The document provides information about the history, location, industries, and attractions of the municipalities of Angat and Marilao in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. It discusses how Angat got its name and its history under Spanish colonization. It also describes the Sta. Monica Church, a 400-year old church in Angat. For Marilao, it outlines its history as part of Meycauayan and becoming independent in 1913. It notes the Luyang Dilaw Festival held in May and the Divine Mercy National Shrine located there.

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3. Angat
History Barangay
About Location
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4. Mar ilao
History Barangay
About Location
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5. Major Industries and Products
a. Monica Church Farming Garment
Gravel
Silica
Vegetables
Rice Marble
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6. Major Industries and Products
Woodcraf t
Jewelry Luyang Dilaw Fest
Farming
Garment Bakeries
Metal craf ting
vine Mercy National Shrine
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7. History
Legend near est t o t he t r ut h is t hat
Angat got it s name af t er t he Tagalog wor d
angat , meaning a high piece of land or a
communit y living in a pr omont or y dur ing t he
Spanish r egime.
At t he ar r ival of t he Spaniar ds, t he
people as a whole wer e at f ir st host ile t o t he
conquer or s, but af t er t he complet e
Chr ist ianizat ion of t he communit y, Spaniar ds
gr adually bef r iended t he inhabit ant s. The whole
t own, however , embr aced t he Cat holic f ait h,
mor e by f or ce t han by convict ion. For ced labor
was imposed pr incipally on t he const r uct ion of
public edif ices, like t he chur ch and t he
Pr esidencia.
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8. History
As a t own, never t heless, t he
conquer or s and t he nat ives f or mally
or ganized Angat mut ually. For mer ly,
a t r ibut ar y of Quingwa, it lat er
became a par t of San Miguel t hen
was made under t he t own of Bocaue
upon t he administ r at ion of t he vast
St a. Mar ia de Pandi Est at e by t he
lands wer e par t of t he Hacienda. At
t hat t ime, when Angat was under t he
administ r at ion of Bocaue, Nor zagar ay
was only a par t of Angat .
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9. Location
The t owns of San
Raf ael and Bust os bound
t he t own of Angat on t he
Nor t h; on t he East by t he
vast Sier r a Madr e
mount ain r anges, t o it s
sout h by t he t owns of
Nor zagar ay and St a. Mar ia
and on t he West by t he big
St a. Mar ia de Pandi Est at e.
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10. Barangays
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11. Sta. Monica Church
A 400-year old chur ch, t he St a.
Monica Chur ch is one of t he oldest
chur ches of t he pr ovince, and one of
t he most beaut if ul chuches in t he
Philippines. I t displays a mar velous
Bar oque ar chit ect ur e and it s
int er ior r eplicat ed t he f amous
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12. History
The hist or y of Mar ilao is cor r elat ed
wit h t he hist or y of Meycauayan. This may be
t r ue, f or in t he old days, Mar ilao was par t of
Meycauayan and it s biggest bar r io. I got it s
name f r om a yellow plan gr owing abundant ly in
t he place.
Meycauayan was est ablished by t he
Fr anciscans bet ween t he year s 1578 and
1579, or seven year s bef or e Manila was
est ablished, accor ding t o t he hist or ical
r ecor ds kept by Rever end Fat her Luis L.
Lopez, D.D. (deceased), f ound among t he
r ecor ds in t he chur ch. Meycauayan was
f or mer ly compr ised of Obando, Mar ilao,
Bocaue and San J ose del Mont e
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13. History
The f ir st missionar ies t o r each t he place wer e
Rever end Fat her s J uan de Placencia and Diego Or opesa.
The t own pr oper (poblacion) was locat ed in Malhacan, at
pr esent a bar r io of Meycauayan. I n 1588, st or m and
ear t hquake dest r oyed t he chur ches and leveled almost all
houses. Due t o t hese calamit ies, t he poblacion was
t r ansf er r ed t o Lagulo, but r obber s and Aet as f r equent ed
Lagulo. The chur ch was f inally const r uct ed on a lot
sur r ounded wit h bamboo t r ees; hence, f r om bamboo
(kawayan) t he t own of Meycauayan got it s name. Fat her
Ant onio de Nombelas made t he t r ansf er of poblacion f r om
Lagulo t o Meycauayan in abeyance wit h t he r equest of
Fat her Pedr o Baut ist a, a pr iest t or t ur ed and put t o deat h
and lat er held mar t yr in J apan. The Cat holic hier ar chy
lat er honor ed him as a saint .
On Febr uar y 27, 1901, t he t own of Mar ilao again
became a bar r io of Meycauayan. I t was only in 1913 t hat
Mar ilao complet ely became an independent t own.
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14. History
The municipalit y of Mar ilao has
cur ved an impor t ant not e; on Mar ch 28, 1898
dur ing t he ear ly per iods of t he Philippine
Amer ican f or ces under Gener al McAr t hur Sr .
met st ill r esist ance f r om st ubbor n Filipino
f or ces wit hin t he out skir t s of t he t own. The
pat r iot ism of t he people of Mar ilao was again
duplicat ed 12 per sons and bur ned par t of
t he Poblacion and near by bar r ios. Among
t hose killed wer e pr ominent cit izens of t he
t own who have r ef used collabor at ion and
t ur ned enemies of t he J apanese
administ r at ion.
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15. Location
Mar ilao is sit uat ed
at t he sout heast er n par t
of t he pr ovince of
Bulacan, bounded by t he
cit y of San J ose del
Mont e on t he east ,
municipalit ies of Bulacan
and Obando in t he west ,
Bocaue in t he nor t h and
Meycauayan in t he sout h.
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17. Luyang Dilaw Festival
May is f iest a mont h in Mar ilao. The
t own' s pr osper it y is capped wit h f it t ing
t hanksgiving f iest a celebr at ion, a mont h-long
per iod of f est ival called "Halamang Dilaw".
The f est ivit ies include f air , physical
act ivit ies, Lakan and Lakambini cont est ,
concer t , st r eet dancing and culminat ing
r eligious celebr at ions like pr ocession, novena
and mass.
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18. Divine Mercy National Shrine
On a r ocky hillt op in Mar ilao, a t own in t he
Pr ovince of Bulacan, j ust a f ew kilomet er s f r om
Manila, st ands t he Shr ine dedicat ed t o t he Divine
Mer cy. No one could have f or eseen t hat t his place
which used t o be haunt ed t o most of t he r esident s
and passer sby would t ur n out t o be t he one of t he
most blessed pilgr im sit es in t he count r y.
The place has become a dest inat ion f or
pilgr images due t o numer ous cases of healings and
conver sions. The people who come and pr ay could
at t est t o t he sacr edness of t he place t hat combines
Nat ur e’s bliss wit h t heir year ning t o be blessed.
Somewher e somehow, t hey f eel t hat t he Mer cy of Back

19. Jissele F. De Vera
Address:
0129 Nicolas St. Taal. Bocaue,
Bulacan
No: 09265162648,
Email:
verajisselede@gmail.com
Birthdate: March 11, 1994
“Put God first at the center and
everything will come together”

20. April Dianne F. Santiago
Birthdate: April 25, 1995
Email:
april_bsb@yahoo.com

21. Janessa F. Usisa
Birthdate: January 21, 1995,
Address:
Dulong Kalsada San Jose San
Miguel Bulacan
Age: 16
No.
09161607107 & 09055633927

22. Charissa V. Bautista
Birthdate: November 3, 1994
Age: 16
Email:
charissabts@gmail.com

23. Russel John I. Baello
Birthdate: April 25, 1995
Address:
#2467 Villena subdivision, San
Vicente, Apalit, Pampanga
motto: “All is well”

24. Katherine P B
. enedictos
Birthdate: June 8, 1991
Address:
#16 St. Ignatius, Mabolo,
Malolos Bulacan
Email:
highseaswarning@yahoo.com