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Poverty incidence of Bocaue 5 10 15 20 2006 4.00 2009 3.40 2012 4.21 2015 7.69 2018 7.52 2021 15.13 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Locally made food products in a Bocaue store Bocaue Public Market Bocaue's town center is 27 kilometers north of Manila if reached via the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the Bocaue Exit (in Barangay Turo). NLEX provides fast transport to Metro Manila ...
The Bocaue Pagoda Festival, also known as the Bocaue River Festival, is an annual religious celebration in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. It is best known for its river procession dedicated to the Catholic relic , the Holy Cross of Wawa ( Tagalog : Krus sa Wawa ).
The Bocaue River Festival is an annual celebration held every first Sunday of July in Bocaue in honor of the Holy Cross, the Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa, established in 1850 in the Bocaue River, a tributary of the Santa Maria River. The festivities involve a decorated pagoda on top of a barge surrounded by small boats accompanying it. A ...
The Santa Maria River (Filipino: Ilog Santa Maria) is a river in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Stretching for 31 kilometres (19.3 mi), [1] it bisects the municipalities of Santa Maria, Bocaue (in barangay Lolomboy) [2] and the city of San Jose del Monte. Its major tributaries are the Caypombo River and an unnamed river in San Jose del ...
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.
Santa Maria's existence can be traced as early as the year 1647 when it is still a barrio (village) of Bocaue.The barrio was believed to be established on the same period when the Dominicans founded the vast Hacienda de Lolomboy that extends up to the Angat river on the north, Bocaue river on the west, Marilao river on the south and the Pulo River (Pulong Buhangin) on the east.
Battle of the Bocaue river (March 29, 1899) – American forces were ambushed in midcrossing at the river northwest of the town of Bocaue, Bulacan, taking 29 casualties in ten minutes. [ 38 ] Capture of Malolos (March 31, 1899) – Malolos, northwest of Bocaoe, was taken by American forces unopposed.
On July 2, 1993, during the Bocaue River Festival, tragedy struck when around 500 people rode the floating pagoda, causing it to sink, killing more than 200. The pagoda float was way beyond its capacity.