Bulacan, Bulacan
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Map of Bulacan showing the location of Bulacan |
Bulacan is a 2nd class urban
municipality in the
province of
Bulacan,
Philippines. According to the
2000 census, it has a population of 62,903 people in 13,577 households.
Bulacan is the birthplace of
Marcelo H. del Pilar, a Filipino nationalist who published the Filipino propaganda paper
La Solidaridad. The town is also the birthplace of his cousin,
Gregorio del Pilar, a Filipino revolutionary general, and
Soc Rodrigo, a former
Philippine senator.
Bulacan is politically subdivided into 14
barangays.
* Bagumbayan
* Balubad
* Bambang
* Matungao
* Maysantol
* Perez
* Pitpitan
* San Francisco
* San Jose (Pob.)
* San Nicolas
* Santa Ana
* Santa Ines
* Taliptip
* Tibig
The name "Bulacan" is derived from the Tagalog word "bulak", which means "cotton". The Spaniards named the town Bulacan due to the abundance of cotton plants growing in the region. The town is one of the oldest in the country. The Augustinians founded the town in
1574 and dedicated it under the patronage of
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Records tell us that Father Agustin del Alburqueque, OSA is the first priest and founder of the town of Bulakan.
By the year
1591, the town of Bulacan had 1,200 tributer or 4,800 persons, one Augustinian convent and one Alcalde Mayor who had jurisdiction over the town of Malolos. Bulacan was originally the capital of the Bulacan province. The capital was moved to
Malolos shortly after the American occupation. In the heart of the town stands the centuries old adobe church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in front of it, stand the municapal hall and the park dedicated to
Gregorio del Pilar.
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Philippine Standard Geographic Code*
2000 Philippine Census Information
