THE BEAUTY OF
Bulacan
THE BEAUTY OF
Bulacan
- Philippines
Bulacan is a province in the Philippines, located in the Central Luzon Region (Region III) in the island of Luzon, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Manila (the nation’s capital), and part of the Metro Luzon Urban Beltway Super Region. Bulacan was established on August 15, 1578.
It has 569 barangays from 21 municipalities and three component cities (Malolos the provincial capital, Meycauayan, and San Jose del Monte). Bulacan is located immediately north of Metro Manila. Bordering Bulacan are the provinces of Pampanga to the west, Nueva Ecija to the north, Aurora and Quezon to the east, and Metro Manila and Rizal to the south. Bulacan also lies on the north-eastern shore of Manila Bay.
In the 2015 census, Bulacan had a population of 3,292,071 people, the most populous in Central Luzon and the third most populous in the Philippines, after Cebu and Cavite.[4] Bulacan’s most populated city is San Jose del Monte, the most populated municipality is Santa Maria while the least populated is Doña Remedios Trinidad.
In 1899, the historic Barasoain Church in Malolos was the birthplace of the First Constitutional Democracy in Asia.
On November 7, 2018, the Provincial Government of Bulacan bagged its fourth Seal of Good Local Governance award. The SGLG award is a progressive assessment system that gives distinction to remarkable governance performance.
It has 569 barangays from 21 municipalities and three component cities (Malolos the provincial capital, Meycauayan, and San Jose del Monte). Bulacan is located immediately north of Metro Manila. Bordering Bulacan are the provinces of Pampanga to the west, Nueva Ecija to the north, Aurora and Quezon to the east, and Metro Manila and Rizal to the south. Bulacan also lies on the north-eastern shore of Manila Bay.
In the 2015 census, Bulacan had a population of 3,292,071 people, the most populous in Central Luzon and the third most populous in the Philippines, after Cebu and Cavite.[4] Bulacan’s most populated city is San Jose del Monte, the most populated municipality is Santa Maria while the least populated is Doña Remedios Trinidad.
In 1899, the historic Barasoain Church in Malolos was the birthplace of the First Constitutional Democracy in Asia.
On November 7, 2018, the Provincial Government of Bulacan bagged its fourth Seal of Good Local Governance award. The SGLG award is a progressive assessment system that gives distinction to remarkable governance performance.
Barasoain Church
Titled as the “Cradle of Democracy in the East”, one of the most important religious buildings in the Philippines and the site of the first Philippine Republic, the Barasoain Church sits quietly full of history in the lands of Malolos, Bulacan Province.
San Ildefonso
Once called “Bulak” due to its abundant kapok trees—a tropical tree producing a pod that contains Java cotton as its ‘fruit’, and got its women inhabitants become “comfort women” for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the year 1942, the San Ildefonso …
Calumpit Church
Built in 1572, the St. John the Baptist Church is the oldest church in Bulacan. Constructed under the supervision of Augustinian priest Fr. Diego Vivar-Ordoñez, the church had been witness to the Filipino’s struggle against Spanish, American and Japanese…
Meycauayan Church
Meycauayan Church, commonly known as the The Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church, is one of the oldest parishes in Bulacan which even predates the Malolos Cathedral established in 1580 and the Barasoain Church established in 1630. It is also the province’s…
Halamanan Festival
Do you consider yourself as one with nature? Do you want to grow plants, trees and do you love to admire the gifts from our Mother Nature? If so, the Halamanan Festival is for you.
Simborio Chapel
The Plaridel Simborio Chapel is over 400 years old and is one of Bulacan’s oldest structure. An existing structure from the Spanish era, believed to have been constructed in the 1800s, is said to have been greatly unique from other similar structures…
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All photographs that appear on the site are copyright of Mariano Sayno. ©2017 Mariano Sayno.
All photographs that appear on the site are copyright of Mariano Sayno. ©2017 Mariano Sayno.
