Bustos, Bulacan

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Municipality of Bustos

Location
Map of Bulacan showing the location of Bustos
Government
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Bulacan
District	Second Congressional District of Bulacan
Barangays	14
Income Class:	3rd class
Mayor	Carlito Reyes
Official Website	[1]
Physical characteristics
Area	47.5 km²
Population      Total (2007)      Density	47,091 991.39/km²

Bustos is a third class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 47,091 people in 9,799 households.

[edit] Barangays

Bustos is politically subdivided into fourteen barangays (six urban, eight rural).

• Bonga Mayor
• Bonga Menor
• Buisan
• Camachilihan
• Cambaog
• Catacte
• Liciada
• Malamig
• Malawak
• Poblacion
• San Pedro
• Talampas
• Tanawan
• Tibagan

[edit] Education

The Bulacan State University - Bustos Campus (BulSU Bustos) is the biggest satellite campuses in the university. It was established in 1976. For almost quarter of a century, BSUB has metamorphosed of the center of vocational and technical courses of a breeding ground of future educators and industrial technologist and as a feeder school of engineering aspirants to the main campus. Conscious of the vision and mission of the university, BSUB has become one of the higher education institutions in Bulacan at par with leading learning institutions in the region.

From the year it was founded, the external campus grew physically from sharing roof with the Bustos Elementary school to a five -room former public market building to the imposing the campus that it is today. The school grew as well from offering vocational technical courses and trade secondary school curriculum and two-year technical education courses to the four year and five-year degree programs that it now offers. The campus boast of its upgraded and revitalized curriculum.

[edit] External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information

Coordinates: 14°57′N, 120°55′E