San Miguel, Bulacan

Municipality of San Miguel
Bayan ng San Miguel
San Miguel de Mayumo
Municipality

San Miguel de Mayumo Arch

Seal
San Miguel

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 15°8′45″N 120°58′42″E / 15.14583°N 120.97833°E / 15.14583; 120.97833Coordinates: 15°8′45″N 120°58′42″E / 15.14583°N 120.97833°E / 15.14583; 120.97833
Country Philippines
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Bulacan
District 3rd District
Founded  
de jure 1874
de facto 1763
Barangays 49
Government[1]
 • Mayor Roderick De Guzman Tiongson
 • Vice Mayor Marivee Mendez-Coronel
Area[2]
 • Total 231.40 km2 (89.34 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
 • Total 142,854
 • Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Poverty rate Increase 12.6%
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3011
Dialing code 44
Income class 1st class
Electricity Manila Electric Company
• Consumption 39.45 million kWh (2003)

San Miguel, Bulacan (Filipino: Bayan ng San Miguel; Kapampangan: Balen ning Mayumu) is a first class, urban municipality located in the third district of the province of Bulacan, Philippines.[4] It was the 2nd largest municipality (area) in Bulacan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 142,854 people.[3]

History

San Miguel de Arkanghel Parish Church built during Spanish Regime

The municipality of San Miguel de Mayumo was established in 1763 with Carlos Agustin Maniquiz, Maria Juana Puno - wife of Carlos Agustin Maniquiz and Miguel Pineda as the first town mayor of San Miguel. Miguel Pineda was a native of Angat, Bulacan who decided to settle permanently in the barrio of San Bartolome (now named Barangay Tartaro). He found the place ideal for hunting and was later chosen as the leader of other settlers. He formed an alliance with Mariano Puno, the recognized leader of the adjacent prosperous village called Sto. Rosario (now named Barangay Mandile). The two leaders decided to form a town named Miguel De Mayumo after the name of Miguel Pineda and Mayumo, a Kapampangan word for sweets, for the goodwill and generosity of Mariano Puno. The town was supposed to be part of Pampanga. San Miguel’s culture drifted from Kapampangan influence. San Miguel used to be the biggest town in Bulacan but when San Ildefonso, Bulacan was proclaimed a town during the 1900s and during the Marcos Regime, he made Doña Remedios Trinidad a town (named after his wife's mother), San Miguel was right as the 2nd.

The Pact of Biak-Na-Bato

Main article: Pact of Biak-na-Bato

During the Philippine Revolution in 1897, newly appointed Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera decided to crush Emilio Aguinaldo and his troops in Cavite, but Aguinaldo fled to Batangas and joined forces with Gen. Miguel Malvar. The Spaniards continue their pursuit but the troops outwitted them by going to the province of Morong (now Rizal) and finally to Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel de Mayumo (San Miguel), Bulacan. Aguinaldo made the mountain caves into his headquarters.

On August 26, 2007, residents at the foot of the Biak-na-Bato mountains petitioned president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to declare the mountains protected areas to stop marble quarrying and mining there. Biak-na-Bato (21.17 km² in the villages of Kalawakan and Talbak in Doña Remedios Trinidad town and the villages of Biak-na-Bato and Sibul) was one of the camps of the revolutionary Katipunan forces in the 19th century, was declared a national park by Manuel L. Quezon on Nov. 16, 1937 through Proclamation No. 223.[5]

Japanese occupation

Founded during World War II, Japanese Imperial ground troops entered and occupied the town municipality of San Miguel on 1942. Local Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary units retreated into the nearby mountains to become the Bulakeño guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation forces until the province's liberation.

Geography

A road in San Miguel

The town of San Miguel is bounded by Nueva Ecija Province in the northernmost area, Pampanga Province in the west, the town is bounded by two provinces with land borders. The town of San Ildefonso, Bulacan lies next to San Miguel in the southernmost area, Doña Remedios Trinidad in the eastmost area which also borders San Rafael and Angat. San Miguel then was the biggest municipality in the province of Bulacan before some areas were taken and annexed to Doña Remedios Trinidad during the term of Ferdinand Marcos. The geographic nature of the town is diversified and multi-faceted, rich in nature's beauty like waterfall, rivers, caves, few mountains, hilly areas and springs. The mainland are plain agricultural lands, some part of which was substantially eroded due to commercialization and urbanization.

Climate

The prevailing climatic conditions in the municipality is categorized into two types: Wet season and dry season.

Climate data for San Miguel, Bulacan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29
(84)		 31
(88)		 32
(90)		 34
(93)		 34
(93)		 31
(88)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 30
(86)
Average low °C (°F) 20
(68)		 19
(66)		 21
(70)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 22
(72)		 21
(70)		 20
(68)		 21
(70)
Average precipitation cm (inches) 1.7
(0.7)		 0.7
(0.3)		 0.5
(0.2)		 2.4
(0.9)		 15.3
(6)		 35.5
(14)		 50.4
(19.8)		 51.6
(20.3)		 37.4
(14.7)		 22.5
(8.8)		 16.3
(6.4)		 6.8
(2.7)		 240.8
(94.8)
Source: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=984300&refer=&units=metric

Notable people from San Miguel

Tecson House - The house where Emilio Aguinaldo slept before he departed to Pangasinan. The house of Simon Tecson

Education

The town has numerous public schools offering elementary and high school education. Some of the elementary public schools are:

San Miguel Elementary School

Some of the public high schools are:

Some of the private schools offering elementary and pre-elementary education are:

Some of the tertiary schools are:

Government

Municipal government

List of former mayors

Barangays

San Miguel is administratively subdivided into 49 barangays.[4] Of these, 11 are considered urban and the rest rural. The most populous barangay is Sibul and the least populous is Pacalag.

Name Classification[4] Population[4]
Bagong Pag-asa Urban 1,306
Bagong Silang Rural 1,746
Balaong Urban 2,665
Balite Rural 2,608
Bantog Urban 3,336
Bardias Urban 1,541
Baritan Rural 1,015
Batasan Bata Urban 2,117
Batasan Matanda Urban 2,735
Biak-na-Bato Urban 1,192
Biclat Rural 1,495
Buga Urban 1,653
Buliran Rural 4,560
Bulualto Rural 2,622
Calumpang Rural 3,870
Cambio Rural 1,990
Camias Urban 6,706
Ilog-Bulo Rural 1,416
King Kabayo Rural 1,514
Labne Rural 1,461
Lambakin Rural 2,336
Magmarale Rural 2,077
Malibay Rural 2,031
Maligaya Urban 1,723
Mandile Rural 1,627
Masalipit Rural 2,697
Pacalag Rural 891
Paliwasan Rural 2,404
Partida Rural 3,162
Pinambaran Rural 3,671
Poblacion Urban 3,386
Pulong Bayabas Rural 1,187
Pulong Duhat Rural 1,132
Sacdalan Rural 1,745
Salacot Rural 3,010
Salangan Rural 4,300
San Agustin Urban 3,743
San Jose Urban 5,310
San Juan Rural 6,749
San Vicente Urban 2,955
Santa Ines Rural 5,135
Santa Lucia Rural 2,745
Santa Rita Bata Rural 3,036
Santa Rita Matanda Rural 2,438
Sapang Rural 1,503
Sibul Springs Rural 8,570
Tartaro Rural 5,374
Tibagan Rural 3,099
Tigpalas Rural 3,255

References

  1. ↑ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Province: BULACAN". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for San Miguel - National Statistical Coordination Board
  5. ↑ Inquirer.net, Bulaceños want Biak-na-Bato declared a protected area

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