Pulilan, Bulacan

Pulilan
Municipality
Bayan ng Pulilan
(From top,left to right):Municipal Hall of Pulilan; San Isidro Labrador Parish Church; Bantayog ng Magsasaka (top of Rural Bank of Florida);Carabaos kneeling in front of San Isidro Labrador Church
Seal
Nickname(s): "Pulo ng Ilan" "The Center of Commerce and Industry in Northern Bulacan" "Home of the famous Kneeling Carabao Festival" "The Town blessed by San Isidro Labrador"
Motto: Sa Bagong Pulilan, Kitang-kita Ang Kaunlaran
Anthem: Himno ng Pulilan "Ako ang Pulileño"
Map of Bulacan with Pulilan highlighted
Pulilan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°54′N 120°51′E / 14.9°N 120.85°E / 14.9; 120.85Coordinates: 14°54′N 120°51′E / 14.9°N 120.85°E / 14.9; 120.85
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Bulacan
District	1st District
Founded	January 20, 1749
Settlement	January 20, 1796
Barangays	19
Government
• Mayor	Maritz Ochoa-Montejo (Liberal)
• Vice Mayor	Ricardo Candido (PDP-Laban)
Area
• Total	39.89 km2 (15.40 sq mi)
Highest elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	97,323
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
• Poverty rate	4.8%
Demonym(s)	Pulileño, Pulileña
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	3005
IDD : area code	+63 (0)44
Income class	1st class urban
Electricity	Manila Electric Company
• Consumption	63.65 million kWh (2003)
Website	www.pulilan.gov.ph

Pulilan is a first class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 97,323 people.

The town is famous for its Carabao Festival where carabaos are paraded and kneel as they pass through San Isidro Labrador Parish Church, in honor to the town's patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.

Many years ago, Pulilan was primarily a little-known rural town in the northern part of Bulacan where its economy heavily dependent on farming and poultry raising. Most of the population committed their entire lives on farming as their livelihood. Today, the town is moving towards commercialization and industrialization as it is becoming one of the major growth-rate area and center of commerce and industry in the province.

Because of the major economic growth,due to presence of commercial establishments,real estates,industrial plants and major road projects.Pulilan has experienced increased in the total gross income in the past few years.The town's income in year 2014 was P254,593,126.17,an increase of P52,191,359.79 from its previous income in 2011. It surpass the income of fifteen municipalities in Bulacan such as San Miguel, Bocaue, Plaridel, Hagonoy and Calumpit.

With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the municipality is now included in Manila built up area which reaches San Ildefonso in its Northernmost part.

San Isidro was the former name of Pulilan and once a part of the ancient province of Pampanga. Long ago, it was called by the locals as "Pulo ng Ilan" because during those days it was inhabited only by few people. Several years later, the town was renamed "Pulilan", which wsa derived from "Pulo ng Ilan".

The ancient town of Pulilan was first documented as Puliran in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, a pre-colonial Philippine document written in 900 A.D. The native population at the time of the document were ruled by the sovereign Lord Ka-Sumuran (see Laguna Copperplate Inscription).