Bulalacao


', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.
It is formerly known as San Pedro.

History

Don Gabriel Contreras – Gobernadorcillo and Capitan Municipal. One of the rulers of Bulalacao under the Spanish Imperial Crown The territory of Bulalacao was formerly raided by Datu Calido of Panay. The Contreras family administered over Bulalacao as Panginoon/Punong Datu before the conquest of Spain. Since the founding of the First Republic, Bulalacao has predominantly been administered by descendants of Don Gabriel Contreras. The lands composing the present Municipality of Bulalacao was previously the hacienda of the Contreras family. Their collateral familial lines also once held vast haciendas throughout the island of Mindoro.
Bulalacao, with a natural harbor, is one of the places theorized by anthropologists and archaeologists to be the location of the ancient wangdom of Ma-i. In the late 1970s, several jade Chinese porcelain vases were found in Bulalacao, further corroborating the theory.

Geography

Bulalacao is located at the southernmost tip of the province and is from Calapan.

Climate

Barangays

Bulalacao is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.
BarangayPopulation
Bagong Sikat830
Balatasan2,167
Benli 4,527
Cabugao995
Cambunang 2,399
Campaasan 3,149
Maasin912
Maujao3,118
Milagrosa 2,117
Nasukob 4,419
Poblacion3,634
San Francisco 778
San Isidro563
San Juan3,455
San Roque 6,044
Total39,107

Demographics