Physical Characteristics Of Bulacan

Physical Characteristics

The Province of Bulacan can be found at the southern part of Luzon, popularly known as the Central Luzon. It is commonly flat on the western side and uplands on the eastern side that changes in altitude and is considered to be the foothill of Sierra Madre. In terms of land resources, Bulacan covers a total of 262,500 hectares which is approximately 14% of the total land area of Bulacan, which is about 0.88% of the total land are of the country. Similar to other provinces around the Philippines, Bulacan consists of two seasons known as the wet and the dry. The wet season begins at May and usually ends on November and the rest of the year is dry with irregular rains, more or less scattered evenly around the area. (Pascual, A.G. 2003)

Bulacan is a province rich in non-metallic minerals like clay ore, construction ore, gypsum ore, silica rock, form ore, guano ore, and rock phosphate. They also have one metallic deposit in Bulacan found in the municipality of San Miguel, which is the metallic ore. Aside from those, Bulacan is also rich in cement materials that are currently mined by the cement factories in the province. Marble ore reserves are also abundant in Bulacan. Bulacan’s salt from the seawater is processed in their coastal areas of Hagonoy, Malolos, Obando, and Paombong (Pascual, A.G. 2003)

Demography

Bulacan is a province considered as the most populated province in Central Luzon and most populated province in the whole Philippines with a total