Doña Remedios Trinidad

Doña Remedios Trinidad
Doña Remedios Trinidad
Municipality
	Municipal Hall
	Flag Seal
	Anthem: DRT Hymn
	Map of Bulacan with Doña Remedios Trinidad highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Doña Remedios Trinidad Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 15°00′N 121°05′E / 15°N 121.08°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Bulacan
District	3rd district
Founded	September 13, 1977
Named for	Remedios Trinidad Romualdez (mother of Imelda Marcos)
Barangays	8 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Ronaldo T. Flores
• Vice Mayor	Marita L. Flores
• Representative	Lorna C. Silverio
• Municipal Council	Members
• Electorate	23,987 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	932.96 km2 (360.22 sq mi)
Elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Highest elevation	666 m (2,185 ft)
Lowest elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	28,656
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
• Households	7,059
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	31.73% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 287 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 924.6 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 180.4 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 220.8 million (2020)
Utilties
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3009
PSGC	031424000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Tagalog; Southern Alta
Website	drtbulacan.gov.ph

Doña Remedios Trinidad, officially the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad (Tagalog: Bayan ng Doña Remedios Trinidad), known by its acronym as DRT, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,656 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.^[3]

Etymology

The town was named by Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos after Remedios T. Romualdez, mother of his wife Imelda Romualdez Marcos, whose family was from the town of Baliuag (now a city since 2022).

Marcos, having absolute authority using dictatorial powers, grabbed larges swaths of lands from nearby town to create the present borders of Doña Remedios, despite opposition. Historians have noted that Marcos named the towns to honor a person without much significant historical value, with only family ties as actual reason.^[5] Some locals have called for the changing of the town's name in honor of actual heroes from Bulacan.

History

On September 13, 1977, under martial rule, president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad as a personal namesake gift to his wife's family.^[6]

The municipality covers seven barangays, originally part of Angat, Norzagaray, and San Miguel. These are Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile of Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan of Norzagaray; Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan of San Miguel.

Geography

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the largest municipality in Bulacan, occupying almost 1/3 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.

Topography

List of highest peaks in D.R.T by elevation:

Mount Sumag - 3,173 ft (967 m)
Mount Tanawan - 2,949 ft (899 m)
Mount Silad - 2,871 ft (875 m)
Mount Sumacbao - 2,733 ft (833 m)
Mount Palanas - 1,923 ft (586 m)
Mount Lumot - 1,785 ft (544 m)
Mount Mabio - 1,453 ft (443 m)
Mt. Susungdalaga - 1,332 ft (406 m)
Mount Silid - 1,322 ft (403 m)
Balistada Hill - 978 ft (298 m)
Digos hill - 665 ft (203 m)
Mount Gola - 656 ft (200 m)
Tila Pilon Hills - 590 ft (180 m)
Mount Manalmon - 584 ft (178 m)

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

Barangays

Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020^[3]		2010^[7]
031424001	Bayabas	5.5%	1,575	1,302	▴	1.92%
031424002	Kabayunan	6.1%	1,745	1,570	▴	1.06%
031424003	Camachin	3.6%	1,043	1,170	▾	−1.14%
031424004	Camachile	14.5%	4,166	3,433	▴	1.95%
031424005	Kalawakan	24.1%	6,909	5,632	▴	2.06%
031424006	Pulong Sampalok (Poblacion)	10.0%	2,859	2,666	▴	0.70%
031424007	Talbak	6.1%	1,746	1,528	▴	1.34%
031424008	Sapang Bulak	9.1%	2,620	2,577	▴	0.17%
	Total		28,656	19,878	▴	3.72%

Climate

Climate data for Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27 (81)	28 (82)	30 (86)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	28 (82)	28 (82)	29 (84)	29 (84)	27 (81)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	17 (63)	18 (64)	20 (68)	21 (70)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	20 (68)	21 (70)
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 ^[8]

Demographics

Population census of Doña Remedios Trinidad
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1980	4,759	—
1990	8,614	+6.11%
1995	11,194	+5.03%
2000	13,636	+4.32%
2007	19,086	+4.75%
2010	19,878	+1.49%
2015	22,663	+2.53%
2020	28,656	+4.72%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[9]^[7]^[10]^[11]

In the 2020 census, the population of Doña Remedios Trinidad was 28,656 people,^[3] with a density of 31 inhabitants per square kilometre or 80 inhabitants per square mile.

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.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Doña Remedios Trinidad

10

20

30

40

50

2006
48.30

2009
35.18

2012
24.60

2015
18.85

2018
11.43

2021
31.73

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]

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.^[20]

Education

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.