2003 Bulacan Socio-Economic Profile

233 Pages·2007·3.31 MB·English

Republic of the Philippines
PROVINCE OF BULACAN
Malolos City

SOCIO-ECONOMIC
PROFILE
2003

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Provincial Planning and Development Office would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge with appreciation the
cooperation and valuable assistance extended by the following government and national agencies in making this publication
available.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National
Statistics Office (NSO),National Statistical Coordinating Board (NSCB), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Commission
on Election (COMELEC), Department of Education (DepED), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Health (DOH),
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Land Transportation Office (LTO), National Food Authority (NFA),
National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Telecommunication Office (TELOF), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Associations (RWSA), Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company (PLDT), Digital Telecommunication Company (DIGITEL), Dau Telephone Company (DATELCOM), Bureau of
Agricultural Statistics (BAS), Bulacan Provincial Police Office (BPPO), Provincial Accounting Office (PAO), ProvincialAssessment &
Treasury Office (PATO), Provincial Budget Office (PBO), Provincial Health Office (PHO), Provincial Cooperative and Entrepreneurial
Development Office (PCEDO), Provincial Youth, Sports, Employment, Arts and Culture Office (PYSEACO), Provincial Engineer’s
Office (PEO), Provincial Public Affairs Office (PPAO), Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO)

Lastly, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation to the Municipal Planning and Development Office (MPDOs) for their
untiring support to PPDO by way of extending and providing the necessary data and information on the 24 towns of the province.

We also welcomes recommendations from its users to be able to improve this SEP and better serve their data needs.

Once again, this document was made possible because of you and our gratitude will always remain!

Maraming-maraming salamat po!

The Provincial Planning and Development Office

ARLENE G. PASCUAL
Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator

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PART I
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE

A. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE

One tradition says that Bulacan came from the word “bulak” or cotton. More than two hundred
years before the coming of the Spanish conquistadores, Chinese merchants documented the
planting of cotton plants in the province. Cotton fibers were woven into clothing materials by
primitive looms. Another interpretation avers the name originates from “burak”, the clay for pottery
found along the Calumpit river banks. Shards from several archaeological diggings reveal that
pottery-making in Bulacan existed as far as the Neolithic Age.

Twelveth-century Chinese documents already marveled at the bounty with which nature blessed
Bulacan. Early friar chroniclers of the Spanish periods were so enamored by the abundance of its
flora that they described her as the “Garden of Luzon.”

A mountain range nurtures forest thick with hardwood. Rivers fertilize abundant fields famous for
rice, sugarcane, melons, okra, bananas and papayas. The Bay of Manila meets her veins of rivers
to produce brackish waters necessary for fishponds of milkfish and prawns, beds of oysters and
crabs.

So much bounty, so many reasons for her sons and daughters to shed blood to preserve such
beauty.

Bulacan is the only province in the Philippines that can lay claim to three republics. All born at a
time when democracy was still unknown in Asia. Foremost was the brief but valiant stand of the
Real Kakarong de Sili of Pandi in 1897. It was Bulacan’s first real threat against Spanish might. A
war of nerves led by the mystic Maestrong Sebio.

Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel mountains sheltered a republic that merged Aguinaldo’s fleeing forces
with Bulacan’s Katipuneros. General Gregorio del Pilar, barely out of his teens, led his brave army
in several brilliant skirmishes. Fired by the patriotism of the great propagandist – Marcelo H. del
Pilar.

The third is the province’s principal glory – the Malolos Republic. In 1998, enlightened
representatives from all over the islands converged in Malolos to formally inaugurate a Republic. A
congress wrote and ratified a constitution that was the first declaration of freedom ever in Asia.

The Malolos Republic then was the culmination of a long struggle for the right to be free from Dutch
pirates, British invaders, Spanish and American economic warriors and from any yoke of slavery.

The existence of Bulacan as a province since 1572 was reaffirmed by virtue of Act No. 2711
enacted on March 10, 1917 with the seat of government established in Malolos.

Table 1.1 shows the list of governors of Bulacan and the year of their administration

Table 1.1
List of Bulacan Governors

NAME OF GOVENOR YEAR OF ADMINISTRATION
Gen. Gregorio del Pilar 1898-1899
Gen. Isidro D. Torres 1899
Segundo Rodrigo 1898-1899
Jose Serapio 1900-1901
Pablo Tecson 1902-1906
Teodoro Sandico 1906-1909
Donato Teodoro 1910-1912
Trinidad Icasiano 1912-1916
Nicolas Buendia 1916-1919
Juan B. Carlos 1919-1921
Dr. Pio Valenzuela 1922-1925
Restituto J. Castro 1925-1928
Jose Padilla, Sr. 1928-1931; 1934-1937
Cirilo B. Santos 1931-1934
Jacinto Molina 1938-1940
Emilio Rustia 1941-1942
Jose delos Reyes 1943-1944
Fortunato Halili 1948-1950
Teofilo E. Sauco 1950-1951
Alejo S. Santos 1951-1954; 1955-1957
Tomas S. Martin 1958-1963
Jose M. Villarama 1964-1967
Ignacio Santiago 1968-1986
Amado T. Pineda 1987-1988
Roberto M. Pagdanganan 1988-1998
Josefina Mendoza dela Cruz 1988-Present
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1. Geography

The province of Bulacan is situated at the southernnpart of Luzon, which is generally
known as the Central Plain of Luzon or Region III. It is bounded by the provinces of Aurora
and Quezon on the east, Metropolitan Manila and Rizal on the south and southeast, Nueva
Ecija on the north and Pampanga and and Manila and Rizal on the south and southeast,
Nueva Ecija on the north and Pampanga and Manila Bay on the west and southwest. (see
Figure 1.1) . In terms of its geographic location, the province lies 14 degrees 40 minutes and
15 degrees 18 minutes north latitude and 120 degrees 37 minutes abd 121 degrees 25
minutes east lontitudes. Theprovince gas a total of five congressional distric ts with 22
municipalities and 2 component cities and an aggregate of 569 barangays. (see Tables 1.2
& 1.3 and Figure 1.2).

2. Topography

The topography of Bulacan is generally flat on the western side wghile on the eastern side
are uplands that gradually increase in altitude and serve as foothills of the Sierra Madrem a
major mountain range in the country and the Cordillera.

Owing ti its physical feature, the province has three identifiable geographical areas, namely:
the coastal areas of Hagonoy, Malolos, Paombong, Obando and Bulacan, the flatlands or
central section which is composed of Balagtas, Baliuagm Bocaue, Bustos, Calumpit,
Guiguinto, Marilao, Meycauayabn, Pandi, Plaridel, Pulilan and Sta. Maria and the upland
areas of Angat, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, San Jose
del Monte and San Rafael.

3. Land Resources

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The size of bulacan is approximately 14% of the region’s total land area and about 0.88% of
the country’s total land area (see Table 1.5).

Bulacan’s soil types vary from the fine sandy loam type, abounding in the southeastern
portion to the silt loam type found in the northern part of the province.
4. Climate

Like most provinces of Luzon, the climate in Bulacan consists of two seasons: the wet and
the dry. The wet season starts around May and ends towards November. The rest of the
year is dry with occasional rains, more or less evenly dispersed throughout the area (see
Table 1.6)
The province experiences a cool weather from December to February and hot and humid
the rest of the year. This type of climate has proved ideal for the growing of all types of food
and plant crops.

5. Water Resources

Bulacan province is fortunate for having streams and several large rivers providing water and
hydroelectric power. Considered to be major ones are the Ipo and the Angat Rivers which
are big enough to provide economic opportunieies to the province. The Angat Dam serves
a greater portion of the water supply needs of Metro Manila and Cavite City through the
MWSS. In 1988, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed by the MWSS and the province
of Bulacan, which includes the towns of Meycauayan and Obando on the MWSS, service
area.

Fresh water coming from inland rivers diverges into several tributaries before flowing into the
Manila Bay (see Figure 1.3).

6. Mineral Resources

Non-metallic minerals such as clay ore, construction materials ore, gypsum ore, silica rock
form ore, guano ore, and rock phosphate abound in Bulacan. These deposits are found in
the mountainous areas of Angat, Norzagaray and San Ildefonso. The only known metallic
deposit in the province is iron ore found in the Municipality of San Miguel. The province also
has rich cement materials, which are presently mined, by cement factories operating in the
province. Marble ore reserves are also of commercial quantity. Salt from seawater is
processed in the coastal areas of Bulacan, Hagonoy, Malolos, Obando and Paombong.
Table 1.3
DISTRIBUTION OF BARANGAYS BY MUNICIPALITY/CITY
2004

MUNICIPALITY NUMBER OF BARANGAYS
1. Angat 16
2. Balagtas 9
3. Baliuag 27
4. Bocaue 19
5. Bulacan 14
6. Bustos 14
7. Calumpit 29
8. Doña Remedios Trinidad 8
9. Guiguinto 14
10. Hagonoy 26
11. Malolos 51
12. Marilao 16
13. Meycauayan 26
14. Norzagaray 13
15. Obando 11
16. Pandi 22
17. Paombong 14
18. Plaridel 19
19. Pulilan 19
20. San Ildefonso 36
21. San Jose del Monte 59
22. San Miguel 49
23. San Rafael 34
24. Sta. Maria 24
TOTAL 569

Source: Department of Interior and Local Government
Malolos, Bulacan
Table 1.4
DISTANCE CHART (In Kilometer)
Province of Bulacan

GOING TO

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COMI MMMNOPaobaaenrarlyzidonlcaaild agoooua s ar aCyyait ny 421414529671 32331792475 1121280449 133132802866 1211557112 11211924883 133231924060 133433032474 544152025704 11221824843 23432991559 2232202671 MA212647 MEYC21859 NORZAG3233 OBANDO 24 PANDI PAOMBONG ARIDEL AN EFONSO DEL MONTE CITY
PPlaaorimdeblo ng 4471 3276 1142 2100 1175 1118 2120 1129 5421 108 178 29 2220 2242 3380 2296 2231 11 PL PULIL N ILD OSE L
Pulilan 45 31 16 11 19 20 13 9 44 12 20 12 24 26 34 30 25 14 4 SA N J UE L
SSMaaonnn tIJeldo Cesefitoy nd seol 6460 3205 3282 1460 4119 3292 1388 3463 4338 3242 4338 3340 4165 4187 3240 5222 2281 3362 2364 2376 57 SA SAN MIG N RAFAE MARIA
San Miguel 75 41 48 25 51 49 26 43 54 44 53 44 54 56 67 61 56 46 35 36 9 66 SA A.
San Rafael 58 12 30 9 33 31 11 29 25 26 37 26 38 40 16 45 39 28 18 20 20 37 29 T
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Sta. Maria 32 16 10 32 7 14 19 35 29 14 31 22 12 14 14 19 9 24 22 26 48 12 57 41
Table 1.5
OFFICIAL LAND AREA AND PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
By Municipality
2004

CITY/MUNICIPALITY LAND AREA (Has.) % DISTRIBUTION
1. Angat 6,525.00 2.49
2. Balagtas 3,205.00 1.22
3. Baliuag 4,188.00 1.60
4. Bocaue 3,187.50 1.21
5. Bulacan 6,505.00 2.48
6. Bustos 3,975.00 1.51
7. Calumpit 5,625.00 2.14
8. Doña Remedios Trinidad 93,297.97 35.54
9. Guiguinto 2,148.00 0.82
10. Hagonoy 9,038.00 3.44
11. Malolos City 8,836.00 3.37
12. Marilao 2,625.00 1.00
13. Meycauayan 2,855.00 1.09
14. Norzagaray 16,010.36 6.10
15. Obando 1,458.00 0.56
16. Pandi 3,170.00 1.21
17. Paombong 4,463.00 1.70
18. Plaridel 4,100.00 1.56
19. Pulilan 4,625.00 1.76
20. San Ildefonso 15,312.50 5.83
21. San Jose del Monte City 14,867.67 5.66
22. San Miguel 20,865.50 7.95
23. San Rafael 16,525.00 6.30
24. Sta. Maria 9,092.50 3.46
TOTAL 262,500.00 100.00

Source: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Malolos, Bulacan