Doa Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan

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Doa Remedios Trinidad

Municipality

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Doa Remedios Trinidad

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:

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Country

Philippines

Region

Central Luzon (Region III)

Province

Bulacan

District

3rd District

Founded

1977

Barangays

Government[1]
Mayor

Ronaldo T. Flores

Area[2]
Total

932.96 km2 (360.22 sq mi)

Population (2015 census)[3]

Total

22,663

Density

24/km2 (63/sq mi)

Poverty rate

24.6%

Time zone

PST (UTC+8)

ZIP code

3009

IDD:area code

+63(0)44

Income class

1st class partially urban

Electricity

Manila Electric Company

 Consumption

0.79 million kWh (2003)

Website

www.drt.gov.ph

Doa Remedios Trinidad is a first class partially urban municipality in

the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 22,663
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.
Contents
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1History
2Geography
o 2.1Barangays
3Demographics
4Bulacan P11-billion bulk water supply project
5Education
6References
7External links

History[edit]
On September 13, 1977, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No.
1196 creating the municipality of Doa Remedios Trinidad.[4] The municipality of Doa Remedios
Trinidad was named in honor of the late mother (Remedios T. Romualdez) of then First Lady, Imelda
Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakea 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[edit]
Doa 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 Watershedreservation: the Bulacan forest reserve and
the Biak-na-Bato National Park, comprising 327.3 km of alienable and disposable public land.

Barangays[edit]
Doa Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into the following 8 barangays:[2]

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

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Doa Remedios Trinidad
Year

Pop.

% 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[3][5]

In the 2015 census, the population of Doa Remedios Trinidad was 22,663 people,[3] with a density
of 24 inhabitants per square kilometre or 62 inhabitants per square mile.
Doa Remedios Trinidad is the least populated of all the municipalities and cities of Bulacan.

Bulacan P11-billion bulk water supply project[edit]

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. Ayalaowned 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 Doa Remedios Trinidad, which will host the water
supply project.[6]

Education[edit]
One of the main secondary school in DRT is the Doa 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.

Municipal Hall

Nuestra Seora de Lourdes Parish Church

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