Also known as: Lalawigan ng Bulacan
Bulacan is a province in Region III (Central Luzon). Population 3.88M (PSA 2024 census), 4 cities + 20 municipalities, 569 barangays total, land area 2,796.1 km². Provincial capital: City of Malolos.
Bulacan is a province in Region III (Central Luzon). Its capital is City of Malolos.
No. Bulacan is a province in Region III (Central Luzon), outside Metro Manila (the National Capital Region).
Bulacan had 3,876,806 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Bulacan covers 2,796.1 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Bulacan has 4 component cities and 20 municipalities (24 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 569 barangays.
Bulacan's 4 component cities are Baliwag City, Malolos City, Meycauayan City and San Jose del Monte City. Its 20 municipalities are Angat, Balagtas, Bocaue, Bulacan, Bustos, Calumpit, Doña Remedios Trinidad, Guiguinto, Hagonoy, Marilao, Norzagaray, Obando, Pandi, Paombong, Plaridel, Pulilan, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, San Rafael and Santa Maria.
Bulacan's PDPFP is dominated by one project: the New Manila International Airport (NMIA) in Bulakan — a flagship infrastructure program tracked by DEPDev (formerly NEDA) — which will reshape regional land values and traffic patterns from Malolos to NLEX-Bocaue. The province must coordinate aggressive industrial-residential zoning around the airport corridor with the persistent flood plain issues in Calumpit, Hagonoy, and Paombong (parts of these municipalities flood for weeks each rainy season). The northern uplands (Doña Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray) hold critical Angat-Umiray watershed protection mandates — enforced under DENR guidelines — that supply Metro Manila water. The province also coordinates the protection of fish-pen aquaculture in Manila Bay-adjacent municipalities — a politically sensitive interface with national reclamation programs. The Bulacan-Pampanga regional logistics corridor (NLEX-SCTEX-TPLEX) makes warehouse and last-mile development planning a top province-level concern.
Key industries: Manufacturing (food, garment, footwear, jewelry), Logistics + warehousing (NCR overflow), Agribusiness, Construction materials, Aquaculture (Calumpit, Hagonoy)
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