Guiguinto

Guiguinto
Municipality
Municipality of Guiguinto
Municipal Hall
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Nickname:  Garden Haven Of Bulacan
Motto:  Sugod Makabagong Guiguinto!
Map of Bulacan with Guiguinto highlighted
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Guiguinto Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°50′N120°53′E / 14.83°N 120.88°E / 14.83; 120.88
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Bulacan
District	5th district
Founded	January 1, 1915
Barangays	14 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Agatha Paula A. Cruz
•  Vice Mayor	Banjo S. Estrella
•  Representative	Ambrosio C. Cruz Jr.
•  Municipal Council	Members Estrelita P. Aballa Albert L. Estrella Ricardo B. Jose Larra Monica V. Mariano Julius V. Figueroa Annabelle A. Garcia Randall B. Pingol Cornelio C. Ramos
•  Electorate	75,003 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	27.50 km2 (10.62 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Highest elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Lowest elevation	−2 m (−7 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	113,415
• Density	4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
•  Households	28,070
Demonym(s)	Guiguinteño (masculine) Guiguinteña (feminine)
Economy
•  Income class	1st municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	5.48 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 650.4 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 1,137 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 553.5 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 440.5 million (2020)
Utilties
• Electricity	Meralco
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3015
PSGC	031408000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Tagalog
Website	guiguinto.gov.ph

Guiguinto, officially the Municipality of Guiguinto (Tagalog : Bayan ng Guiguinto), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 113,415 people. ^[3]

Guiguinto is one of the fast-growing municipalities. From a predominating agricultural economy, it gradually urbanized and developed, now part of the Metro Manila conurbation. Guiguinto is 34 kilometers (21 mi) from Manila and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) from Malolos City.

It is the birthplace of composer Constancio De Guzman, known for writing songs like " Maalaala Mo Kaya ". It also houses the Immaculate Conception Seminary, a Diocesan Seminary of the Diocese of Malolos located in barangay Tabe. The appellation “Guiguinto” literally translates to “Gold” for the early conquistadores came and saw this town on a harvest season when it lushes in golden rice stalks against the sun.

History

Guiguinto began as a barrio of Bulakan, the former provincial capital of Bulacan. It is said that Spaniards set up an army post in the barrio to serve as a resting place for forces going to Northern Luzon. In those days, travel throughout Guiguinto was difficult and slow down to cross single file over a narrow bamboo bridge. Their Filipino guides would cry out, "Hinto" (Tagalog for stop). The Spaniards thought this was the name "Hihinto". The Spaniards substituted "Gui" (with hard "g") for the Tagalog "Hi". The place has since been called Guiguinto. On the other hand, old timers say that on moonlight nights, a golden bull emerges from the church and goes down to the nearby river to quench his thirst. It then returns to the church, ascends at the altar and disappears. The elders' aid that there are buried jars of gold in town, as indicated by the bull, and that is why the town was called Guiguinto. It became an encomienda in the 1591 but the ecclesiastical administration was under Bulakan Convent and it was established as a town in 1641.

In 1800, an Augustinian friar erected a small chapel in what is now barrio Santa Rita. In 1873, roads were constructed in barrio Malis. The people barrios of Pritil, Tabe, and Cutcut even those days were mostly farmers. During Holy Week, villagers of barrio Tuktukan held contest for the hardest egg shells (chicken, duck or goose by knocking eggs together (Tuktukan)). The women tried to help each other in singing the "Panica".

Just before the outbreak of the revolution of 1896, the town people of Guiguinto were ordered to sleep in the town at night and to work in their fields only in the day. This was said to have been suggested by the town priest to the authorities because of rumors that many of the town people were joining the secret revolutionary society, the Katipunan. Guiguinto eventually contributed many soldiers to the 1896 revolution.

At the time of American occupation, the new colonizers reorganized the Province of Bulacan into 19 municipalities from the original 26. Under populated town were subordinated with the large one and the town of Guiguinto was integrated in the town of Bulakan for almost 11 years. In 1915, Guiguinto regain its township again with Antonio Figueroa as its municipal mayor of the modern period. The town's population was then about 4,000. The 1960 census placed Guiguinto's population at 10,629. Guiguinto is bounded on the east by the town of Balagtas, on the west by Malolos City, on the north by Plaridel, and on the south by Bulacan.

Geography

Barangays

Guiguinto is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [5]
031408001	Cutcut	2.6%	2,940	2,701	▴	0.85%
031408002	Daungan	1.6%	1,800	1,384	▴	2.66%
031408003	Ilang‑Ilang	5.0%	5,628	4,436	▴	2.41%
031408004	Malis	14.3%	16,223	13,957	▴	1.52%
031408005	Panginay	1.3%	1,528	1,159	▴	2.80%
031408006	Poblacion	3.6%	4,099	3,852	▴	0.62%
031408007	Pritil	4.6%	5,172	4,165	▴	2.19%
031408008	Pulong Gubat	1.7%	1,879	3,186	▾	−5.14%
031408009	Santa Cruz	10.8%	12,216	11,639	▴	0.48%
031408010	Santa Rita	12.1%	13,687	13,163	▴	0.39%
031408011	Tabang	7.8%	8,832	7,332	▴	1.88%
031408012	Tabe	7.3%	8,310	7,204	▴	1.44%
031408013	Tiaong	6.7%	7,640	7,279	▴	0.49%
031408015	Tuktukan	8.6%	9,776	9,050	▴	0.77%
	Total		113,415	90,507	▴	2.28%

Climate

Climate data for Guiguinto, Bulacan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	28 (82)	29 (84)	31 (88)	33 (91)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	28 (82)	30 (86)
Average low °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	6 (0.2)	17 (0.7)	82 (3.2)	122 (4.8)	151 (5.9)	123 (4.8)	124 (4.9)	99 (3.9)	37 (1.5)	21 (0.8)	792 (31.1)
Average rainy days	3.3	2.5	11.7	6.6	17.7	22.2	25.2	23.7	23.2	17.9	9.2	5.2	168.4
Source: Meteoblue [6]

Demographics

Population census of Guiguinto

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	3,948	—
1918	4,847	+1.38%
1939	6,199	+1.18%
1948	7,979	+2.84%
1960	10,629	+2.42%
1970	16,075	+4.22%
1975	20,590	+5.09%
1980	27,751	+6.15%
1990	44,532	+4.84%
1995	52,575	+3.16%
2000	67,571	+5.53%
2007	89,225	+3.91%
2010	90,507	+0.52%
2015	99,730	+1.87%
2020	113,415	+2.56%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [5] [8] [9]

In the 2020 census, the population of Guiguinto, was 113,415 people, ^[3] with a density of 4,100 inhabitants per square kilometer or 11,000 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

AcroCity (formerly T12 Polo Land Industrial Estates)

A quarter of its 2,512 hectares (6,210 acres) was converted into nurseries giving livelihood to 500 families of gardeners and landscapers. Mayor Isagani Pascual announced that the landscaping business in Guiguinto is now a ₱50 million industry. Jojo Sebastian, chair of the Guiguinto Garden City Cooperative stated that their garden stores sell ₱100,000 to ₱300,000 plants and contracts for garden and landscapes designs a month. ^[17]

San Miguel Corporation is developing a new community called AcroCity (formerly T12 Polo Land Industrial Estates) in Barangay Tabang. It is a 15-hectare (37-acre) industrial and commercial complex with 56 warehouses and is envisioned as a lifestyle hub. ^[18]

Attractions

• San Ildefonso Parish Church
• Santa Rita Parish Church
• Guiguinto Gardens in Santa Cruz and Tabang
• Garden City in Santa Cruz
• Guiguinto Municipal Garden in Poblacion
• C.M. Farm in Cut-Cut
• Golden Shower in Tabe
• Alcor Center in Tiaong
• Hidden Mountain Rocks in Tiaong
• Luntiang Paraiso in Tabang
• Guiguinto station
• Camp Hotel and Resort in Pritil
• Klir Waterpark Resort in Santa Rita
• St. Agatha Hotel and Resort in Santa Rita

Halamanan Festival

Established in 1999 by Mayor Ambrosio Cruz, Jr., the Halamanan Festival has since become the brand of the Municipality of Guiguinto. It was conducted in gratitude and recognition Guiguinto's dear patron, St. Ildephonsus (San Ildefonso), who held every January 23. It is considered that grand Street Dancing Festival, the participation of dancers from the schools and villages of Guiguinto and be in different towns of Bulacan. They adorned the garments as flowers and more. Besides the celebration for the feast of San Ildefonso was also a means to further pitting and display capabilities and "galing" of Guiguinteño in various fields of horticulture as landscaping, propagation seedling, plant growing, flower cutting, arranging and interior decorating.

Gallery

• 
  February 20, 1944 Bantayog ng mga Bayani
• 
  Bulacan Welcome Arch (Santa Cruz)
• 
  The Tabang Toll Barrier (NLEX)
• 
  Eurobake Restaurant & Bakeshop (Santa Cruz)
• 
  Puregold Guiguinto (Santa Cruz)
• 
  Acro Residences
• 
  TESDA Regional Training Center Central Luzon

References

1.   Municipality of Guiguinto | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved July 8, 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
5. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved June 29, 2016.
6. "Guiguinto: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
7. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 20, 2016.
8. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
9. "Province of Bulacan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
10. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
11. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
12. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
13. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
14. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
15. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
16. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
17. "Green paradise". Manila Bulletin .
18. "BIZ BUZZ: Bulacan rising, AcroCity growing". Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 1, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

External links

• Guiguinto Bulacan
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information