Bulakan

 town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Municipality of Bulakan, Province of Bulacan
ZIP code: 3017

Bulakan (alternatively spelled as "Bulacan") is a coastal municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. It had a population of 71,751 people as registered in the 2010 Census.

Bulakan is the birthplace of Marcelo H. del Pilar, a Filipino nationalist who published the Filipino propaganda paper La Solidaridad. The town is also the birthplace of his nephew, Gregorio del Pilar, a Filipino revolutionary general, and Soc Rodrigo, a former Philippine senator.

Bulakan is one of the oldest town in the Philippines, became the encomienda or capital of the Provincia de la Pampanga, and later became the first capital of the Province of Bulacan before it was moved to Malolos shortly after the American occupation.

Bulakan lies in the southwestern part of the province, and is bordered on the north by Guiguinto, on the south by the Manila Bay, on the east by Bocaue, on the west by the City of Malolos, on the northeast by Balagtas, and on the southeast by Obando. It is about thirty five (35) kilometers away from the City of Manila. Approximately, 72.90 square kilometers or 2.7284% of the total land area of the entire Province, which is 2,672.03 square kilometers. It ranks tenth (10th) in terms of land area among other municipalities in the province.

Bulakan is administratively subdivided into 14 barangays:

-Bagumbayan
-Balubad
-Bambang
-Matungao
-Maysantol
-Perez
-Pitpitan
-San Francisco
-San Jose (Poblacion)
-San Nicolas
-Santa Ana
-Santa Ines
-Taliptip
-Tibig

Bulacan Province Website: bulacan.gov.ph/bulacan/index.php