San Miguel, officially the Municipality of San Miguel (Tagalog: Bayan ng San Miguel), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 172,073 people. [3]
San Miguel
San Miguel de Mayumo | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of San Miguel | |
San Miguel Municipal Hall | |
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Coordinates: 15°08′45″N 120°58′42″E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Luzon |
Province | Bulacan |
District | 3rd district |
Founded | September 29, 1725 |
Chartered | 1874 |
Barangays | 49 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Roderick D. Tiongson |
• Vice Mayor | John A. Alvarez |
• Representative | Lorna C. Silverio |
• Municipal Council | Members
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• Electorate | 94,457 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 231.40 km2 (89.34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Highest elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 172,073 |
• Rank | 16 out of 1,489 Municipalities |
• Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
• Households | 33,729 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 6.51% (2018)[4] |
• Revenue | ₱434,145,715.38 (2020) |
• Assets | ₱892,157,509.50 (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱382,861,190.90 (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱485,827,738.03 (2020) |
Utilities | |
• Electricity | Meralco |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3011 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 |
Native languages | Tagalog Kapampangan |
It is the third largest municipality by area in the province after Doña Remedios Trinidad and Norzagaray.
There are two accounts on the origin of the town's name:
The municipality of San Miguel de Mayumo was established in 1763 by Carlos Agustin Maniquiz, Maria Juana Puno - wife of Carlos Agustin Maniquiz and Miguel Pineda, with 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 Santo Rosario (now named Barangay Mandile).
The town was previously part of Pampanga, hence San Miguel's culture having Kapampangan influence. In 1848, the town and the neighbouring barrios, which were then part of Pampanga, were added to the territory of the Province of Bulacan.[5]
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, Bulacan. Aguinaldo made the mountain caves into his headquarters.[6][7]
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) served as one of the camps of the revolutionary Katipunan forces during the Philippine Revolution. It was declared a national park by Manuel L. Quezon on Nov. 16, 1937 through Proclamation No. 223.[8]
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.
San Miguel was the largest town in Bulacan until September 13, 1977, when Doña Remedios Trinidad, the current largest municipality of Bulacan, was established under Presidential Decree No. 1196 during the term of President Ferdinand Marcos.[9]
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.[10]
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. [citation needed]
San Miguel is 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Malolos and 76 kilometres (47 mi) from Manila.
The prevailing climatic conditions in the municipality is categorized into two types: Wet season and dry season.
Climate data for San Miguel, Bulacan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
28 (82) |
30 (86) |
Average low °C (°F) | 20 (68) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
6 (0.2) |
17 (0.7) |
82 (3.2) |
122 (4.8) |
151 (5.9) |
123 (4.8) |
124 (4.9) |
99 (3.9) |
37 (1.5) |
21 (0.8) |
792 (31.1) |
Average rainy days | 3.3 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 22.2 | 25.2 | 23.7 | 23.2 | 17.9 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 168.4 |
Source: Meteoblue [11] |
San Miguel is administratively subdivided into 49 barangays.[12] Of these, 11 are considered urban and the rest rural.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [13] | |||||
031421001 | Bagong Silang | 1.1% | 1,876 | 1,625 | ▴ | 1.38% |
031421002 | Balaong | 1.6% | 2,670 | 2,678 | ▾ | −0.03% |
031421003 | Balite | 1.5% | 2,598 | 2,365 | ▴ | 0.90% |
031421004 | Bantog | 2.1% | 3,695 | 3,129 | ▴ | 1.60% |
031421006 | Bardias | 1.0% | 1,636 | 1,590 | ▴ | 0.27% |
031421007 | Baritan | 0.9% | 1,553 | 1,351 | ▴ | 1.34% |
031421008 | Batasan Bata | 1.2% | 2,037 | 2,014 | ▴ | 0.11% |
031421009 | Batasan Matanda | 1.7% | 3,003 | 2,839 | ▴ | 0.54% |
031421011 | Biak‑na‑Bato | 1.0% | 1,737 | 1,631 | ▴ | 0.60% |
031421012 | Biclat | 1.1% | 1,870 | 1,594 | ▴ | 1.54% |
031421013 | Buga | 0.9% | 1,512 | 1,476 | ▴ | 0.23% |
031421014 | Buliran | 2.8% | 4,862 | 4,753 | ▴ | 0.22% |
031421015 | Bulualto | 1.7% | 2,873 | 2,642 | ▴ | 0.80% |
031421016 | Calumpang | 2.3% | 3,980 | 3,859 | ▴ | 0.30% |
031421019 | Cambio | 1.1% | 1,886 | 1,902 | ▾ | −0.08% |
031421020 | Camias | 4.4% | 7,560 | 7,426 | ▴ | 0.17% |
031421021 | Ilog‑Bulo | 0.9% | 1,604 | 1,554 | ▴ | 0.30% |
031421023 | King Kabayo | 1.0% | 1,662 | 1,533 | ▴ | 0.77% |
031421024 | Labne | 0.8% | 1,431 | 1,416 | ▴ | 0.10% |
031421025 | Lambakin | 1.6% | 2,805 | 2,686 | ▴ | 0.42% |
031421027 | Magmarale | 1.3% | 2,163 | 2,059 | ▴ | 0.47% |
031421028 | Malibay | 1.1% | 1,935 | 1,906 | ▴ | 0.14% |
031421030 | Mandile | 1.1% | 1,878 | 1,752 | ▴ | 0.67% |
031421031 | Masalipit | 1.7% | 2,883 | 2,583 | ▴ | 1.06% |
031421032 | Pacalag | 0.7% | 1,165 | 999 | ▴ | 1.48% |
031421033 | Paliwasan | 1.7% | 2,849 | 2,633 | ▴ | 0.76% |
031421035 | Partida | 1.9% | 3,205 | 3,164 | ▴ | 0.12% |
031421036 | Pinambaran | 2.2% | 3,860 | 4,100 | ▾ | −0.57% |
031421037 | Poblacion | 1.8% | 3,127 | 3,115 | ▴ | 0.04% |
031421038 | Pulong Bayabas | 1.2% | 2,030 | 1,438 | ▴ | 3.35% |
031421039 | Sacdalan | 1.3% | 2,216 | 2,160 | ▴ | 0.24% |
031421040 | Salacot | 1.8% | 3,127 | 3,140 | ▾ | −0.04% |
031421041 | Salangan | 2.9% | 5,056 | 4,610 | ▴ | 0.89% |
031421043 | San Agustin | 2.2% | 3,755 | 3,673 | ▴ | 0.21% |
031421044 | San Jose | 2.9% | 4,951 | 4,805 | ▴ | 0.29% |
031421045 | San Juan | 5.0% | 8,602 | 6,854 | ▴ | 2.19% |
031421046 | San Vicente | 1.7% | 2,860 | 3,083 | ▾ | −0.71% |
031421047 | Santa Ines | 3.5% | 6,000 | 5,572 | ▴ | 0.71% |
031421048 | Santa Lucia | 1.9% | 3,335 | 3,145 | ▴ | 0.56% |
031421049 | Santa Rita Bata | 1.7% | 2,945 | 2,853 | ▴ | 0.30% |
031421050 | Santa Rita Matanda | 1.6% | 2,829 | 2,656 | ▴ | 0.60% |
031421051 | Sapang | 0.9% | 1,632 | 1,324 | ▴ | 2.02% |
031421052 | Sibul | 5.9% | 10,161 | 9,322 | ▴ | 0.83% |
031421054 | Tartaro | 3.5% | 6,001 | 4,506 | ▴ | 2.78% |
031421055 | Tibagan | 2.1% | 3,678 | 3,249 | ▴ | 1.19% |
031421056 | Bagong Pag‑asa | 0.8% | 1,314 | 1,226 | ▴ | 0.66% |
031421057 | Pulong Duhat | 0.8% | 1,389 | 1,030 | ▴ | 2.90% |
031421058 | Maligaya | 1.2% | 2,092 | 1,847 | ▴ | 1.20% |
031421059 | Tigpalas | 2.3% | 3,994 | 3,987 | ▴ | 0.02% |
Total | 172,073 | 142,854 | ▴ | 1.79% |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 14,919 | — |
1918 | 17,988 | +1.25% |
1939 | 26,759 | +1.91% |
1948 | 38,093 | +4.00% |
1960 | 43,195 | +1.05% |
1970 | 58,712 | +3.11% |
1975 | 66,870 | +2.64% |
1980 | 73,113 | +1.80% |
1990 | 91,124 | +2.23% |
1995 | 108,147 | +3.26% |
2000 | 123,824 | +2.94% |
2007 | 138,839 | +1.59% |
2010 | 142,854 | +1.04% |
2015 | 153,882 | +1.43% |
2020 | 172,073 | +2.22% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [13] [15][16] |
In the 2020 census, the population of San Miguel, Bulacan, was 172,073 people, [3] with a density of 740 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,900 inhabitants per square mile.
The municipality, along with two other municipalities (Remedios Trinidad and Norzagaray) and one city (San Jose del Monte), is the homeland of the Alta Kabulowan, the first inhabitants of Bulacan whose language is also called Alta Kabulowan. Their language is currently endangered due to an influx of Tagalog speakers.
Name | Term | Name | Term | Name | Term | Name | Term | ||
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Miguel Pineda | 1763 | Ignacio Sandulan | 1796 | Agapito Santa Ana | 1827 | Victor Buencamino | 1858 | ||
Jose Malapandan | 1764 | Agustin Payawal | 1797 | Carlos Morales | 1828 | Norberto Maniquis | 1859 | ||
Miguel Ligon | 1765 | 1766 | Santiago Maniquis | 1798 | Jacinto Ligon | 1829 | Eugenio Dantis | 1860 | |
Miguel Tecson | 1767 | Marcos Bondoc | 1799 | Mariano Tecson | 1830 | Pedro Santiago | 1861 | ||
Miguel Bantog | 1768 | Nicolas Bacaui | 1800 | Augustin Santiago | 1831 | Mariano Macapagal | 1862 | ||
Miguel Ligon | 1769 | Eusebio Santiago | 1801 | Isidro Gonzales | 1832 | Jose Santiago | 1863 | 1864 | |
Esteban Bantog | 1770 | Francisco Bernabe | 1802 | Eustaquio Ligon | 1833 | Bonifacio Pengson | 1865 | 1866 | |
Miguel Ligon | 1771 | Calixto Yambot | 1803 | Vicente Ventura | 1834 | Tomas Tecson | 1867 | 1868 | |
Esteban Sayson | 1772 | Jose Tuazon | 1804 | Apolonio Fernando | 1835 | Antonio David | 1869 | 1870 | |
Eulogio Payawal | 1773 | Baltazar Pangilinan | 1805 | Severino Payawal | 1836 | Pelagio de Leon | 1871 | 1872 | |
Dionisio Maniquiz | 1774 | Jose Payawal | 1806 | Andres de la Cruz | 1837 | Marcelo V. Bernabe | 1873 | 1874 | |
Antonio Bacual | 1775 | Francisco Libunao | 1807 | Vicente Felix | 1838 | Flaviano Esguerra | 1875 | 1876 | |
Miguel Ligon | 1776 | 1777 | Vicente Sayson | 1808 | Eusebio Dantis | 1839 | Juan Buencamino | 1877 | 1878 |
Dionisio Maniquis | 1778 | Augustin Maniquis | 1809 | Atanacio Libunao | 1840 | Calixto Limpingco | 1879 | ||
Andres Bondoc | 1779 | Lorenzo Ligon | 1810 | Pedro Ligon | 1841 | Juan de Guzman | 1880 | ||
Pablo Bondoc | 1780 | Baltazar Pangilinan | 1811 | Domingo Pangilinan | 1842 | Francisco Villarica | 1881 | 1882 | |
Alejandro Dantis | 1781 | Canuto Dantis | 1812 | Nicolas Libunao | 1843 | Potenciano Buencamino | 1883 | 1885 | |
Juan Fernando | 1782 | Lorenzo Yambot | 1813 | Tomas Tecson | 1844 | Valentin Viola | 1886 | ||
Alejandro Maniquis | 1783 | Clemente Ligon | 1814 | Juan Siojo | 1845 | Jose Santiago | 1887 | ||
Miguel Ventura | 1784 | Vicente Tecson | 1815 | Felipe Gonzales | 1846 | Evaristo Siojo | 1888 | ||
Andres Patiag | 1785 | Pablo Ventura | 1816 | Mariano P. Joson | 1847 | Bartolome Viola | 1889 | ||
Miguel Maniquis | 1786 | Pantaleon Ligon | 1817 | Victor Buencamino | 1848 | Simon Tecson | 1890 | ||
Domingo Libunao | 1787 | Vicente Dasig | 1818 | Fulgencio Santiago | 1849 | Simon Santiago | 1891 | ||
Domingo Santa MAria | 1788 | Blas Maniquis | 1819 | Vicente Felix | 1850 | Jose de Leon | 1892 | ||
Francisco Tecson | 1789 | Dionisio Fernando | 1820 | Rufino San Gabriel | 1851 | Bartolome Viola | 1893 | ||
Marcos Zapala | 1790 | Jacinto Santiago | 1821 | Eugenio Dantis | 1852 | Lucio Maniquis | 1894 | ||
Miguel Quiambao | 1791 | Manuel Bantog | 1822 | Tranquilino Gabriel | 1853 | Ciriaco Libunao | 1895 | ||
Andres Bantog | 1792 | Narciso Macapagal | 1823 | Victor Buencamino | 1854 | Simon T. Libunao | 1896 | ||
Teodoro Tuazon | 1793 | Mariano delos Santos | 1824 | Catalino Ligon | 1855 | Gregorio Marquez | 1897 | ||
Miguel Morales | 1794 | Lorenzo Tecson | 1825 | Juan Siojo | 1856 | Simon Tecson | 1898 | 1899 | |
Tibursio Sayson | 1795 | Lorenzo Ligon | 1826 | Tibursio Tecson | 1857 | Jose Buencamino | 1990 | ||
Teodoro Lim |
Name | Term | Notes | |
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Municipal President | |||
Meliton Carlos | 1901 | 1903 | |
Damaso Sempio | 1903 | 1905 | |
Mariano Tecson | 1906 | 1908 | |
Miguel Siojo | 1908 | 1912 | |
Serafin Tecson | 1912 | 1916 | |
Catalino Sevilla | 1916 | 1919 | |
Juan Buencamino Sr. | 1919 | 1922 | |
Jose Ligon | 1922 | 1925 | |
Eugenio Tecson | 1925 | 1928 | |
Regino Sevilla | 1928 | 1931 | |
Moises V. Ligon | 1931 | 1934 | |
Municipal Mayor | |||
Florentino C. Viola | 1934 | 1938 | |
Regino Sevilla | 1938 | 1940 | |
Eugenio Tecson | 1941 | 1944 | |
Rafael Roura
Luis Santa Maria Eugenio Tecson Manuel V. Fernando |
1945 | Appointed as Alcalde during Philippine Liberation | |
Eugenio Tecson | 1945 | 1951 | Remained in position after World War II |
Conrado S. Pascual | 1952 | 1955 | |
Felipe V. Buencamino | 1956 | 1963 | |
Benjamin S. Payawal | 1963 | 1967 | |
Felix M. Tayag | 1964 | 1967 | |
Marcelo Aure | 1968 | 1979 | Appointed as Municipal Mayor during Martial Law (Bagong Lipunan) era from 1976 - 1979 |
Juan F. Dela Cruz | 1979 | 1986 | Municipal Mayor during Martial Law (Bagong Lipunan) era |
Manuel Lipana | 1986 | 1987 | Transitional Municipal Government during 1987 Referendum |
Fernando B. Mendez Sr. | 1988 | 1995 | |
Santiago C. Sevilla | 1995 | 2004 | |
Edmundo Jose "Pop" T. Buencamino | 2004 | 2006 | Term not finished; suspended due to his case in Sandiganbayan.[24][25] |
Roderick DG. Tiongson | 2006 | 2016 | Vice Mayor during "Pop" Buencamino's term; sworn into office as Acting Mayor from 2006 - 2007 |
Marivee Mendez - Coronel | 2016 | 2019 | First Female Mayor of San Miguel, Bulacan |
The town has numerous public schools offering elementary and high school education. Some of the elementary public schools are:
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:
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