Calumpit
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Calumpit , officially the Municipality of Calumpit (, Kapampangan: Balen ning Calumpit), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Key facts
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
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- Kalumpít
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- God Bless Calumpit
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- District
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- Founded
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- 14 November 1571
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- Chartered
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Encyclopedic overview
33 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Precolonial era
- Spanish period
- Christianization
- Early Spanish presence
- Province of Calumpit
- Abolition
- Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War
- American occupation and World War II
- Third republic
- Incidents
- Geography
- Calumpit River
- Climate
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Language
- Religion
- Labor and employment
- Literacy
- Economy
- Tourism and culture
- Festivals
- Calumpit longganisa festival
- Bagbag Bridge
- Education
- Primary and elementary schools
- Secondary schools
- Notable personalities
- Gallery
- Notes
- External links
Calumpit , officially the Municipality of Calumpit (, Kapampangan: Balen ning Calumpit), is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
==Etymology== The town is named for the kalumpít tree, a hardwood species similar to apalit or narra, which grows abundantly in front of Saint John the Baptist Parish Church in the Población-Sucol area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calumpit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.