San Miguel, Bulacan

San Miguel
San Miguel de Mayumo
Municipality
Bayan ng San Miguel

San Miguel de Mayumo Arch

Seal

Map of Bulacan showing the location of San Miguel
San Miguel

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 15°08′45″N 120°58′42″E / 15.14583°N 120.97833°E / 15.14583; 120.97833Coordinates: 15°08′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 September 29, 1763
Barangays 49
Government[1]
 • Mayor Marivee Mendez - Coronel
 • Vice Mayor John "Bong" A. Alvarez
Area[2]
 • Total 231.40 km2 (89.34 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 153,882
 • Rank 16 out of 1,489 Municipalities
 • Density 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
 • Poverty rate Increase 12.6%
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3011
IDD : area code  +63 (0)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 San Miguel de Mayumu) is a first class, urban municipality located in the third district of the province of Bulacan, Philippines.[4] It is the third largest municipality by area in the province after Doña Remedios Trinidad and Norzagaray. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 153,882 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

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

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

Barangays

San Miguel is administratively subdivided into 49 barangays.[4] Of these, 11 are considered urban and the rest rural.

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2015[3] 2010[6]
031421001 Bagong Silang 1.2% 1,876 1,625 ▴ 2.77%
031421002 Balaong 1.7% 2,670 2,678 ▾ −0.06%
031421003 Balite 1.7% 2,598 2,365 ▴ 1.81%
031421004 Bantog 2.4% 3,695 3,129 ▴ 3.22%
031421006 Bardias 1.1% 1,636 1,590 ▴ 0.54%
031421007 Baritan 1.0% 1,553 1,351 ▴ 2.69%
031421008 Batasan Bata 1.3% 2,037 2,014 ▴ 0.22%
031421009 Batasan Matanda 2.0% 3,003 2,839 ▴ 1.08%
031421011 Biak‑na‑Bato 1.1% 1,737 1,631 ▴ 1.21%
031421012 Biclat 1.2% 1,870 1,594 ▴ 3.09%
031421013 Buga 1.0% 1,512 1,476 ▴ 0.46%
031421014 Buliran 3.2% 4,862 4,753 ▴ 0.43%
031421015 Bulualto 1.9% 2,873 2,642 ▴ 1.61%
031421016 Calumpang 2.6% 3,980 3,859 ▴ 0.59%
031421019 Cambio 1.2% 1,886 1,902 ▾ −0.16%
031421020 Camias 4.9% 7,560 7,426 ▴ 0.34%
031421021 Ilog‑Bulo 1.0% 1,604 1,554 ▴ 0.60%
031421023 King Kabayo 1.1% 1,662 1,533 ▴ 1.55%
031421024 Labne 0.9% 1,431 1,416 ▴ 0.20%
031421025 Lambakin 1.8% 2,805 2,686 ▴ 0.83%
031421027 Magmarale 1.4% 2,163 2,059 ▴ 0.94%
031421028 Malibay 1.3% 1,935 1,906 ▴ 0.29%
031421030 Mandile 1.2% 1,878 1,752 ▴ 1.33%
031421031 Masalipit 1.9% 2,883 2,583 ▴ 2.11%
031421032 Pacalag 0.8% 1,165 999 ▴ 2.97%
031421033 Paliwasan 1.9% 2,849 2,633 ▴ 1.51%
031421035 Partida 2.1% 3,205 3,164 ▴ 0.25%
031421036 Pinambaran 2.5% 3,860 4,100 ▾ −1.14%
031421037 Poblacion 2.0% 3,127 3,115 ▴ 0.07%
031421038 Pulong Bayabas 1.3% 2,030 1,438 ▴ 6.79%
031421039 Sacdalan 1.4% 2,216 2,160 ▴ 0.49%
031421040 Salacot 2.0% 3,127 3,140 ▾ −0.08%
031421041 Salangan 3.3% 5,056 4,610 ▴ 1.77%
031421043 San Agustin 2.4% 3,755 3,673 ▴ 0.42%
031421044 San Jose 3.2% 4,951 4,805 ▴ 0.57%
031421045 San Juan 5.6% 8,602 6,854 ▴ 4.42%
031421046 San Vicente 1.9% 2,860 3,083 ▾ −1.42%
031421047 Santa Ines 3.9% 6,000 5,572 ▴ 1.42%
031421048 Santa Lucia 2.2% 3,335 3,145 ▴ 1.12%
031421049 Santa Rita Bata 1.9% 2,945 2,853 ▴ 0.61%
031421050 Santa Rita Matanda 1.8% 2,829 2,656 ▴ 1.21%
031421051 Sapang 1.1% 1,632 1,324 ▴ 4.06%
031421052 Sibul 6.6% 10,161 9,322 ▴ 1.65%
031421054 Tartaro 3.9% 6,001 4,506 ▴ 5.61%
031421055 Tibagan 2.4% 3,678 3,249 ▴ 2.39%
031421056 Bagong Pag‑asa 0.9% 1,314 1,226 ▴ 1.33%
031421057 Pulong Duhat 0.9% 1,389 1,030 ▴ 5.86%
031421058 Maligaya 1.4% 2,092 1,847 ▴ 2.40%
031421059 Tigpalas 2.6% 3,994 3,987 ▴ 0.03%
Total 153,882 142,854 ▴ 1.43%

Demographics

Population census of San Miguel
YearPop.±% p.a.
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%
2010 142,854+1.44%
2015 153,882+1.43%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][6][7][8]


In the 2015 census, the population of San Miguel, Bulacan, was 153,882 people,[3] with a density of 670 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,700 inhabitants per square mile.

Municipal government

Municipal Councilors:

  1. Romeo "Mimio" Dizon
  2. Richard "Richie" Dela Cruz
  3. Christopher "Bunso" Beltran
  4. Bayani "Benny" Tecson
  5. Ma. Ysabelle Clarisse Anne "MYCA" SM. Bonoan
  6. Rogelio "Tony" Macasu
  7. Romy "Excelite" Reyes
  8. Jayvee Lacsina

ABC President: Rodolfo DG. Dizon

List of mayors

Name Term Notes
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 Sta. Maria

Eugenio Tecson

Manuel V. Fernando

 1945 Appointed being Alcalde during Philippine Liberation
Jose Eugenio Tecson 1945 1951 Been retain due to 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 Municipal Mayor during Bagong Lipunan / Martial Law (1976 - 1979)
Juan F. Dela Cruz 1979 1986 Municipal Mayor during Bagong Lipunan (Martial Law)
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 2005 Term didn't finished due to a suspension order during his case in Sandiganbayan.
Roderick DG. Tiongson 2006 2016 Since he is the Vice Mayor during the Administration of Pop Buencamino, he hold the position from 2004 - 2006, and won the 2006 election until his term limit. (2006 - 2010, 2010 - 2013, 2013 - 2016)

Education

San Miguel Elementary School

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:

Notable people from San Miguel

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

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 3 4 5 Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for San Miguel - National Statistical Coordination Board
  5. ↑ Inquirer.net, Bulaceños want Biak-na-Bato declared a protected area
  6. 1 2 Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Census of Population (1995, 2000 and 2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City and Municipality. NSO. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "Province of Bulacan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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