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Doña Remedios Trinidad
Municipality
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Official seal of Doña Remedios Trinidad
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Map of Bulacan showing the location of Doña Remedios Trinidad
Map of Bulacan showing the location of Doña Remedios Trinidad
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Luzon (Region III)
ProvinceBulacan
District3rd District
Founded1977
Barangays8
Government
[1]
 • MayorRonaldo T. Flores
Area
[2]
 • Total932.96 km2 (360.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total28,656
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
 • Poverty rate
Decrease 24.6%
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3009
IDD : area code +63 (0)44
Income class1st class partially urban
ElectricityManila Electric Company
• Consumption0.79 million kWh (2003)
Websitedrtbulacan.gov.ph Edit this at Wikidata

Doña Remedios Trinidad is a first class partially urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,656 people.[3]

It is known as "Bulacan's Last Frontier" because of its untouched natural beauty and it is the least travelled town in the province.

History

On September 13, 1977, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad.[4] The municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad was named in honor of the late mother (Remedios T. Romualdez) of then First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakeña from Baliuag.

The municipality covers seven barangays, originally part of Angat, Norzagaray, and San Miguel. These are Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile of Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan of Norzagaray; Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan of San Miguel.

Geography

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the largest municipality in Bulacan, occupying almost 1/3 of the total land area of the province. It lies on the southern edge of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and partially embracing two major portions of the Angat Watershed reservation: the Bulacan forest reserve and the Biak-na-Bato National Park, comprising 327.3 km² of alienable and disposable public land.

Barangays

Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into the following 8 barangays:[2]

  • Bayabas
  • Camachile
  • Camachin
  • Kabayunan
  • Kalawakan
  • Pulong Sampaloc (Poblacion)
  • Sapang Bulak
  • Talbak

Demographics

Population census of Doña Remedios Trinidad
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 8,614—    
1995 11,194+5.03%
2000 13,636+4.32%
2007 19,086+4.75%
2010 19,878+1.49%
2015 22,663+2.53%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[5][6]

In the 2020 census, the population of Doña Remedios Trinidad was 28,656 people,[3] with a density of 31 inhabitants per square kilometre or 80 inhabitants per square mile.

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the least populated of all the municipalities and cities of Bulacan.

Bulacan P11-billion bulk water supply project

On December 12, 2007, Bulacan and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) signed an agreement for the development of an P11-billion bulk water supply project. Ayala-owned Manila Water Co. Inc. will implement the project. MWSS and Manila Water will provide a financial package of an infrastructure grant, a P10-million development assistance and a P10-million royalty fee to the towns of Norzagaray and Doña Remedios Trinidad, which will host the water supply project.[7]

Education

One of the main secondary school in DRT is the Doña Remedios Trinidad High School located in Brgy. Pulong Sampaloc. Most of the students in this school came from the four barangays of DRT (Pulong Sampaloc, Camachile, Sapang Bulak, and Bayabas) and some students from the adjacent barangay of Banaban in Angat. The San Ildefonso-based Bulacan Agricultural State College opened a branch campus as Bulacan Agricultural State College-DRT located in Barangay Sapang Bulak.

References

  1. ^ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Province: BULACAN". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ Presidential Decree No. 1196, creating the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad.
  5. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ ABS-CBN, Bulacan govt, MWSS ink deal on bulk water supply project
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