Doña Remedios Trinidad, officially the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad (), known by its acronym as DRT, is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.
Etymology The town was named by President Ferdinand Marcos after Remedios Trinidad Romuáldez, mother of his wife, First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, whose family was from Baliuag, Bulacan.
History On September 13, 1977, during martial law, President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1196, creating the municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad as a gift to his wife's family. The municipality covers seven barangays: Pulong Sampaloc and Camachile from Angat; Bayabas and Kabayunan from Norzagaray; and Talbac, Camachin and Kalawakan from San Miguel.
Historians have noted that Marcos named towns after people with little historical significance, and only family ties as an actual reason. Some locals have also called for a renaming of the town to honor actual heroes from Bulacan.
On the afternoon of December 4, 2000, Mayor Paulino Esteban was being driven in his Nissan Patrol by his 19-year-old nephew Jim Venturina and accompanied by police escort Teofilo Avellanosa when they were shot and killed by gunmen in Barangay Baybay, Angat, Bulacan.
Geography Doña Remedios Trinidad is the largest municipality in Bulacan, occupying almost one-third of the total land area of the province. It lies on the southern edge of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and partially embraces three major conservation areas: the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve, Biak-na-Bato National Park, and Doña Remedios–General Tinio Watershed Forest Reserve, comprising of alienable and disposable public land.
Doña Remedios Trinidad is bordered by Norzagaray, Bulacan to the south; by General Nakar, Quezon and Dingalan, Aurora to the east; San Rafael, Angat, San Ildefonso, and San Miguel to the west; and Gapan and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija to the north. It is from Malolos and from Manila.
Topography List of highest peaks in Doña Remedios Trinidad by elevation:
Mount Sumag - Mount Tanawan - Mount Silad - Mount Sumacbao - Mount Palanas - Mount Lumot - Mount Mabio - Mt. Susungdalaga - Mount Silid - Balistada Hill - Digos hill - Mount Gola - Tila Pilon Hills - Mount Manalmon -
Waterfalls
List of waterfalls in Dona Remedios Trinidad:
Verdivia Falls Secret Falls Talon ni Eva Falls Talon Lucab Falls Talon Pedro falls Talon Pari Falls 13th Falls Zamora Falls
Rivers
Balaong River Madlum River Puning River
Barangays Doña Remedios Trinidad is politically subdivided into 8 barangays, as shown in the matrix below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate
Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Doña Remedios Trinidad was 28,656 people, with a density of .
Doña Remedios Trinidad is the least populated of all the municipalities and cities of Bulacan, with less than one percent of the province's population.
Languages The municipality, along with two other municipalities (San Miguel and Norzagaray) and one city (San Jose del Monte) of Bulacan, is the homeland of the Alta Kabulowan, the first inhabitants of Bulacan, whose language is also called Alta Kabulowan. Their language is currently endangered and is in dire need of local government intervention. The majority of residents in the town are native speakers of the Tagalog language.
Economy
Doña Remedios Trinidad is a mainly agricultural town. Agricultural products, such as pineapples, are the main source of income of the town and its residents.
Local Government
+ 2025-2028 Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan OfficialsPosition Name Party Mayor Ronaldo T. Flores Vice Mayor Marita L. Flores Councilors Guillermo E. Santos Felizardo C. Esquivel Romeo S. Santiago Jherome A. Manalo Alex C. Sarmiento Rogelio C. Resigurado Jr. Lorna V. Carpio Teresita S. Evangelista Ex Officio Municipal Council Members ABC President TBD SK Federation President TBD
Education The Doña Remedios Trinidad Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.
One of the main secondary schools in DRT is the Laura De Leon Halili High School, located in Barangay Pulong Sampaloc. Most of the students in this school come from three barangays of DRT (Pulong Sampaloc, Camachile, and Bayabas) and some from the adjacent barangay of Banaban in Angat. The San Ildefonso-based Bulacan Agricultural State College opened a branch campus as Bulacan Agricultural State College-DRT located in Barangay Sapang Bulak.
Primary and elementary schools
Alejandro E. Flores Sr. Elementary School Baras-Bakal Elementary School Basyo Elementary School Bato Elementary School Bayabas Elementary School Cabayunan Elementary School Cucong Elementary School Calumpit Elementary School Camachile Elementary School Camachin Elementary School Duplas Elementary School Durumugan Elementary School Kambubuyugan Elementary School Kalawakan Elementary School Kalayaan Elementary School Kalayakan Elementary School Kawit Elementary School Pinag-anakan Elementary School Pulong Sampaloc Elementary School Sapang Bulac Elementary School St. Bernadette Parochial Mission School Talamsi II Elementary School Talbak Elementary School Talamsi I Elementary School (Talamsi Primary School)
Private Primary and elementary schools St. Dominic de Guzman School Inc. DRT Extension
Secondary schools
Esteban Paulino High School Kalayakan High School Laura De Leon Halili High School Sapang Bulac High School Talbak High School
Secondary schools Private Saint Bernadette Parochial Mission School
Gallery
References
External links
[ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] All About Doña Remedios Trinidad Bulacan Philippine Census Information