Angat, Bulacan

For the place in Badakhshan, see Angat, Afghanistan.

Angat, officially the Municipality of Angat (Tagalog: Bayan ng Angat), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,617 people.^[3]

Angat
Municipality
Municipality of Angat
Municipal Hall
Flag Seal
Nickname:  True Heart of Bulacan
Map of Bulacan with Angat highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Angat Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°55′41″N 121°01′46″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Bulacan
District	6th district
Founded	1683
Barangays	16 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Reynante S. Bautista
• Vice Mayor	Arvin L. Agustin
• Representative	Salvador A. Pleyto Sr.
• Municipal Council	Members Oscar C. Suarez William S. Vergel de Dios Evelyn J. Cruz Luis J. Santiago Melandro G. Tigas Darwin A. Calderon Erwin S. Santos Ramiro A. Osorio III
• Electorate	42,236 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	74.00 km2 (28.57 sq mi)
Elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Highest elevation	157 m (515 ft)
Lowest elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	65,617
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Households	16,554
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	16.50 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 231.7 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 385.3 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 231.7 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 120.3 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3012
PSGC	031401000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Tagalog
Website	www.angat.bulacan.ph

Etymology

The town got its name after the Tagalog word Angat (A-ngat), meaning elevated or a high piece of land.

History

Angat was originally a part of the Old Pueblo de Quingua, now Municipality of Plaridel. This fact was due most probably to the situation of the Rio de Quingua Angat River, which directly connects the town of Quingua, a community then located in the center of vast lands, covering plains and mountains alike.

Augustinian missionaries built a small visita (chapel) under the Parochial ministry of Paroquia de Santiago Matamoro de Quingua. In 1683 the visita of Angat made a Town Church and the whole Angat where established as a new Pueblo.

Today, still stands and legible, is the inscription at the façade of her church with a Roman Numeral "MDCCXII" translated to "1727" a year indicating the date of the erection the Angat Church's present building.

Geography

The towns of San Rafael, Bulacan and Bustos, Bulacan bound the town of Angat on the North. On the East by the vast Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges - Sierra Madre (Philippines), to its South by the towns of Norzagaray, Bulacan and Santa Maria, Bulacan. Angat is 44 kilometres (27 mi) from Malolos, 51 kilometres (32 mi) from Manila, and 21 kilometres (13 mi) from San Jose del Monte.

The municipality of Angat has hilly and mountainous landscape that nestles Angat River - (Bulacan River) which snakes around eleven provinces in the Central Luzon Region. Angat River's main basin of water resource is from Sierra Madre Mountain Range (the longest mountain range in the Philippines) in Luzon island. During increment climate condition like continuous rainy days for days the water inundates to different river tributaries in its adjoining municipalities, as well as provinces through different rivers. To the southeast are 2 rivers: Santa Maria River of Santa Maria, Bulacan. Bunsuran River of Pandi, Bulacan. Balagtas River of Balagtas, Bulacan, and Bocaue River of Bocaue, Bulacan.

Angat's mountainous and hilly area has abundance of trees that are source of timber and wood materials, and unfortunately become an area of illegal logging. The mountainous areas, and lands close to the river shore, some of which are privately owned is rich in mineral deposit of silica. The vast area around Angat River is very high source of rocks and pebbles used for construction and garden landscaping.

Most areas have a very relaxing atmosphere of greenery seen in mountain heights and river shore lines where some fresh water fishes also multiplies. Angat was once part of the 3rd district along with Norzagaray from 1987 to 2022 when it was moved to 6th district along with Santa Maria and Norzagaray.

Barangays

Angat is subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020[3]		2010[5]
031401001	Banaban	3.3%	2,140	1,539	▴	3.35%
031401002	Baybay	1.3%	855	836	▴	0.22%
031401003	Binagbag	7.9%	5,182	4,641	▴	1.11%
031401005	Donacion	4.0%	2,603	2,502	▴	0.40%
031401006	Encanto	7.1%	4,665	4,289	▴	0.84%
031401007	Laog	1.9%	1,225	1,053	▴	1.52%
031401008	Marungko	6.6%	4,344	4,263	▴	0.19%
031401009	Niugan	7.0%	4,607	4,362	▴	0.55%
031401010	Paltok	2.2%	1,447	1,369	▴	0.56%
031401013	Pulong Yantok	7.5%	4,940	3,990	▴	2.16%
031401014	San Roque (Poblacion)	7.9%	5,168	4,642	▴	1.08%
031401015	Santa Cruz (Poblacion)	8.6%	5,641	5,663	▾	−0.04%
031401016	Santa Lucia	3.8%	2,475	2,663	▾	−0.73%
031401017	Santo Cristo (Poblacion)	7.6%	4,999	4,859	▴	0.28%
031401018	Sulucan	8.7%	5,723	5,557	▴	0.29%
031401019	Taboc	4.9%	3,223	3,104	▴	0.38%
	Total		65,617	55,332	▴	1.72%

Climate

The prevailing climatic conditions in the municipality is categorized into two (2) types: Wet season (Rainy Season or Monsoon Season) and Dry Season (Summer Season).

Climate data for Angat, Bulacan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	31 (88)	32 (90)	34 (93)	34 (93)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	30 (86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	19 (66)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	20 (68)	21 (70)
Average precipitation cm (inches)	1.7 (0.7)	0.7 (0.3)	0.5 (0.2)	2.4 (0.9)	15.3 (6)	35.5 (14)	50.4 (19.8)	51.6 (20.3)	37.4 (14.7)	22.5 (8.8)	16.3 (6.4)	6.8 (2.7)	240.8 (94.8)
Source: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=984300&refer=&units=metric

Demographics

Population census of Angat

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	6,961	—
1918	9,019	+1.74%
1939	11,060	+0.98%
1948	12,776	+1.62%
1960	15,051	+1.37%
1970	19,798	+2.78%
1975	23,344	+3.36%
1980	24,844	+1.25%
1990	34,494	+3.34%
1995	39,037	+2.35%
2000	46,033	+3.60%
2007	53,117	+1.99%
2010	55,332	+1.50%
2015	59,237	+1.31%
2020	65,617	+2.03%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[6][5][7][8]

In the 2020 census, the population of Angat, Bulacan, was 65,617 people,^[3] with a density of 890 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,300 inhabitants per square mile.

Religion

Santa Monica de Angat Church

The people of Angat are mostly devout Roman Catholics. Their patron saint is Saint Monica. The Santa Monica de Angat Church displays baroque architecture, with its interior replicating the Sistine Chapel, recently remodeled but preserving its old architecture. In 1983, the Parish of the town celebrated its Tricentennial Foundation.

Today, Angat is divided into three parishes and one quasi-parish under the Vicariate of Baliuag, Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos: 1. the Saint Paul the Apostle Parish in Barangay Niugan; 2. the Santa Rita de Cascia Parish in Barangay Binagbag; 3. Santa Monica de Angat Parish in Poblacion and 4. Immaculate Conception Quasi-Parish in Barangay Marungko.

Other religious groups include the Members Church of God International popularly known as Ang Dating Daan, Iglesia ni Cristo, and Jehovah's Witness, Methodists, Aglipayans, Adventists, Baptists, Mormons. There also some Evangelical, Pentecostal, Charismatic churches, ministries, fellowships and religious groups. Islam (Muslims) could also be found.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Angat

5 10 15 20 2006 11.40 2009 7.75 2012 7.16 2015 7.56 2018 4.61 2021 16.50 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Government

Elected officials

2022-2025 Angat Municipal Officials

Position	Name	Party
Mayor	Reynante "Jowar" S. Bautista		Aksyon
Vice Mayor	Arvin L. Agustin		Aksyon
Councilors	Oscar "Oca" C. Suarez		Aksyon
	William S. Vergel de Dios		Aksyon
	Evelyn "Blem" J. Cruz		Aksyon
	Luis "Wowie" J. Santiago		Aksyon
	Melandro "Andro" G. Tigas		Aksyon
	Darwin A. Calderon		Aksyon
	Erwin S. Santos		NUP
	Ramiro A. Osorio III		Independent
Ex Officio Municipal Council Members
ABC President	Richard C. Cruz		Nonpartisan
SK Federation President	Cyndi Pearl Valencia		Nonpartisan

List of former mayors

No.	Municipal Mayors	Took office	Left office
1	Mariano Santiago	1901	1902
2	Pedro Otayco	1902	1903
3	Francisco Vergel de Dios	1903	1904
4	Damian Santos	1904	1905
5	Damaso Pascual	1905	1906
6	Luciano de Guzman	1906	1909
7	Pablo Capistrano	1909	1916
8	Matias A. Fernando	1916	1920
9	Severo Rivera	1920	1922
10	Gerardo Santos	1922	1925
11	Atilano de Guzman	1925	1931
12	Dr. Crispulo Cruz	1931	1934
13	Pablo Amisola	1934	1940
14	Dr. Francisco Infantado	1940	1940
15	Jose S. Santos	1940	1942
16	Felix Ventura	1942	1943
17	Dr. Pedro Vergel de Dios	1943	1943
18	Atilano de Guzman	1943	1943
19	Engr. Vicente Salvador	1943	1943
20	Dr. Marcelino de Guzman	1943	1944
21	Pedro Cinco	1944	1944
22	Agapito Cruz Correa	1944	1944
23	Atty. Pablo Santos	1944	1945
24	Dr. Luis Infantado	1945	1945
25	Higino Adriano	1945	1946
26	Jose S. Santos	1946	1947
27	Atilano de Guzman	1947	1947
28	Faustino Sombillo	1947	1948
29	Francisco F. Illescas	1948	1954
30	Benito Cruz	1954	1963
31	Francisco Illescas	1964	1980
32	Atty. Florante Cruz	1980	1986
33	Francisca C. Valarao	1986	6 months
34	Leonardo R. de Leon	1987	1998
35	Apolonio P. Marcelo Jr.	1998	2000
36	Angelito Vergel de Dios	2000	2001
37	Leonardo R. de Leon	2001	2010
38	Gilberto C. Santos	2010	2013
39	Leonardo R. de Leon	2013	2022
40	Reynante S. Bautista	2022	present

Education

Colegio de Sta Monica de Angat

Colegio de Sta Monica de Angat

The Angateños consider education as very important. It was the dream of many that there would be a Catholic school in Angat. This dream was realized in 1983 through the initiative and leadership of the founding members of the first Board of Trustees of Santa Monica Catholic School, Inc.: Bishop Cirilio R. Almario, Jr., Rev. Fr. Macario R. Manahan, Councilor Manuel C. De Guzman, Mrs. Angelita A. Cruz, Mr. Francisco C. Robles.

Through a memorandum of agreement between the Ministry of Social Services and Development and the Parents' Committee, the Day Care Center became Santa Monica Catholic Learning Center. In 1985, the school was renamed Santa Monica Catholic School and given the permit to open and conduct Grade VI. The first batch of Grade VI graduates received their diplomas in March 1986.

On March 27, 1987, the high school department was formally opened. A year later, the school's name was changed to Colegio de Santa Monica de Angat to reflect the town's Hispanic heritage. In the same year, the St. Joseph Building was inaugurated. The first batch graduated in March 1990. Today, the school's population and physical structure continues to grow.^[17]

Other schools

Private Pre-Elem/Elementary Schools^[18]

School	Location
Angat Ecumenical Kindergarten School	Santa Cruz
Colegio De Santa Monica De Angat	Poblacion
Kalinangan Integrated School	Sulucan
Lourdes School Of Bulacan	Marungko
Wisdom Jade Academy	Niugan

Public Pre-Elem/Elementary Schools

School	Location
Atiliano S. De Guzman Elementary School	Taboc
Pablo C. Capistrano Elementary School	Banaban
Baybay Elementary School	Baybay
Benito C. Cruz Elementary School	Santa Lucia
Col. Vicente Salvador Elementary School	Laog
Don Pablo Amisola Memorial School	Niugan
Dr. Antonio C. Villarama Memorial School	Marungko
Francisco F. Illescas Elementary School	Binagbag
Marcelo L. Adriano Memorial School	Encanto
Matias A. Fernando Memorial School	San Roque
Osias M. Esteban Elementary School	Pulong Yantok
Paltoc Elementary School	Paltoc
Sulucan Elementary School	Sulucan
Teodoso R. Manuel Elementary School	Donacion

Private Secondary Schools

School	Location
Colegio De Santa Monica De Angat	Poblacion
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial School	Santo Cristo
Kalinangan Integrated School	Sulucan
Lourdes School of Bulacan	Marungko

Public Secondary Schools

School	Location
Angat National High School	Taboc
Angel M. del Rosario Memorial High School	Pulong Yantok
Binagbag National High School	Binagbag
Pres. Diosdado P. Macapagal Memorial High School	Santa Cruz

Technical/Vocational Schools

School	Location
Bulacan Polytechnic College	Santa Cruz

Tertiary Schools

School	Location
Lourdes College of Bulacan	Marungko

Culture and Tourism

Town festivities and events

As a predominantly Roman Catholic Christian community, every barangay has their own unique way of celebrating fiestas in honor of their respective patron saint. In the town proper where the old beautiful church of Angat is located, the locals celebrate their fiesta every 4 May in honor of its patron St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine.

Angat is celebrating GulayAngat Festival (Gunita ng Lahi at Yamanag Angat; lit., "Angat Heritage and Treasure Festival") which features the means of livelihood of the town's people. It is celebrated every 3rd week of the month of October. It was accompanied by the establishment of the town of Angat. There were lot of activities happened in the festival such as:

• Hari at Reyna ng GulayAngat (King and Queen of GulayAngat) – featuring the beautiful young men and women of each barangay in Angat.
• Hapag ng Pamana (Heritage Table) – presenting unique dishes made from vegetables.
• Indakan sa GulayAngat (GulayAngat Dance) – highlighting the talent of everyone in their respective barangays through dancing.
• DepEd Day – featuring the talents of the students in Angat.
• Laro ng Laking GulayAngat (GulayAngat Traditional Games) – presenting the different Filipino games just like; Hilahang Lubid (tug-of-war), Karera ng Sako (sack race), Patintero, Palo Sebo (bamboo pole climbing), Dama, Sungka, Agawang Buko (a contact game which players struggle to get a coconut similar to rugby and American football) and Sepak Takraw.

Tourist attractions

• Angat River
• Heritage Houses
• Santa Monica Church (Santa Monica de Angat Church)
• Gawad Kalinga (Enchanted Farm)
• Fr. Blanco Museum (collection of flora de filipina)

Gallery

• 
  Angat Welcome Arch
• 
  Santa Lucia Bridge (crossing the Angat River from the Municipality of Angat to the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad)
• 
  Angat Wet and Dry Public Market
• 
  Villarama Park at Dr. Antonio C. Villarama Memorial School
• 
  San Pablo Apostol Parish Church
• 
  Santa Rita de Cascia Quasi-Parish Church
• 
  St. Joseph Sub-Parish Church
• 
  Veterans Federation of the Philippines marker for the World War II Veterans - Angat Chapter
• 
  Overlooking view of Angat quarry and Sierra Madre (Philippines)
• 
  Angat River from overlooking view

Notable people

• Ella Cruz - actress
• General Nicolas Capistrano – lawyer, statesman and revolutionary general who fought against Americans in Cagayan de Misamis (now Cagayan de Oro) in Mindanao during Philippine-American War, notably the battles of Cagayan de Misamis, Agusan Hill and Macahambus Hill, all in 1900. He entered politics as a 2nd district congressman of then-undivided Misamis Province (1909-1912) and a senator of newly established 11th district shared with Jose Clarin, making him one of the most prominent men in what is now Cagayan de Oro, where he and his wife migrated to after 1895 to avoid arrest by the Spanish colonial government for his involvement in revolutionary activities and to start a new life there.

References

1.  Municipality of Angat | (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.
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7. 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.
8. "Province of Bulacan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
9. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
10. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
11. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
12. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
13. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
14. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
15. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
16. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
17. Reference 6
18. "Schools & Utility Services". Municipality of Angat. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-04-02.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Angat Bulacan
• Angat, Bulacan at WN
• Angat.NET Our town, Our Home