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Bulacan province is included at the Central Plain of Luzon; the western part is generally flat and is drained by the Angat and Pampanga Rivers. It is located North of Metro Manila and surrounded by Nueva Ecija on the North and Northeast, Quezon on the East, Rizal on the south, Manila Bay on the South and Southwest and Pampanga on the West.

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The province has lots of festivities and other celebrations, which will enable one to experience enjoyment and pleasure. It has what they call Pulilan Carabao Festival, Parancillo, Fertility Rites, Lenten Rites and a lot more.

The province has numerous monuments and historical sites, which commemorate the long and bloody struggle of the Philippine people against the Spanish and American colonialists. These include Barasoain Church, Casa Real, Malolos, the former Republican printing press now converted into a museum, the San Rafael Church, Calumpit Bridge, Marcelo H. Del Pilar Shrine, Don Felipe Buencamino Marker at San Miguel and the Calumpit Church, which was a burial place for revolutionaries and Spaniards during the war.

Madlum, Pinaglarean, Aguinaldo Caves and Sibul Spring Resort are some of the natural attractions located in Bulacan that really fascinate visitors especially the tourists.

People in this area earn their living through leather tanning, cement bag making, ceramics, textiles, food processing, shoemaking, machinery and cottage making. Bulacan’s principal products are rice, corn, sugarcane, watermelon, bamboo, mangoes and various vegetables.

There are 3 ways to get to Bulacan: one is through the historic MacArthur Highway, another is through the North Expressway and through the Cagayan Valley Road. Various bus companies offer trips to the province, such as Philippine Rabbit Bus Line, Pantranco, Dangwa Bus, PNR, Victory Liner, and Fariñas Transportation.

FACTS

Region: 3
Capital: Malolos
City: San Jose Del Monte
Number of Towns: 23
1. Angat
2. Balagtas
3. Baliuag
4. Bocaue
5. Bulacan
6. Bustos
7. Calumpit
8. Doña Remedios Trinidad
9.  Guiguinto
10. Hagonoy
11. Malolos
12. Marilao
13. Meycauayan
14. Norzagaray
15. Obando
16. Pandi
17. Paombong
18. Plaridel
19. Pulilan
20. San Idelfonso
21. San Miguel
22. San Rafael
23. Santa Maria

CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS SHRINES

BARASOAIN CHURCH – Built in 1630, the church is famous for the paintings on the ceilings and dome.

CALUMPIT CHURCH, Guagua – Built in 1575, it has a tunnel where revolutionaries and Spaniards were buried during the War of Independence.

HISTORICAL SITES

BARASOAIN CHURCH – one of the leading historical spots in the nation. The seat of the short lived Philippine Republic and the site of the Malolos Congress in 1898.

BIAK-NA-BATO, San Miguel – A huge split boulder, which was the mountain hideout of the Revolutionary Forces and the place where the Pact of Biak-na-Bato was signed.

CALUMPIT BRIDGE, CalumpitSite of the first battle between Filipino and American soldiers during the retreat of Aguinaldo to the Ilocos Region.

CASA REAL, Malolos – Printing press during the Malolos Republic which has now been converted into a museum.

COLONEL JOHN STOTSENBERG MARKER, Plaridel – Erected in memory of a prominent casually of the Philippine-American War, who was killed by the forces of General Gregorio del Pilar.

MARCELO H. DEL PILAR SHRINE, Bulacan – Honors the contribution of the great patriot to independence.

SITE OF KAKARONG BATTLE, Pandi – Site of the Republic of Real de Kakarong de Sili of 1896.

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS

1. Angat Church
2. Barasoain Church
3. Biak na Bato
4. Casa Real
5. Don Felipi Buencamino Marker
6. Fall of Bataan Marker
7. Madlum Cave
8. Marcelo H. Del Pilar Shrine
9.  Marilao Church
10. Obando Church
11. Paskuhan Garden
12. San Rafael Church
13. Sibue Springs
14. Site of Kakarong Battle
15. Subic Free Fort
 
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