Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro
It is formerly known as San Pedro.
History
Don Gabriel Contreras – Gobernadorcillo and Capitan Municipal. One of the rulers of Bulalacao under Spanish rule The territory of Bulalacao was formerly raided by Datu (Prince) Calido of Panay. The Contreras family administered over Bulalacao as Panginoon Basal/Punong Datu before the conquest of Spain.
Since the founding of the First Republic, Bulalacao has predominantly been administered by descendants of Don Gabriel Contreras. The lands composing the present Municipality of Bulalacao was previously the hacienda of the Contreras family. Their collateral familial lines (Sejera, Templanza, Fajardo, etc.) also once held vast haciendas throughout the island of Mindoro.
Bulalacao, with a natural harbor, is one of the places theorized by anthropologists and archaeologists to be the location of the ancient wangdom of Ma-i. In the late 1970s, several jade Chinese porcelain vases were found in Bulalacao, further corroborating the theory.
On May 7, 1995, reelectionist Mayor Guillermo Salas was assassinated a day before the 1995 election by Rodel Gonzales of the Mangyan tribe; Gonzales eventually surrendered to authorities five days later, confessing to the crime.
Geography
Bulalacao is located at the southernmost tip of the province and is 176 kilometres (109 mi) from the provincial capital Calapan and 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Roxas.
Climate
Climate data for Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
34 (1.3) |
62 (2.4) |
64 (2.5) |
127 (5.0) |
159 (6.3) |
172 (6.8) |
147 (5.8) |
167 (6.6) |
182 (7.2) |
172 (6.8) |
88 (3.5) |
1,419 (56) |
Average rainy days | 12.1 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 22.7 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 22.7 | 17.8 | 247.3 |
Source: Meteoblue |
Barangays
Bulalacao is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Bagong Sikat
- Balatasan
- Benli (Mangyan Settlement)
- Cabugao
- Cambunang (Poblacion)
- Campaasan (Poblacion)
- Maasin
- Maujao
- Milagrosa (Guiob)
- Nasukob (Poblacion)
- Poblacion
- San Francisco (Alimawan)
- San Isidro
- San Juan
- San Roque (Buyayao)
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1903 | 3,754 | — |
1918 | 6,224 | +3.43% |
1939 | 3,497 | −2.71% |
1948 | 3,597 | +0.31% |
1960 | 5,414 | +3.47% |
1970 | 10,857 | +7.20% |
1975 | 14,038 | +5.29% |
1980 | 16,926 | +3.81% |
1990 | 21,316 | +2.33% |
1995 | 24,047 | +2.28% |
2000 | 27,698 | +3.08% |
2007 | 30,188 | +1.19% |
2010 | 33,754 | +4.15% |
2015 | 39,107 | +2.84% |
2020 | 44,366 | +2.51% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |
Economy
Poverty incidence of Bulalacao
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2006
71.30 2009
51.48 2012
39.97 2015
40.97 2018
23.93 2021
31.75 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |
Transportation
Bulalacao has a port that serves as a gateway from Mindoro to Caticlan in Malay, Aklan. FastCat operates in the port.
See also
- List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines
- List of political families in the Philippines