Guiguinto, Bulacan

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Municipality of Guiguinto, Bulacan
Official seal of Municipality of Guiguinto, Bulacan
Location
Map of Bulacan showing the location of Guiguinto
Map of Bulacan showing the location of Guiguinto
Government
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Bulacan
District
Barangays 15
Income Class: 2nd
Mayor Isagani C. Pascual
Physical characteristics
Population

     Total (2007)


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Guiguinto is a 2nd class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It's now conurbated with Metro Manilla. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 89,225 Inhabitants (67,571 people in 14,513 households in census 2000).

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[edit] Halamanan Festival

On January 23, 2008, Guiguinto will celebrate the 9th Halamanan or Garden Festival with Guiguinto Foundation day. 1/4 of its 2,512 hectares was converted into nurseries giving livelihood to 500 families of gardeners and landscapers. Mayor Isagani Pascual announced that the landscaping business in Guiguinto is now a P 50 ($1 = 40) million industry. Jojo Sebastian, chair of the Guiguinto Garden City Cooperative stated that their garden stores sell P 100,000 to P 300,000 plants and contracts for garden and landscapes designs a month.[1]

[edit] Barangays

Guiguinto is politically subdivided into 14 barangays:

  • Cutcut
  • Daungan
  • Ilang-Ilang
  • Malis
  • Panginay
  • Poblacion
  • Pritil
  • Pulong Gubat
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Rita
  • Tabang
  • Tabe
  • Tiaong
  • Tuktukan

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[edit] References

Provincial Seal of Bulacan
Cities and Municipalities of Bulacan
Cities: Malolos | Meycauayan | San Jose del Monte
Municipalities: Angat | Balagtas | Baliuag | Bocaue | Bulacan | Bustos | Calumpit | Doña Remedios Trinidad | Guiguinto | Hagonoy | Marilao | Norzagaray | Obando | Pandi | Paombong | Plaridel | Pulilan | San Ildefonso | San Miguel | San Rafael | Santa Maria

Coordinates: 14°50′N, 120°53′E