Bulakan is a first class partially urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 71,751 people. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Manila. Bulacan, which is one of the oldest towns in the Philippines, became the encomienda or capital of the Provincia de la Pampanga, and later became the first capital of the Province of Bulacan before it was moved to Malolos shortly after the American occupation.