Doña Remedios Trinidad

Etymology

The town was named by Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. after Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of his wife, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, whose family was from Baliuag, Bulacan.

History

On September 13, 1977, under martial rule, President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196, creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad as a personal namesake gift to his wife's family. The municipality covers seven barangays: Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile from Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan from Norzagaray; and Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan from San Miguel.

The town of Doña Remedios Trinidad was formed out of lands culled from neighboring municipalities. Historians have noted that Marcos named the towns to honor a person without much significant historical value, with only family ties as actual reason. Some locals have called for the changing of the town's name in honor of actual heroes from Bulacan.

On the afternoon of December 4, 2000, Mayor Paulino Esteban was being driven in his Nissan Patrol by his 19-year-old nephew Jim Venturina and accompanied by police escort Teofilo Avellanosa when they were shot and killed by gunmen in Barangay Baybay, Angat, Bulacan.

Geography

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the largest municipality in Bulacan, occupying almost one-third of the total land area of the province. It lies on the southern edge of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and partially embraces three major conservation areas: the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Biak-na-Bato National Park, and Doña Remedios–General Tinio Watershed Forest Reserve, comprising 327.3 km2 of alienable and disposable public land.

Doña Remedios Trinidad is bordered by Norzagaray, Bulacan to the south; by General Nakar, Quezon and Dingalan, Aurora to the east; San Rafael, Angat, San Ildefonso, and San Miguel to the west; and Gapan and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija to the north. It is 53 km from Malolos City and 60 km from Manila.

Topography

List of highest peaks in Doña Remedios Trinidad by elevation:

• Mount Sumag - 3,173 ft
• Mount Tanawan - 2949 ft
• Mount Silad - 2,871 ft
• Mount Sumacbao - 2,733 ft
• Mount Palanas - 1,923 ft
• Mount Lumot - 1,785 ft
• Mount Mabio - 1453 ft
• Mt. Susungdalaga - 1332 ft
• Mount Silid - 1,322 ft
• Balistada Hill - 978 ft
• Digos hill - 665 ft
• Mount Gola - 656 ft
• Tila Pilon Hills - 590 ft
• Mount Manalmon - 584 ft

Waterfalls

List of waterfalls in Dona Remedios Trinidad:

• Verdivia Falls
• Secret Falls
• Talon ni Eva Falls
• Talon Lucab Falls
• Talon Pedro falls
• Talon Pari Falls
• 13th Falls
• Zamora Falls

Rivers

• Balaong River
• Madlum River

Barangays

Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into 8 barangays, as shown in the matrix below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

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Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Doña Remedios Trinidad was 28,656 people, with a density of {{sigfig|28,656/932.96|2}} PD/km2.

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the least populated of all the municipalities and cities of Bulacan, with less than one percent of the province's population.

Languages

The municipality, along with two other municipalities (San Miguel and Norzagaray) and one city (San Jose del Monte) of Bulacan, is the homeland of the Alta Kabulowan, the first inhabitants of Bulacan, whose language is also called Alta Kabulowan. Their language is currently endangered and is in dire need of local government intervention. The majority of residents in the town are native speakers of the Tagalog language.

Economy

Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad is a mainly agricultural town. Agricultural products, such as pineapples, are the main source of income of the town and its residents.

On December 12, 2007, the Province of 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.

Education

The Doña Remedios Trinidad Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

One of the main secondary schools in DRT is the Laura De Leon Halili High School, located in Barangay Pulong Sampaloc. Most of the students in this school come from three barangays of DRT (Pulong Sampaloc, Camachile, and Bayabas) and some 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.

Primary and elementary schools

• Alejandro E. Flores Sr. Elementary School
• Baras-Bakal Elementary School
• Basyo Elementary School
• Bato Elementary School
• Bayabas Elementary School
• Cabayunan Elementary School
• Cucong Elementary School
• Calumpit Elementary School
• Camachile Elementary School
• Camachin Elementary School
• Duplas Elementary School
• Durumugan Elementary School
• Kambubuyugan Elementary School
• Kalawakan Elementary School
• Kalayaan Elementary School
• Kalayakan Elementary School
• Kawit Elementary School
• Pinag-anakan Elementary School
• Pulong Sampaloc Elementary School
• Sapang Bulac Elementary School
• St. Bernadette Parochial Mission School
• Talamsi II Elementary School
• Talbak Elementary School
• Talamsi I Elementary School (Talamsi Primary School)

Secondary schools

• Esteban Paulino High School
• Kalayakan High School
• Laura De Leon Halili High School
• Sapang Bulac High School
• Talbak High School

Gallery

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References

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