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![[Cagayan, Philippines]](../images/p/ph-bul.gif)
image by Zachary Harden, 11 June 2026
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Bulacan is the most populous province in Region III, with 2,230,000 inhabitants
as of 2000, and apparently accomplished the remarkable feat of increasing its
population by twenty-five percent since 1995. Its area is 2638 sq.km., divided
into twenty-four towns, of which five share a modest coastline along Manila Bay.
The capital is Malolos. The province's name derives from a native word referring
to the many and various flowers, including many kinds of orchids. The land
slopes upward to the east, where Mount Oriol is the highest peak. Both Pampanga
and Bulacan took leading parts in the last rebellion against Spain and the first
Philippine Republic.
Bulacan has a mixed economy, agricultural and industrial. The principal crops
are rice, sugar cane, maize, melons, vegetables, and bamboo. Industries include
food processing, leather tanning, textiles, shoemaking, ceramics, chemicals,
metals and machinery production. Handicrafts are also practiced, and there is
much fishing, both fresh-water and salt-water.
John Ayer, 20 March 2001
The flag is a seal on a light green background.
Zachary Harden, 11 June 2026
![[Bustos, Bulacan, Philippines]](../images/p/ph-bul-ma.gif)
from the Wikimedia Commons,
11 June 2026
![[Bustos, Bulacan, Philippines]](../images/p/ph-bul-bus.gif)
from the Wikimedia Commons,
13 January 2011
Here is the flag of the Bustos Municipality of the Bulacan Province, Philippines.
Valentin Poposki, 20 October 2019.
