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During the time of Adelantado Miguel Legazpi in 1571, Bulacan was reported to be well populated.

At first there were Six Encomiendas under the rule of the Alcalde Mayor in Bulacan.

This Encomiendas are Calumpit, Bulakan, Malolos, Meycauayan, Binto ( present-day Plaridel ), Guiguinto, and Caluya ( present-day Balagtas ).

The Encominedas were later organized into pueblos ( towns ).

The first pueblo established in Bulacan was the town of Calumpit, founded by the Agustinians friars in 1575.

Calumpit was also the birthplace of Christianity in the province.

It has been said that in 1578 the Augustinian conquered Bulacan ( the town, where the name of the province was named after ).

The Franciscan Friar Juan Plasencia and Fray Diego de Oropesa founded Meycauayan in the same year and for a time was the capital, people were able to flourish, so rich, that the sons are six of the best in the province.

( Bocaue, Polo, San Jose del Monte, Santa Maria de Pandi, Obando and Marilao ) Malolos already existed as a Chinese settlement bearing the name Li-han, was civilized by the Augustinians in 11 June 1580 and then renamed Lihan as Malolos.

During the General Visitation of October 5, 1762 by Sr.

Doctor Don Simon de Anda de Salazar, the province was headed by Capitan Don Jose Pasarin, alcade mayor of the province.

According to the guide of 1839, Bulacan province in the island of Luzon, Philippines, is governed by a mayor, consist of 19 pueblos, 36, 394 tributes and 181, 970 souls.

In 1848 when the changes were made in the boundaries of Pampanga, the region which includes the important town of San Miguel de Mayumo and the neighboring places that was formerly part of Pampanga was adjudicated to Bulacan.