpassed the population of
Meycauayan in the 1980 census and
Malolos in the 1990 census, then the largest towns of Bulacan. By 2015, it has more than two times the population of the now second place
Santa María town (256,454 people in the 2015 Census).
If current population growth holds (2010-2015, +4.55%), the population of San Jose del Monte is expected to double and breach one million by the 2030 Census.
Languages
The city, along with the municipalities of San Miguel, Doña Remedios Trinidad, and Norzagaray, is the homeland of the Dumagat Kabuloan or Alta Kabuloan, the first inhabitants of Bulacan, with a
language
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named exactly as their people. Their language is currently endangered and is in dire need of local government intervention. The majority of residents in the town are native speakers of the
Tagalog language
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.
Economy
Agriculture
Major crops are leafy vegetables, root crops (cassava as its
OTOP), pineapple, mango, and coffee beans.
Livestock and poultry
The major income earner is large- and small-scale swine production. There are 60 commercial livestock and poultry farms in the city. The major poultry producers are
RFM Corporation, Vitarich, and FELDAN.
Trade and commerce
The city has three major business district growth areas: Tungkong Mangga, Muzon, and Sapang Palay (Sampol). They are in wholesale and retail trade.
The minor business districts include Towerville in Minuyan Proper, Palmera in Kaypian, Northgate in Santo Cristo, Citrus, Poblacion 1, Grotto in Graceville, Francisco Homes, Gumaoc, and San Rafael III.
Commercial and thrift banks, pawnshops, and cooperatives provide financial services. There are two major malls: Starmall San Jose del Monte in Palmera and
SM City San Jose del Monte in Tungkong Mangga.
Tourism
* Mount Balagbag and
Kaytitinga Falls (Barangay San Isidro) are the main tourist attractions in the city. A portion of the
Angat Watershed Forest Reserve also extends to San Jose del Monte.
* VS Orchids Farm (Santo Cristo) is the biggest orchids nursery and ornamental plants farm in Bulacan owned by Rolita Spowart, 3
Manila Seedling Bank Foundation, Quezon City. Hundreds of orchids species are nurtured in this 1.8 hectars flora haven.
* The
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Shrine (Graceville) is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site often visited by devotees during
Holy Week
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.
* Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church (Poblacion 1) is the main historical pilgrimage site in the heart of the city.
* People's Park of San Jose del Monte (Sapang Palay Proper)
* River Park Esplanade (Dulong Bayan)
* The Rising Heart and Padre Pio Mountain of Healing (Paradise III)
* Grotto Vista Resort (Graceville)
* Los Arcos de Hermano Resort and Events (Tungkong Mangga)
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San Jose del Monte People's Part Sports Complex (Sapang Palay) 25.jpg, San Jose del Monte People's Park & Sports Complex
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Infrastructure
Transportation

The city is serviced by bus routes going to and from
Parañaque
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(
PITX),
Santa Cruz in
Manila
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,
Quezon City
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, and
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
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. Jeepney, modern-jeepney, and minibus routes also ply the roads between the city and neighboring cities and towns in
Metro Manila
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and
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 ...
.
Road Network
San Jose del Monte's road network has a total length of . The following are the main arteries of San Jose del Monte's road network which link the 59 barangays with Metro Manila and the rest of Bulacan.
*
Quirino Highway is a national road that stretches from the town of Norzagaray (Bigte Rotonda) to
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
(Balintawak).
* Bocaue–San Jose Road, also called
Gov. Fortunato Halili Avenue, is a provincial road that links the city passing through
Tungkong Mangga (Tungko) via Muzon to the town of
Santa Maria,
Bocaue and to the North Luzon Expressway.
* Sapang Palay–Santa Maria Road links the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project to the town of
Santa Maria passing through Barangay Bulac,
Barangay Catmon, and Barangay San Jose Patag in the said town.
* San Jose–Marilao Road, also referred to as Miguel Villarica Road, links the city with the
municipality of Marilao and to the
North Luzon Expressway.
* Dr. Eduardo V. Roquero Avenue links the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project to Quirino Highway and in the opposite end to Sapang Palay Proper.
* Igay Provincial Road connects Quirino Highway to Rodríguez, Rizal, passing through Santo Cristo, Kaybanban, San Roque, Paradise III, and San Isidro.
* Kaypian Road connects Barangay Dulong Bayan to Starmall–San Jose del Monte via Barangay Kaypian and links to Quirino Highway.
* Circumferential Road 6 (C6) bypasses the city of San Jose del Monte that the project initially would link
Metro Manila
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with the provinces of
Bulacan
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in the north,
Rizal in the east, and
Cavite
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in the south via Phase 2, passing through the cities of
Pasig
Pasig, officially the City of Pasig (), is a highly-urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people.
It is located along the eastern border of Metro Mani ...
,
Taguig
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, and
Muntinlupa
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.
* North Luzon East Expressway (NLEE) bypasses through the city of San Jose del Monte and connects to
Cabanatuan
Cabanatuan, officially the City of Cabanatuan (; ; kapampangan language, Kapampangan: ''Lakanbalen/Ciudad ning Cabanatuan''), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Acco ...
in Nueva Ecija.
Railway Network
The city is also the site of the under-preparation terminus of
Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT)
Line 7. The initial location of the said station, named
San Jose del Monte Station, would be located near the area of Colinas Verdes, a subdivision in Tungkong Mangga, San Jose del Monte, passing through Tala, North Caloocan, and barangay Ciudad Real.
However, due to the appeals the residents of Pangarap Village in Tala over years of land dispute and right-of-way issues, in 2021, the railway leading to the station was realigned, now passing through
Quirino Highway instead of passing through the said disputed residential community, and the new site of San Jose del Monte station would now be located on a vast vacant lot alongside Skyline Hospital and Medical Center.
Water

The bulk of the city's water requirement is being served by the San Jose Del Monte City Water District, together via Joint Venture Agreement to Prime Water Corporation.
Power
Power distribution is being undertaken by the Manila Electric Company (
Meralco
The Manila Electric Company, also known as Meralco (, , stylized in uppercase), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 3 ...
). The city hosts the biggest
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sub-station in the country in Barangay Dulong Bayan.
Telecommunications/communications
Landline telephone systems are provided by the
PLDT and
Globe
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.
Internet service is available through SPC Cable Network,
PLDT Home Fiber and DSL,
Globe Fiber,
Red fiber,
Streamtech and
Converge Fiber X.
Mobile telephone services are provided by
Smart Communications
Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. As of November ...
,
Globe Telecom, and
Dito Telecommunity.
Education
Public Universities
* Bulacan State University - Sarmiento Campus
Colleges
* Bulacan Polytechnic College-San Jose Del Monte Campus
* Bestlink College of the Philippines
* City College of San Jose del Monte
* Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel
* Colegio San Agustin - Bulacan
* College of Saint Anthony
* First City Providential College
* Golden Valley Colleges
* Headwaters College
*
Jesus the Greatest Name Christian College
* La Concepcion College
* Siena College of San Jose

* SJDM Cornerstone College, Inc.
* STI Academic Center San Jose Del Monte
* Village Montessori School and Colleges
Public high schools
* Citrus National High School
* City of San Jose del Monte National Science High School
* Graceville National High School
* Kakawate National High School
* Kaypian National High School
* Marangal National High School
* Minuyan National High School
* Muzon Harmony Hills High School
* Muzon National High School
* Paradise Farms National High School
* San Jose Del Monte Heights High School
* San Jose del Monte National High School
*
San Jose del Monte National Trade School
* San Manuel National High School
* San Martin National High School
* San Rafael National High School
* Santo Cristo National High School
* Sapang Palay National High School
* Towerville National High School
Government
Local government
Like other cities in the Philippines, San Jose del Monte is governed by a mayor and vice mayor elected to three-year terms. The mayor is the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The vice mayor heads a legislative council consisting of 12 members: 6 from District I and 6 from District II. The council is in charge of creating the city's policies.
Government officials (2025-2028)
Elected local officials, such as the representative, mayor, vice mayor, and twelve councilors, are currently serving their terms that last from 2025 to 2028.
Congress representation
The city has
a lone legislative district, being represented in the country's
House of Representatives
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.
List of former municipal and city mayors
Gallery
File:Quirino Highway, San Jose Del Monte boundary arch (Bulacan; 04-28-2021).jpg, Welcome arch
File:Productivity Center (Sapang Palay Proper) 49.jpg, Convention Center
File:Productivity Center (Sapang Palay Proper) 18.jpg, Veterinary Hospital
File:San Jose del Monte New City Hall Center River Esplanade (Dulong Bayan) 34.jpg, City Agriculture Office
File:San Jose Cemeteries Bulacan 13.jpg, San Jose del Monte Public Cemetery
File:Iglesia ng Diyos facade in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.jpg, Iglesia ng Dios na Buhay kay Cristo Jesus church
File:0321City of San Jose del Monte 48.jpg, Mother of Perpetual Help Quasi-Parish in Gaya-gaya
File:0301jfSM City Altaraza San Jose Monte Bulacan Bridge Highway Tungkong Manggafvf 10.JPG, Altaraza
File:SM City San Jose Del Monte.jpg, SM City San Jose Del Monte
Notable personalities
Politics
*
Angelito Sarmiento, politician, former mayor and representative for
Bulacan's 4th district
*
Arthur Robes, politician, incumbent mayor and former representative for the city's
lone district
*
Crispin Beltran, activist, politician, and former representative for
Bayan Muna partylist
*
Eduardo Roquero, politician, former mayor and representative for the city's
lone district
Sports
*
Angeli Tabaquero, volleyball player
Music, Film, and Television
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Chesster Chay, television personality
*
Imelda Papin, singer
References
External links
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Philippine Standard Geographic CodeSan Jose del Monte City BulacanPhilippine Census Information
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Cities in Bulacan
Populated places established in 1752
1752 establishments in the Philippines
Component cities in the Philippines