Doña Remedios Trinidad


', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.
It is known as "Bulacan's Last Frontier" because of its natural environment and as it is the least travelled town in the province.

History

On September 13, 1977, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196 creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad. The municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad was named in honor of Doña Remedios T. Romualdez, mother of then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who was a Bulakeña from the town of Baliuag.
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.

Barangays

Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into the following 8 barangays:

Climate

Demographics

In the, the population of Doña Remedios Trinidad was people, with a density of.
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

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 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.

Education

One of the main secondary school in DRT is the Doña Remedios Trinidad High School located in Barangay Pulong Sampaloc. Most of the students in this school came from the four barangays of DRT and some students 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.

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