Guiguinto, Bulacan

Infobox Philippine municipality
infoboxtitle = Municipality of Guiguinto, Bulacan
sealfile = Ph seal bulacan guiguinto.png locatormapfile = Ph_locator_bulacan_guiguinto.png caption = Map of Bulacan showing the location of Guiguinto
region = Central Luzon ("Region III")
province = Bulacan
districts =
barangays = 15
class = 2nd
mayor = Isagani C. Pascual
founded =
areakm2 =
pop2007 = 89,225
popden2007 =
coordinates =

Guiguinto is a 2nd class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It's now conurbated with Metro Manilla. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 89,225 Inhabitants ("67,571 people in 14,513 households in census 2000").

Built up area

With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the city is now included in Manila built up area which reaches San Ildefonso in its Northernmost part.

Halamanan Festival

On January 23, 2008, Guiguinto will celebrate the 9th Halamanan or Garden Festival with Guiguinto Foundation day. 1/4 of its 2,512 hectares 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 P 50 ($1 = 40) million industry. Jojo Sebastian, chair of the Guiguinto Garden City Cooperative stated that their garden stores sell P 100,000 to P 300,000 plants and contracts for garden and landscapes designs a month. [ [http://www.mb.com.ph/TOUR20080110113574.html mb.com.ph, Green paradise] ]

Barangays

Guiguinto is politically subdivided into 14 barangays:
* Cutcut
* Daungan
* Ilang-Ilang
* Malis
* Panginay
* Poblacion
* Pritil
* Pulong Gubat
* Santa Cruz
* Santa Rita
* Tabang
* Tabe
* Tiaong
* Tuktukan

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]

References