Bulacan State University

College of Architecture and Fine Arts

City of Malolos, Bulacan 3000, Philipppines

San Jose
Municipality of Bulakan
Province of Bulacan

PL 413 Ar | Planning III: Principles Of Urban and Regional Planning

LAND USE SURVEY AND FORMULATION OF LAND USE PLAN

Cabantog, Percy Vincent J.

Castillo, Harvey S.
Esguerra, Justine S.
Jao, Dan Isaiah
BSAR-4B

Arch. Edilberto Martinez

Instructor
BRIEF HISTORY OF
SAN JOSE
The village of San
Jose is one of the communities
which makes up the town of
Bulakan. The name San Jose is
based on the name of a saint,
although it’s still not certain who
gave it this name, what’s certain
is that the different communities
in Bulakan where named by the
priests who visited the country to
spread Catholicism.
The village of San
Jose is comprised of different
“sitios”. Sitio Panique which has
a name that is based on a tale
about a girl who lived in that
place during the Spanish era, the
tale tells the story of how the girl
utters the words “Panhik” and
“Aqui” whenever she has male
visitors with the intent of courting with her, the word then became “Panique” and eventually
became the name of the area.
Daang Estacion is a sitio which was named based on the fact that even back then
parades where held here as well as events during “Semana Santa” that reminds us of the suffering
that Jesus Christ went through.
Lungos which came from the word “lango” meaning drunk is another sitio. It was
named this way because within the area are places wherein “tuba” or palm wine can be harvested
and turned into alcoholic beverages.
Aside from these three there are other sitios which were named after respected people
back then like Sitio Pilapil which was named after a priest, and Cale Molina which was based on
the name of the old governor of Bulacan Jacinto Molina.

LOCATION
San Jose is situated at approximately 14.7884, 120.9000, in the island of Luzon.
Elevation at these coordinates is estimated at 0.3 meters or 1.0 feet above mean sea level.
Adjacent Barangays

San Jose shares a common border with the following barangay(s):

 San Juan, Balagtas, Bulacan  San Nicolas, Bulakan, Bulacan
 Bagumbayan, Bulakan, Bulacan  Santa Ana, Bulakan, Bulacan
 Matungao, Bulakan, Bulacan  Tibig, Bulakan, Bulacan
 Maysantol, Bulakan, Bulacan

BOUNDARY

AREA
San Jose has an area of 339, 300 sq.m. Half of this area is comprised of farmlands as
well as fisheries, the rest are residential and commercial structures.

POPULATION CHARACTERISTIC
YEAR MALE FEMALE TOTAL
2014 1663 1791 3454
2015 1703 1831 3534
2016 1722 1851 3573
2017 1630 1759 3389
2018 1680 1799 3479

Historical population
The population of San Jose grew from 2,320 in 1990 to 3,372 in 2015, an increase of
1,052 people. The latest census figures in 2015 denote a positive growth rate of 0.26%, or an
increase of 45 people, from the previous population of 3,327 in 2010.
 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
The Municipality of Bulakan is surrounded by a number of proximate
municipalities. It is bounded on the north by the Municipality of Malolos, on the south by
the Municipality of Obando, on the west by the Manila Bay and on the northeast by the
town of Guiguinto. It is about thirty five (35) kilometers away from the City of Manila. It
has an approximate area of 72.90 square kilometers or 2.7284% of the total land area of
the entire province of Bulacan which is 2,672.03 square kilometers. It ranks tenth (10th) in
terms of land among the different municipalities in the province of Bulacan.
CLIMATE
BULAKAN, just like the rest of the other town in the province of Bulacan, has two
(2) pronounced seasons, the wet season and the dry season. The former commences in the
month of May and ends of November, while the later sets in during the rest of the year. In
general, the town of Bulakan receives an average rainfall of 189.76 mm.
The annual temperature in the Municipality is 27.5ͦ c in December. The coldest
TOPOGRAPHY
The town’s terrain is generally flat having a coastline with portions touching Manila
Bay. It is intersected by several tributaries of Manila Bay which serve as outlets of the rain
water. These outlets are often times heavily silted causing flood in the Municipality.
SOIL TYPES
Bulakan soils vary from hydro soil in the swamp areas, clay loam in the central
lowlands and quiqua silt loam in the northwestern part of the Municipality.

URBAN / RURAL AREAS ????