Santa Maria, Bulacan

Santa Maria, Bulacan

Santa Maria (or Sta. Maria) is a first class highly urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. The municipality of Santa Maria lies 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of Manila and is located at the eastern portion of Bulacan. The town is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Angat and Pandi; portion of San Jose del Monte City on the south; Norzagaray and other portions of San Jose del Monte on the east; and the municipalities of Marilao and Bocaue on the western side. Santa Maria is 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from Malolos City, the provincial capital, and 38 kilometres (24 mi) from City of San Fernando, Pampanga, the regional center of Central Luzon.

According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 218,351 inhabitants, up from 205,258 people in census 2007.

It is currently the richest municipality in Bulacan and one of the most competitive municipalities of Central Luzon together with the future cities of Iba, Zambales, Camiling, Tarlac, Limay, Bataan and Talavera, Nueva Ecija.