Guiguinto, Bulacan

Guiguinto
Municipality
Guiguinto Municipal Hall
Seal
Nickname(s): The Garden Haven Of Bulacan; Garden City
Motto: Guiguinto, Patuloy Sa Pag-Unlad. Guiguinteño Angat Ka Sa Lahat.
Map of Bulacan showing the location of Guiguinto
Guiguinto Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°50′N 120°53′E / 14.83°N 120.88°E / 14.83; 120.88Coordinates: 14°50′N 120°53′E / 14.83°N 120.88°E / 14.83; 120.88
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Bulacan
District	2nd District
Founded	1641
Barangays	14
Government
• Mayor	Ambrosio Cruz Jr.
Area
• Total	27.50 km2 (10.62 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	99,730
• Density	3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
• Poverty rate	4.3%
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	3015
IDD : area code	+63 (0)44
Income class	1st Class
Electricity	Manila Electric Company
• Consumption	56.94 million kWh (2003)
Website	guiguinto.gov.ph

Guiguinto is a first class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 99,730 people.

Guiguinto is one of the fast-growing municipalities. From a predominating agricultural economy, it gradually urbanized and developed, now part of the Metro Manila conurbation.

It is the birthplace of composer Constancio De Guzman, known for writing songs like "Maalaala Mo Kaya". It also houses the Immaculate Conception Seminary, a Diocesan Seminary of the Diocese of Malolos located in barangay Tabe. The appellation “Guiguinto” literally translates to “Gold” for the early conquistadores came and saw this town on a harvest season when it lushes in golden rice stalks against the sun.

Guiguinto began as a barrio of Bulakan, the former provincial capital of Bulacan. It is said that Spaniards set up an army post in the barrio to serve as a resting place for forces going to Northern Luzon. In those days, travel throughout Guiguinto was difficult and slow down to cross single file over a narrow bamboo bridge. Their Filipino guides would cry out, "Hinto" (stop). The Spaniards thought this was the name "Hihinto". The Spaniards substituted "Gui" (with hard "g") for the Tagalog "Hi". The place has since been called Guiguinto. On the other hand, old timers say that on moonlight nights, a golden bull emerges from the church and goes down to the nearby river to quench his thirst. It then returns to the church, ascends at the altar and disappears. The elders' aid that there are buried jars of gold in town, as indicated by the bull, and that is why the town was called Guiguinto. It became an encomienda in the 1591 but the ecclesiastical administration was under Bulakan Convent and it was established as a Town in 1641.

In 1800, an Augustinian friar erected a small chapel in what is now barrio Sta. Rita. In 1873, roads were constructed in barrio Malis. The people barrios of Pritil, Tabe, and Cutcut even those days were mostly farmers. During Holy Week, villagers of barrio Tuktukan held contest for the hardest egg shells (chicken, duck or goose by knocking eggs together (Tuktukan)). The women tried to help each other in singing the "Panica".