Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan

Doña Remedios Trinidad
Municipality
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Country	[[{{#property:P17}}]]
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	[[{{#property:P131}}]]
District	3rd District
Founded	1977
Barangays	8
Government
• Mayor	Ronaldo T. Flores
Area
• Total	932.96 km2 (360.22 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	19,878
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
• Poverty rate	24.6%
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	{{#property:P281}}
Dialing code	{{#property:P473}}
Income class	1st class rural
Electricity	Manila Electric Company
• Consumption	0.79 million kWh (2003)

Doña Remedios Trinidad is a first class rural municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 19,878 people. It is also known as "Bulacan's Last Frontier" because of its untouched natural beauty and it is the least travelled town in the province.

History

On September 13, 1977, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad. The municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad was named in honor of the late mother (Remedios T. Romualdez) of then First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakeña from Baliuag.

The municipality covers seven barangays, originally part of Angat, Norzagaray, and San Miguel. These are Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile of Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan of Norzagaray; Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan of San Miguel.

Geography

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the largest municipality in Bulacan, occupying almost 1/3 of the total land area of the province. It lies on the southern edge of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and partially embracing two major portions of the Angat Watershed reservation: the Bulacan forest reserve and the Biak-na-Bato National Park, comprising 327.3 km² of alienable and disposable public land.

Barangays

Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into the following 8 barangays:

• Bayabas
• Camachile
• Camachin
• Kabayunan
• Kalawakan
• Pulong Sampaloc (Poblacion)
• Sapang Bulak
• Talbak

Demographics

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the least populated of all the municipalities and cities of Bulacan.

Population census of Doña Remedios Trinidad
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	8,614	—
1995	11,194	+5.03%
2000	13,636	+4.32%
2007	19,086	+4.75%
2010	19,878	+1.49%

Bulacan P11-billion bulk water supply project

On December 12, 2007, Bulacan and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) signed an agreement for the development of an P11-billion bulk water supply project. Ayala-owned Manila Water Co. Inc. will implement the project. MWSS and Manila Water will provide a financial package of an infrastructure grant, a P10-million development assistance and a P10-million royalty fee to the towns of Norzagaray and Doña Remedios Trinidad, which will host the water supply project.

Education

One of the main secondary school in DRT is the Doña Remedios Trinidad High School located in Brgy. Pulong Sampaloc. Most of the students in this school came from the four barangays of DRT (Pulong Sampaloc, Camachile, Sapang Bulak, and Bayabas) and some students from the adjacent barangay of Banaban in Angat. The San Ildefonso-based Bulacan Agricultural State College opened a branch campus as Bulacan Agricultural State College-DRT located in Barangay Sapang Bulak.

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  Municipal Hall

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  Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Parish Church

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  Altar

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• All About Doña Remedios Trinidad Bulacan
• Philippine Census Information