Bustos,Bulacan

Bustos, officially the Municipality of Bustos, (Tagalog: Bayan ng Bustos), is a 2nd

class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a
population of 67,039 people.

With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, Bustos is now included in the Greater Manila's built-
up conurbation area which reaches San Ildefonso, Bulacan at its northernmost part.

History
Bustos was a part of the town of Baliuag as its barrio during the Spanish Period. The town was
separated from Baliuag by a tragic incident when around 1860, during a rainy Sunday, a group of
natives from Bustos with babies in their arms were on their way to St. Augustine Parish Church of
Baliuag for baptismal when they drowned after the planceta or raft they were riding accidentally
capsized while crossing the wild river of Angat due to the strong water current. This fateful event led
the people of Bustos to request and build their own parish church to avoid the crossings in the wild
river for community safety. The locals chose Holy Child Jesus (Sto. Niño) as their patron saint in honor
of those infants that died in the river.

Bustos also gained its independence from Baliuag in April

29, 1867 through the painstaking efforts and sacrifices of its
inhabitants with the integration of barrios Bonga Mayor
and Bonga Menor.

The town got its name from Jose Pedro Perez de Busto[s],
a mining engineer from Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain, served
as the right-hand of Simón de Anda y Salazar, and was
appointed teniente general alcalde (Provincial Governor) of
Bulacan.

Bustos became a distinct municipality on January 1, 1916 during the Philippine Assembly through 4th
Philippine Legislature Assemblyman Ricardo Lloret Gonzalez. A year after, the town inaugurated its
municipal hall on January 1, 1917. Leon Prado became its first Municipal Mayor and served from 1917
to 1919. Padre Gabriel Alvarez served as the first parish priest of the institutionalized Sto. Niño de
Bustos Parish Church.

The town became a part of Baliuag again during the American period. At the time, Bustos also became
a part of the historical World War II in the Philippines and served as the military headquarters of
soldiers in the province of Bulacan during the war in 1945 being led by Bustosenyo then Capt. Alejo
Santos.

With the theme "Bustos Sentenaryo : Isang Daan tungo sa Ikasandaan", Bustos celebrated its 100th
year founding anniversary in 2017 in the same time with the Sto. Niño de Bustos Parish Church's 150th
year founding anniversary as an independent parish church of the municipality. The Philippine Postal
Corporation made a special commemorative stamp for the centennial anniversary celebration of the
town.

Geography
Bustos is located at the center of five adjoining towns of Bulacan Province: San Rafael on the north;
Pandi and Plaridel on the south; Baliuag on the west; and Angat on the east.

The land areas are mostly rice fields devoted for planting crops and agricultural products. Some
farmlands of the town are covered by irrigation systems of National Irrigation Administration coming
from Bustos Dam and Angat Dam on the Angat River.

How to get there from Richwell Colleges, Incorporated?

To Cambaog Terminal:
Tricycle: 15 pesos
From Terminal to Municipality:
Tricycle: 20 pesos