Pulilan Facts for Kids

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Municipality
Bayan ng Pulilan
(From top, left to right): Town Hall of Pulilan; San Isidro Labrador Parish Church; Carabaos kneeling in front of the parish church; Pulilan Public Market
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(s): Sa Bagong Pulilan, Kitang-kita Ang Kaunlaran
Anthem: Himno ng Pulilan "Ako ang Pulileño"
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Bulacan
District	1st District
Founded	January 20, 1749
Settlement	January 20, 1796
Barangays	19
Area
• Total	39.89 km² (15.40 sq mi)
Highest elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	97,323
• Density	2,439.8/km² (6,319.0/sq mi)
• Poverty rate	4.8%
Demonym(s)	Pulileño, Pulileña
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
Dialing code	{{#property:P473}}
Income class	1st class urban
Electricity	Manila Electric Company
• Consumption	63.65 million kWh (2003)
Website	pulilan.gov.ph

Pulilan is a municipality (or a town) in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It lies 50 kilometers northwest of Manila and is located at the west-central part of the province. It is surrounded by the settlements of Apalit in Pampanga; by Baliuag in the north; by Plaridel in the south; and by Calumpit in the west.

According to the 2015 national census (a total count of the country's population) of the Philippines, it has 97,323 people.

The town is famous for its Carabao Festival, which happens once a year in May. This is where the carabaos (a kind of water buffalo in the Philippines) are walked together on the streets and kneel as they pass in front of San Isidro Labrador Parish Church, in honor to Saint Isidore the Laborer, the town's patron saint.