Bulacan
Bulacan is a Philippine province in the Central Luzon region on the main island of Luzon. The provincial capital is Malolos. In the 2796.10 km ² province in 2010 lived 2,924,433 people. Due to the proximity to the capital Manila, the local population mainly speaks Tagalog. Besides Tagalog Kapampangan and English are the languages most commonly used.
Geography
Geographical Location
Bulacan is located north of Metro Manila and Rizal province. Further, it is surrounded by the provinces of Pampanga to the west, Nueva Ecija to the north, and Aurora and Quezon to the east. In the southwest Bulacan has over Manila Bay, a connection to the South China Sea.
In the west and south of Bulacan the fertile plains of Central Luzon is located. Through them both rivers Angat and Pampanga. The Sierra Madre form the highlands east of the province, in the well of the Angat Dam and Nature Reserve Angat Watershed Forest Reserve is located in this area and is the largest Wasserressourse the region. The highest point of Bulacan is the mountain Oriod 1,170 meters.
To the east of the province of the Candaba River marshes, which are a unique ecosystem are.
Climate
From November to April is generally dry while it is the rest of the year wet. The monsoon from northeast occurs from October to January, bringing moderate rainfalls. Through the Sierra Madre in the east, there is, in spite of the trade wind, from February to April is always a very dry period. From May to September the monsoon comes from the southwest, which often brings a large number of storms or strong typhoons with it. The hottest month is May with an average temperature of 29.7 ° C. The February at 18.1 ° C, the Coldest.
Cities and municipalities
Bulacan is subdivided in three cities and 21 municipalities, which in turn are divided into 569 barangays:
Cities:
- Malolos City
- Meycauayan City
- San Jose del Monte City
Municipalities:
- Angat
- Balagtas
- Baliuag
- Bocaue
- Bulacan
- Bustos
- Calumpit
- Doña Remedios Trinidad
- Guiguinto
- Hagonoy
- Marilao
- Norzagaray
- Obando
- Pandi
- Paombong
- Plaridel
- Pulilan
- San Ildefonso
- San Miguel
- San Rafael
- Santa Maria
Economy
Industry: An increasing number of industries by proximity to Metro Manila. Many companies build factories and farms in Bulacan. In importance the production of leather, fireworks, ceramics, textiles and footwear have won.
Agriculture: In rural areas, agriculture is still the main source of income. Mainly rice, corn, vegetables and mangoes are grown.
History
Little is known about the pre-Hispanic history, the area is at least partially have belonged to the Luzon Empire. The province's name comes from the word " Bulak ", which means in Tagalog cotton; once the most important product of the province. The first documented colonizations in Bulacan were small fishing villages along the Manila Bay. After the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, the interior was more populated. The settlements are now the center of Bulacan, Calumpit ( founded in 1572 ) and San Rafael ( founded in 1750 ). 1848 San Miguel has been sustained to the province, which had previously belonged to Pampanga.
Bulacan was one of the first eight provinces that fought during the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. The first provisional Republic of the Philippines was proclaimed in July 1897 in the caves of Biak -na- Bato, the Republic of Biak -na- Bato, and adopted the first constitution of the Philippines on November 1 there. The Republic, however, was disbanded on December 15, 1897 with the signing of the Treaty of Biak -na- Bato in San Miguel between the Philippine and the Spanish party. On 12 June 1898, the second phase began when the Philippines declared in Kawit independence and on 15 September in the Church Barasoain, Malolos City in, the Revolutionary Congress was opened. On January 23, 1899, the First Philippine Republic was constituted in Malolos and Emilio Aguinaldo became its first president and Malolos was briefly the capital. The Congreso Revolucionario (Revolution Assembly ) held in Malolos Cathedral until March 29, 1899 in her.
When the Americans formed a civil government in the Philippines, the first election in the country was held in the municipality of Baliuag on May 6, 1899. Furthermore, in the province of some significant Filipinos as Gregorio del Pilar and Francisco Baltazar was born.
Education
In the province there are several colleges and universities. Next to Metro Manila Bulacan offers the widest range of educational institutions. In Bulacan In total there are three universities: Baliuag University, Bulacan State University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Centro Escolar University.
- Biak -na- Bato National Park
Personalities
- Marcelo H. del Pilar, nationalist and editor of the newspaper La Solidaridad propaganda.
- Gregorio del Pilar, Marcelo del Pilar and nephew of General during the Philippine- American War
- Deodato Arellano Filipino revolutionary and first president of the Katipunan
- Soc Rodrigo, former Philippine Senator