Bocaue ([bɔˈkawɛ]), officially the Municipality of Bocaue (Tagalog: Bayan ng Bocaue), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 141,412 people.With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, Bocaue is part of Manila's built-up area which reaches San Ildefonso in its northernmost part. The Bocaue River runs through most of the municipality.
Among its tourist attractions are a town museum located near the municipality's center and the town's river festival celebrated on the first Sunday of every July. The river festival is in commemoration of the Holy Cross of Wawa, believed to be miraculous by the town's predominantly Roman Catholic population.
You can buy fireworks and firecrackers in Bocaue for a relatively cheap price, especially during the New Year season.
NLET is served by one city bus line, route 5, which goes through Manila proper and connects with Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX). Metro Manila North Transport operates luxury express services to NLET from Clark Airport, San Fernando (La Union) and Diliman Quezon City. Local 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.
Local transportation from NLET is sparse, but there are jeepneys to Santa Maria. Onward to Bocaue town proper, you need to transfer along the bypass near the town's boundary with Santa Maria.
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Bocaue and its neighboring towns form the large conurbation that surround Manila. It is north of Manila, and southeast of Malolos.
Bocaue's name is derived from a Tagalog word for a species of long bamboo. Like Marilao, it was founded a barrio of Meycauayan, until it is made a town in 1606. Bocaue's poblacion (downtown or town center) hosts a historic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which also hosts the Mahal na Krus ng Wawa, a Catholic relic which is paraded through the Bocaue River which cuts through town
