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Balagtas

Balagtas, officially the Municipality of Balagtas, is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.

Balagtas
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The place

Balagtas, officially the Municipality of Balagtas, is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 80,221 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Balagtas

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Philippine Arena

    The Philippine Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena located within the Ciudad de Victoria tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. It is located about 30 kilometers north of Manila.

    5.4 km · general purpose arena in the Philippines · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Philippine Stadium

    The Philippine Sports Stadium, also known as Iglesia ni Cristo Stadium, is a football and track stadium at Ciudad de Victoria, a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. The stadium was built right next to the Philippine Arena, the world's largest indoor arena.

    5.1 km · football and track stadium in the Philippines · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Immaculate Conception Parish Church

    The Minor Basilica and Parish of La Purísima Concepción, locally known as Santa Maria Church, is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. The shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception.

    5.9 km · Roman Catholic parish church in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Marcelo H. del Pilar Shrine

    The Marcelo H. del Pilar Shrine is a declared national shrine by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in honor of Filipino lawyer, poet and propagandist Marcelo H. del Pilar. Located at Sitio Cupang, Barangay San Nicolas in Bulakan, Bulacan, the shrine is the former site of the house of the del Pilar clan.

    4.7 km · National Shrine commemorating the birthplace of Marcelo H. del Pilar · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    San Lorenzo de Roma Church

    The Diocesan Shrine and Parish Church of Saint Lawrence of Rome, Deacon and Martyr, commonly known as the Balagtas Church, is an 18th-century Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in the municipality of Balagtas in the Philippines, dedicated to Saint Lawrence, one of the most venerated Roman martyrs, celebrated for his Christian valor. The said parish is under the pastoral jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos.

    400 m · church in Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Guiguinto Church

    San Ildefonso de Toledo Parish Church, commonly known as Guiguinto Church, is an 18th-century, Baroque Roman Catholic church located along the MacArthur Highway, Brgy. Poblacion, Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines.

    3.7 km · church in Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    The Parish of Sto. Cristo and St. Anderw Kim Tae-gon

    The Parish of Nuestro Señor Jesucristo and the Diocesan Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon, commonly known as the Shrine of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, is a Roman Catholic church in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos.

    4.6 km · church in Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Martin of Tours Parish

    Saint Martin of Tours Parish Church, also known as the Diocesan Shrine of Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa, is a Roman Catholic church in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos.

    2.8 km · church in Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Bulakan Church

    The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion, commonly known as Bulakan Church, is a 19th-century Neo-Byzantine-Romanesque stone church located at Brgy. San Jose, in the Municipality of Bulakan, Bulacan province, Philippines.

    3.7 km · Roman Catholic parish church in Bulakan, Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia

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Getting to Balagtas

Airports
Ninoy Aquino (MNL), 36 km · Clark / Clark Air Base (CRK), 56 km · Subic Bay / Naval Air Station Cubi Point (SFS), 68 km
  • Mabalacat → Balagtas
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · ₱135–180
  • Olongapo → Balagtas
    63 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · ₱215–290
  • Legazpi → Balagtas
    361 km · quickest by air, 5h 26m · ₱3,400–5,240
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Balagtas

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Balagtas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inLocal bus route 22 (North EDSA-Angat) stops near the Puregold supermarket at barangay Parada in Santa Maria, but you must take a jeepney first and the local bus is a somewhat slower option if headed for Manila.
  • Get inThe main jeepney stop is Bocaue Crossing, underneath the flyover at the intersection of MacArthur Highway and Halili Avenue, where transfers to barangays leading to Santa Maria and NLEX can be made, although this is not necessary if taking a jeep heading to Santa Maria, Norzagaray or Angat.
  • Get inLocal transportation from NLET is sparse, but there are jeepneys to Santa Maria.
  • Get inThe jeepney service from Monumento in Caloocan to Santa Maria also passes through Bocaue.

From Wikivoyage: Bocaue, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sabang and Puerto GaleraPH

    9 ways of moving, 47 sources

    144 km
  2. 02
    CoronPH

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    322 km
  3. 03
    El NidoPH

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    436 km
  4. 04
    Leyte IslandPH

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    618 km
  5. 05
    Tagbilaran and BoholPH

    12 ways of moving, 45 sources

    657 km

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Around it

Next door to Balagtas

Balagtas is 14 km from Valenzuela, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bocauemunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan3.1 km
  • Santa Mariamunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan5.2 km
  • Guiguintomunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan3.4 km
  • Bulakanmunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan4 km
  • Santa Clarabarangay in the municipality of Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines5.2 km
  • Lalakhanone of the twenty-four barangays comprising the municipality of Santa Maria, Bulacan, in the Philippines5.2 km