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San Rafael, Bulacan
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San Rafael is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 69,770 people in 14,639 households.
San Rafael is politically subdivided into 34 barangays (5 urban, 29 rural).
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Every year, the town celebrates its fiesta (September 29) in honor of their patron saint, Saint Raphael, together their town's pride, the Angel Festival, which attracts many tourists every year. San Rafael is the home of prominent families mostly with surnames starting with the letter "V", among them are: Valte, Valero, Valdecantos, Valderama, Valondo, Valarao, Valdizno, Vergel de Dios, Villaroman, Villacorta/e, Viola, Violago, Vasallo, Varilla. Members of these families migrated to the nearby towns and to the towns of Nueva Ecija, the province north of Bulacan to engage in business and trade, during the early 1900s. The next wave of migration saw the outward bound of the scions of these families to the United States, Canada and Europe. These families sent their children to the best schools in Manila and Europe (mainly in Spain) during the mid 1800s and early 1900s; thereafter American universities were the favorite learning places attended. Many of these folks are doctors, dentists, businesspeople, entrepreneurs and politicians.
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