Calumpit
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Saint John the Baptist church
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| Motto: God bless Calumpit | ||
 Map of Bulacan showing the location of Calumpit |
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| Coordinates: 14°55′N 120°46′E / 14.92°N 120.77°ECoordinates: 14°55′N 120°46′E / 14.92°N 120.77°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Central Luzon (Region III) | |
| Province | Bulacan | |
| District | 1st District | |
| Encomienda | November 14, 1571 | |
| Ecclesiastical Town | May 3, 1572 | |
| Civil Town | March 5, 1575 | |
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| Barangays | 29 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Jessie P. De Jesus | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 56.25 km2 (21.72 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 108,757 | |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) | |
| • Poverty rate |
 5.2% |
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| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 3003 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 | |
| Income class | 1st class municipality | |
| Electricity | Manila Electric Company | |
| • Consumption | 35.30 million kWh (2003) | |
| Website | www |
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Calumpit is a first class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 108,757 people.
The name "Calumpit" comes from the tree "Kalumpít" (an indigenous hardwood species similar to apalit and narra, which grows abundantly in front of the St. John the Baptist Parish Church in the Población-Sucol area.
Calumpit was already an established “barangay” under the leadership of Gat Maitim prior to the Fall of the Kingdom of Tondo in June 1571. Other nearby villages were Gatbuka, Meyto, Meysulao, Pandukot, Malolos, Macabebe, Hagonoy, and Apalit. When the Calumpit was hispanised and established as a political and geographical entity in 1572, they chose what is today Barangay Población as the site of the church and the administrative centre of the aforementioned villages, which were annexed to it.
Upon hearing that the Kingdom of Tondo was conquered by Martín de Goíti and Juan Salcedo, and that Rajah Matanda allied with the Spaniards in May 1571, Bambalito formed a fleet of two thousand natives mostly from Hagonoy and Macabebe. They sailed across Manila Bay to Tondo on June 3, 1571, facing Goíti and Salcedo in the historic Battle of Bangkusay. Bambalito and the natives were defeated and the conquerors proceeded northwards to pacify other villages along the coast of Manila Bay.
In September 1571, Goíti and Salcedo, along with the invading forces, arrived at Lubao. On November 14, 1571, they reached Calumpit and Malolos and reported it to Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. The two settlements were then constituted as the Encomienda de Calumpit and Encomienda de Malolos, respectively. The Encomienda de Calumpit was entrusted to Sargento Juan Moron, one of the conquerors in the Legazpi Expedition. (Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands, volume 34, page 304-310, paragraph 3)
It is uncertain as to exactly when the Augustinians first set foot in Calumpit, but according to the documents, Calumet was already a parish by May 3, 1572, when Fray Martín de Rada was elected Prior Provincial. Calumpit was simultaneously established with the conventos of Bay Laguna, Tondo, and Lubao, with De Rada as its Prior and Fray Diego Vivar as his vicar.
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