Doña Remedios Trinidad

Doña Remedios Trinidad, officially the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad (Tagalog: Bayan ng Doña Remedios Trinidad), known by its acronym as DRT, is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 30,064 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.^[5]

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
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Bulacan
District	3rd district
Founded	September 13, 1977
Named after	Remedios Romualdez (mother of Imelda Marcos)
Barangays	8 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Ronaldo T. Flores
• Vice Mayor	Marita L. Flores
• Representative	Mark Cholo I. Violago
• Municipal Council	Members Felizardo C. Esquivel Romeo S. Santiago Jayvie C. Manalo William S. Piadozo Lorna V. Carpio Alex C. Sarmiento Guillermo E. Santos Gino V. San Pedro
• Electorate	28,375 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• 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  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	30,064
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
• Households	7,059
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	31.73 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 423 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 1,175 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 262.4 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 247.6 million (2022)
Utilties
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3009
PSGC	0301424000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Tagalog Southern Alta
Website	drtbulacan.gov.ph

Etymology

The town was named by Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. after Remedios Trinidad Romualdez, mother of his wife, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, whose family was from Baliuag, Bulacan.

History

On September 13, 1977, under martial rule, President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196, creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad as a personal namesake gift to his wife's family. The municipality covers seven barangays: Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile from Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan from Norzagaray; and Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan from San Miguel.^[6]

The town of Doña Remedios Trinidad was formed out of lands culled from neighboring municipalities. Historians have noted that Marcos named the towns to honor a person without much significant historical value, with only family ties as actual reason.^[7] Some locals have called for the changing of the town's name in honor of actual heroes from Bulacan.

Geography

Doña Remedios Trinidad is the largest municipality in Bulacan, occupying almost one-third 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 (126.4 sq mi) 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. It is 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Malolos City and 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Manila.

Topography

List of highest peaks in Doña Remedios Trinidad 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

• Balaong River
• Madlum River

Barangays

Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into 8 barangays, as shown in the matrix below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2024[8]		2010[9]
031424001	Bayabas	5.2%	1,575	1,302	▴	1.34%
031424002	Kabayunan	5.8%	1,745	1,570	▴	0.74%
031424003	Camachin	3.5%	1,043	1,170	▾	−0.80%
031424004	Camachile	13.9%	4,166	3,433	▴	1.36%
031424005	Kalawakan	23.0%	6,909	5,632	▴	1.44%
031424006	Pulong Sampalok (Poblacion)	9.5%	2,859	2,666	▴	0.49%
031424007	Talbak	5.8%	1,746	1,528	▴	0.93%
031424008	Sapang Bulak	8.7%	2,620	2,577	▴	0.12%
	Total		30,064	19,878	▴	2.93%

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 [10]

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	+5.06%
2024	30,064	+1.16%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][9][13][14]

In the 2020 census, the population of Doña Remedios Trinidad was 28,656 people,^[15] 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.

Languages

The municipality, along with two other municipalities (San Miguel and Norzagaray) and one city (San Jose del Monte) of Bulacan, is the homeland of the Alta Kabulowan, the first inhabitants of Bulacan, whose language is also called Alta Kabulowan. Their language is currently endangered and is in dire need of local government intervention. The majority of residents in the town are native speakers of the Tagalog language.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Doña Remedios Trinidad

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 60.29 2003 51.58 2006 48.30 2009 35.18 2012 24.60 2015 18.85 2018 11.43 2021 31.73 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

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.

Pineapple plantation in Barangay Talbak

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.^[24]

Education

The Doña Remedios Trinidad Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[25]

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.

Primary and elementary schools

• Alejandro E. Flores Sr. Elementary School
• Baras-Bakal Elementary School
• Basyo Elementary School
• Bato Elementary School
• Bayabas Elementary School
• Cabayunan Elementary School
• Cucong Elementary School
• Calumpit Elementary School
• Camachile Elementary School
• Camachin Elementary School
• Duplas Elementary School
• Durumugan Elementary School
• Kambubuyugan Elementary School
• Kalawakan Elementary School
• Kalayaan Elementary School
• Kalayakan Elementary School
• Kawit Elementary School
• Pinag-anakan Elementary School
• Pulong Sampaloc Elementary School
• Sapang Bulac Elementary School
• St. Bernadette Parochial Mission School
• Talamsi II Elementary School
• Talbak Elementary School
• Talamsi I Elementary School (Talamsi Primary School)

Secondary schools

• Esteban Paulino High School
• Kalayakan High School
• Laura De Leon Halili High School
• Sapang Bulac High School
• Talbak High School

Gallery

• 
  D.R.T. Welcome Arch
• 
  D.R.T. Police Station and Office of the Sangguniang Bayan
• 
  D.R.T.'s 33rd year founding anniversary marker
• 
  Rural Bank of D.R.T., Inc.
• 
  Pulong Sampaloc Barangay Hall
• 
  Puning Cave