Balagtas is a 2nd class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Formerly known as Bigaa, it was renamed in honor of the great Filipino poet, Francisco Balagtas. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 56,945 people in 11,834 households. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Ph_locator_bulacan_balagtas. ... A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Bulacan is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ... Jump to: navigation, search Balagtas is a 2nd class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. ... Francisco Balagtas (April 2, 1788—February 20, 1862), Francisco Baltazar being his real name, is considered to be one of the great Filipino poets. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...
Barangays
Balagtas is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. A barangay (Filipino: baranggay) is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Bulacan is the home province of some of the nations celebrated heroes: Francisco Baltazar (Balagtas), The Prince of Filipino Poets, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, The Great Propagandist, and Gregorio del Pilar, The Hero of Tirad Pass. It is reputed for beautiful women, progressive cooperatives, small and medium scale industries.
Bulacan consists of 24 towns, with Malolos City as the provincial capital.
The province of Bulacan is veering away from being an agricultural area and becoming an industrialized one.
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