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Baliwag, officially the City of Baliwag (Tagalog: [bɐˈliʊag]; Filipino: Lungsod ng Baliwag, Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Baliwag/Siudad ning Baliwag, also spelled as Baliuag), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 168,470 people. [4]
Baliwag, Bulacan was the first Municipio ever created during the American regime in the Philippines, on May 6, 1899, five days before the fateful "Sabang Battle". In the History of the Philippines (1521–1898), Roman Catholicism in the Philippines, Baliwag had 30 curates. Fr.
The Americans established a local Philippine government in the Philippines when they held the first municipal election in the country in Baliwag on May 6, 1899. At the beginning of the American rule , 1899–1900, Malolos became the headquarters of the Military Governor of the Philippines at Casa Real.
The Philippine-American civil and military authorities chose Baliwag as the site of the first Philippine elections of May 7, 1899. The Filipinos gathered at the plaza of the St. Augustine church after the Mass, and thereafter the officials were selected based on the qualifications for voters set by the Americans. [9]
Baliwag Transit, Inc. was established as a sole proprietorship by the late matriarch Doña Maria Victoria Santiago Vda. de Tengco (born on November 17, 1923, popularly known in Baliwag as "Viuda" or "Nanay Turing"), a native of Baliwag and Hagonoy, Bulacan.
Baliwag Transit – a major bus company with operations mainly from and to Manila, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan and Tarlac. Barney Auto Line Group of Companies (BALGCO) Transport – Commonly known as Barney Auto Lines.
Our Lady of Most Holy Rosary Parish Church, commonly known as Makinabang Church or Bisitang Pula, is a Roman Catholic Marian church in Barangay Makinabang, Baliuag, Bulacan, Philippines. On October 7 it is one of four Roman Catholic parish churches in the municipality and is the focus of one of its largest processions each year.
St. Mary's College of Baliuag was founded in 1912, and is the oldest existing private educational institution in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan. It is owned and administered by the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first pontifically approved congregation for women in the Philippines. The religious sisters are better known as the RVM Sisters.