Paombong, Bulacan
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| Bayan ng Paombong (Municipality of Paombong) | ||
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| Nickname(s): Vinegar Capital of the Philippines | ||
| Motto: Abante Bagong Paombong Pantay Pantay na Karapatan sa Pag-asa sa Kaunlaran | ||
 Map of Bulacan showing the location of Paombong |
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 Paombong
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| Coordinates: 14°49′52″N 120°47′21″E / 14.83111°N 120.78917°ECoordinates: 14°49′52″N 120°47′21″E / 14.83111°N 120.78917°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Central Luzon (Region III) | |
| Province | Bulacan | |
| District | 1st District | |
| Founded | 1619 | |
| Barangays | 14 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Mary Ann "Ann" Marcos (Independent) | |
| • Vice Mayor | Cristina Gonzales (Liberal Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 46.34 km2 (17.89 sq mi) | |
| Highest elevation | 15 m (49 ft) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 53,294 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | |
| • Poverty rate |
 10.4% |
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| Demonym(s) | Paombongenyo | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 3001 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 | |
| Income class | 3rd Class; Partially Urban | |
| Electricity | Manila Electric Company | |
| • Consumption | 12.18 million kWh (2003) | |
Paombong (Filipino: Bayan ng Paombong; Kapampangan: Balen ning Paombong) is a third class partially urbanmunicipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Dubbed as the "Vinegar Capital of the Philippines", Paombong is famous for its vinegar extracted from the sap of sasa (nipa), thus the term "sukang Paombong" (Paombong vinegar) became known in Luzon and other parts of the Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 53,294 people.
Local legend has it that the name "Paombong" was taken from the long bamboo tube called "bumbong" or "tukil" which is used for collecting nipa sap. The practice of extracting nipa sap with bumbongs made the town known as the town with many bumbongs.
The local people claimed that the Spaniards who first visited the place were so amused with the bumbong that, after learning its name from the natives, they named the town after the container, a name which later evolved to Paombong.
Paombong was originally one of the visitas (barrio) of Malolos mentioned in Capitulo XXXVI of Conquistas de Las Islas libro segundo by Fray Gaspar San Agustin.In a meeting held in Tondo Convent,the Provincial Chapter created the Town of Malolos in June 1580 with Fray Matheo de Mendoza OSA as its first minister,together with Barrios of Mambog under the patronage of San Roque,Matimbo with Santa Cruz and Paombong with Santiago Apostle de Mayor.In 1619 Augustinians established Paombong Convent but the town was administered by the justice of friars.Paombong is not wealthy as Malolos and Hagonoy at time and it did not sustain its township and it was degraded again as barrio.
In 1639 Paombong was turned over to Calumpit from its mother town Malolos and in 1649 it was returned again to Malolos but on November 28, 1650 it was given its own civil government establishing Paombong its full township with Don Agustin Mananghaya as its first Gobernadorcillo.
In the middle of the 1750s, Paombong grew into a modest community from what was once a cogon land inhabited by a handful of Tagalogs. as its first gobernadorcillo.
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