Baliwag is a component city in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, with 174,194 residents at the 2024 census. Its name comes from an old Kapampangan word meaning untouched. Augustinian friars founded the settlement in 1732, and it was incorporated as a town in 1733, carved out of Quingua, now Plaridel. Under Spanish rule it was mainly agricultural, with rice farming as the chief livelihood and orchards supplying fruit and vegetables to the public market. Residents approved cityhood in a plebiscite held on 17 December 2022, which made Baliwag the fourth component city of Bulacan and the 148th city in the country.
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1. Baliwag (Wikipedia)
Lead, population
it has a population of 174,194 people
Etymology and founding
The settlement was founded in 1732 by Augustinian friars
Part Of: Philippines, Lead
is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines
On Continent: Asia, Lead, continent
is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines
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is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines
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