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Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( ; ; ; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Palayan, while Cabanatuan, its former capital, is the largest Local government in the Philippines, local government unit (LGU). Nueva Ecija borders, from the south clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya and Aurora (province), Aurora. The province is nationally known as the ''Rice Granary of the Philippines'', producing the largest rice yield in the country. History Early history These first settlers included tribes of Bugkalots or Italons, Abaca and Buquids. Settlements were built along the banks following the river's undulations. The Bugkalot, Ilongots, meaning people of the forest, were the fierce headhunters and animist tribes who occupied Carranglan and the mountainous terrain of Sierra Madre (Philippines), Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains. The head hunting communities were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carranglan
Carranglan, officially the Municipality of Carranglan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,420 people. The municipality is home to the Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed Forest Reserve. Geography With an area spanning 705.13 km2, t is the province's largest municipality in terms of land area. Barangays Carranglan is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar .... * Baluarte (now R.A. Padilla) * Bantug * Bunga * Burgos * Capintalan * Digdig (now called Joson) * General Luna * Minuli * Piut * Puncan * Putlan * Salazar * San Agustin * T. L. Padilla Pob. (Barangay I) * F. C. Otic Pob. (Barangay I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Nueva Ecija
The governor of Nueva Ecija is the local chief executive of the Central Luzon Province of the Philippines, province of Nueva Ecija in the Luzon Island, Philippines. List The following are the holders of the position since the post's formal establishment in 1898: References Governors of Nueva Ecija, * Governors of provinces of the Philippines, Nueva Ecija Politics of Nueva Ecija {{government-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurelio Umali
Aurelio Matias Umali (born January 25, 1966) is a Filipino politician and lawyer from the third district of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Umali is the youngest elected governor in the province since his first government office position. He currently serves as a Governor of Nueva Ecija. He was a governor for three terms from 2007 to 2016 and was re-elected in 2019. Early life and education Aurelio Umali was born in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, on January 25, 1966. In 1990 he finished Bachelor of Laws degree at San Beda College in Manila. He also graduated in De La Salle University with a degree in business administration and Bachelor of Arts in political science at the University of Santo Tomas. Career Prior to his entry in politics in 2001, Umali served as Deputy Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission. Prior to that he was Procurement and Sub-Contract Director of Lucent Technologies. He entered politics as Congressman of Nueva Ecija's 3rd District by defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija
Cuyapo , officially the Municipality of Cuyapo (; ), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,066 people. Cuyapo is from Cabanatuan, from Palayan, and from Manila. Etymology Cuyapo is named after the water cabbage ('' Pistia stratiotes'') which is known in Pangasinense as ''kuyapo''. The district of Quiapo, Manila is also named after the same plant, this is the Tagalog counterpart, modern spelling ''kiyapo''. History Early beginnings Pangasinenses from Paniqui, Tarlac who used to pasture their cattle, other Pangasinenses from Calasiao and San Carlos, Pangasinan, Ilocano foresters from Santa Maria, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur; Paoay and Batac in Ilocos Norte; and some Tagalogs from Bulacan and southern Nueva Ecija settled in great number in the town. It is said that the exodus, particularly from Ilocos Sur, was due to the forced labor enforced by the Spaniards in the construction of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongabon, Nueva Ecija
Bongabon, officially the Municipality of Bongabon (; ), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 66,839 people. Bongabon is the leading producer of onion in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia. Each barangay in Bongabon has its own fiesta. The town fiesta, celebrated annually from the 1st to 2nd week of April, is known as the Sibuyasan (Onion) Festival. Bongabon is from Palayan, from Manila, and from Baler. History Spanish colonial era Bongabon was the first capital of Nueva Ecija. The Augustinian missionaries who preached Catholicism in Pampanga extended their outposts into what is now the province of Nueva Ecija by following the Rio Grande de Pampanga. Thus, Santol (present day Barangay Santor) was part of Pantabangan and established in 1659. In 1760, Bongabon was named as a town and parish under the patronage of St. Francis of Assisi. Migrant-settlers of the community were mostly Tagalog and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
Muñoz, officially the Science City of Muñoz (, Ilocano: ''Siudad ti Siensia ti Muñoz''), (American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), is a component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 84,308 people. From its lowly origins as “Sitio Papaya”, it was renamed as Muñoz in 1886 in honor of Spanish Governor Don Francisco Muñoz. It was in 1913, under Executive Order No. 72, when Muñoz was declared as a new and independent municipality. By the virtue of Republic Act 8977 signed on November 7, 2000, Muñoz formally elevated to a city and country's only city with "Science" in its formal name. Etymology The town got its name in honor of Don Francisco Muñoz, being the alcalde mayor and gobernadorcillo. Science City of Muñoz, located in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, is known for its agricultural research and scientific institutions. It was officially declared a Science City in 2000 because it houses several majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliaga, Nueva Ecija
Aliaga, officially the Municipality of Aliaga (, Ilocano: ''Ili ti Aliaga''), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 70,363 people. History The town of Aliaga, Nueva Ecija was founded on January 3, 1849, much earlier than the traditionally commemorated date of February 8, 1849. This historical correction springs from a 2023 archival research of pertinent 1849 records found at the Archdiocesan Archives of Manila. More importantly, the same date is inscribed clearly in the Decree of Establishment of the Aliaga Parish, also found at the Archdiocesan Archives. Additionally, these newly revisited records indicate that the canonical establishment of the Aliaga Parish took place on February 27, 1849, instead of April 26, 1849. More significantly, the research also supplies the correct name of Aliaga's first Gobernadorcillo (town mayor): Aniceto Maria Muñoz. Previous documents have introduced him as Aniceto F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Philippines
A municipality is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. It is distinct from ''city'', which is a different category of local government unit. Provinces of the Philippines are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into barangays (formerly barrios). , there are 1,493 municipalities across the country. A municipality is the official term for, and the official local equivalent of, a ''town'', the latter being its archaic term and in all of its literal local translations including Filipino. Both terms are interchangeable. A municipal district is a now-defunct local government unit; previously certain areas were created first as municipal districts before they were converted into municipalities. History The era of the formation of municipalities in the Philippines started during the Spanish rule, in which the colonial government founded hundreds of towns and villages across the archipelago modeled after towns and villages in Spain. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jose, Nueva Ecija
San Jose, officially the City of San Jose (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 150,917 people. Etymology The town got its name after Saint Joseph, the patron saint of the place. Before the city was founded by the Spanish colonizers, it is known as ''Kabaritan'', named for the plant commonly seen in the area. History Years before it became a town, San Jose was a wilderness and a veritable hunting ground of the inhabitants of its neighboring towns. The earliest inhabitants were known as Negritos (Baluga) headed by Kapitan Danding, a Negrito convert residing in Pinagcuartelan. These early inhabitants depended mostly on hunting and fishing for their livelihood. Some hunters from the neighboring towns considered San Jose to be a good place for settlers due to its wide and uncleared agricultural land. The first group o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilocano People
The Ilocano people (), also referred to as Ilokáno, Iloko, Iloco, Iluku, or Samtoy, are an Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Originally from the Ilocos Region, located on the northwestern coast of Luzon, they have expanded throughout northern and central Luzon, particularly in Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, and the northern and western parts of Central Luzon. The Ilocanos constitute the third-largest Ethnic groups in the Philippines, ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. Their native language is called Ilocano language, Iloco or Iloko. Ilocano culture reflects a blend of Catholic Church, Roman Catholic influences and pre-colonial Animism, animist-Polytheism, polytheistic traditions, shaped by their agricultural lifestyle and strong family-communal ties. Beyond the northern Luzon, large Ilocano populations are found in Metro Manila, Mindoro, Palawan, and Mindanao, as well as in the United States, part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gapan
Gapan , officially the City of Gapan (, Ilocano: ''Siudad ti Gapan'', Kapampangan: ''Ciudad/Lakanbalen ning Gapan''), is a component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 122,968 people. Gapan is nicknamed the "Footwear Capital of the North" due to the thriving footwear making industry in the city. History Historical records called the town Ibon, which the 16th century was then a town of Pampanga. During Spanish rule, in 1595, Gapan was reinstituted as a Catholic town by the Spanish priests Contres Tendilla, Caballo, and Salazar. This makes Gapan the oldest town in Nueva Ecija and one of the oldest in the Philippines. The town had a large jurisdiction embracing an area as far as Cabanatuan to the north (which was its ''barangay'' with the name Cabanatuan before it separated in 1750); the Sierra Madre to the east; San Miguel, Bulacan to the south; and, Candaba, Pampanga to the west. Most of the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
