Angat, Bulacan

Angat
Angat
	Municipal Hall
	Flag Official seal of Angat Seal
	Nickname: True Heart of Bulacan
	OpenStreetMap
Country	Philippines
Region	Negros Island Region
Founded	1683
Barangays	(see Barangays)
Government
• Mayor	Reynante S. Bautista
• Vice Mayor	Arvin L. Agustin
• Representative	Salvador A. Pleyto Sr.
• Municipal Council	Members
• Electorate	voters (?)
Highest elevation	157 m (515 ft)
Lowest elevation	20 m (70 ft)
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Service provider
• Electricity	—
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
PSGC	PSGC unknown

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]

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.

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