Barangays

Bulan is politically subdivided into 63 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Development areas

Due to Bulan's rapidly growing economy and revenue, alongside its large population growth, the old and unfinished Bulan airport will start construction soon and will serve as the gateway to the province of Sorsogon.

Bulan port also will undergo rehabilitation so locals would not have to go to Matnog to access the Visayas and Masbate Area.

Shopping centers

There are two main shopping centers in the town: the LCC Supermarket and Department Store and Jeanee's Supermarket and Department Store. The new LCC Market Savers has recently opened in the month of June 2023. This month of July, the outlet of LCC will soon rise in the downtown of Bulan. This will be the third LCC in the town.

Puregold has also initially identified planned locations in the town for future construction.

There are local and national retail chains that the town has drawn in addition to the numerous shops already present in the downtown area, including 7-Eleven and Mr. DIY.

Growth

Although poverty is still high in Bulan, the government has improve people's lives. Bulan is ranked in the Top 10 richest municipalities out of 107 Municipalities in the Bicol Region, from 5th to 2nd fastest growing as of 2021 with an average annual income of 145.60M (41.91% increase) after Aroroy, Masbate.

Telecommunications

Bulan has fixed landline phones and fiber internet from BTTI (Bicol Telephone and Telegraph, Inc.). Mobile or cellular networks are Globe, Smart and Dito Telecommunications Companies.

Primary education

The primary education in Bulan is divided into two Districts, the Bulan North District comprising all the Barangays towards the north coastal Barangays, to the interior land locked northern Barangays. The Bulan South District comprises the southern Coastal Barangays.

Secondary education

Bulan has many secondary educational institutions. The largest public high school is Bulan National High School. Formerly, it was the Bulan High School/Bulan Vocational High School, before the former was converted into Sorsogon State College Bulan Campus. BNHS has satellite Campuses at Barangays Otavi, Beguin, J.P. Laurel, San Juan Bag-o. There is also a Secondary School in San Francisco, one of the biggest Barangay of Bulan. The San Francisco National High School. On the coastal area, Quezon National High School,^[18] is one and only coastal high school in the area. Where students from nearby barangays (Osmeña, Aguinaldo, Sagrada and even Coron-Coron & Sua - part of Municipality of Matnog, use to send their students. The only school to represent major national events as headed by Mrs. Adelia O. Gregorio (Principal), Mr. Renato B. Gallenito and their co-teachers (by: HBF).

There are various private secondary schools. The St. Louise De Marillac School (Formerly Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion) a Catholic school run by the Daughters of Charity religious congregation, Immaculate Conception Academy of Bulan (Formerly Immaculate Conception Learning Center) a Catholic School, Saint Bonaventure Academy of Butag, the Southern Luzon Institute-Kenerino Ramirez Asuncion Memorial School (SLI-KRAMS) were the oldest school in Bulan, Solis Institute of Technology, and A.G. Villaroya Technological Foundation Institute.

Tertiary education

• Sorsogon State University - Bulan Campus
• R.G. De Castro Colleges (formerly Quezon Academy)
• SLI-KRAMS
• Solis Institute of Technology
• A.G. Villaroya (Post-Secondary courses only)

Alternative Learning System

Aside from the formal education system, a parallel alternative learning system program is incorporated in the education system to provide a viable alternative to the existing formal education structure. It encompasses both the non-formal and informal sources of knowledge and skills such as those acquired at home, the church, media, environment or even the life itself and span the pre-literacy to higher skills continuum.

There are two major existing programs implemented. 1) Basic Literacy Program 2)Accreditation and Equivalency (A & E). ALS implementers such as Mobile Teachers and District ALS Coordinators were the one administer the implementation of the programs. It is intended for Out-of-School Youth and Adults who are unschooled or school drop-out. For more inquiries look for Bulan South and Bulan North Districts ALS implementers.