Balagtas

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Balagtas is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, known historically as Bigaa and renamed in honor of the Filipino poet Francisco Balagtas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Balagtas canonical 2
Francisco Balagtas 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
country Philippines
countrySubdivision Region III
formerName Bigaa
governingBody Municipal Government of Balagtas
hasAreaCode 44
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate
hasCountrySubdivision Bulacan
hasDemographics predominantly Tagalog-speaking population
hasDemonym Balagteña
Balagteño
hasEponym Balagtas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Francisco Balagtas
hasGeographicFeature flat lowland plains
hasHistoricalNameChangeReason to honor Francisco Balagtas
hasLegislativeBody Sangguniang Bayan
hasLocalChiefExecutive municipal mayor
hasMajorLanguage Filipino
Tagalog
hasMajorReligion Roman Catholicism
hasNamedForPersonOccupation Filipino poet
hasNotableCulturalAssociation Philippine literature
hasNumberOfBarangays 9
hasPostalCode 3016
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture
commerce
hasRegion Central Luzon
hasRoadConnection MacArthur Highway
North Luzon Expressway
hasSettlementType 1st class municipality
isBorderedBy Bocaue, Bulacan
surface form: Bocaue

Bulakan
Guiguinto
Pandi
Plaridel
isNamedForOccupationOfNamesake poet
isNorthOf Metro Manila
isPartOfMetropolitanArea Metro Manila built-up area
isSoutheastOf Malolos
locatedIn Bulacan
Central Luzon
Luzon
locatedOnIsland Luzon
namedAfter Balagtas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Francisco Balagtas
partOf Province of Bulacan
timezone Philippine Standard Time
utcOffset +8

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bulacan hasMunicipality Balagtas
Balagtas namedAfter Balagtas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Francisco Balagtas
Balagtas hasEponym Balagtas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Francisco Balagtas
Guiguinto borderedBy Balagtas