Cabanatuan City

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Cabanatuan City
Location
Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Cabanatuan.
Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Cabanatuan.
Government
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Nueva Ecija
District 3rd district of Nueva Ecija
Barangays 89
Income class: 1st class city
Mayor Julius Cesar Vergara (NPC-Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija)
Founded 1750
Cityhood 1998
Physical characteristics
Area 252.80 km²
Population

     Total (2000)      Density


222,859
882/km²

Cabanatuan City is a 1st class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is considered the economic hub of the province. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 222,859 people in 45,424 households. It is a bustling city home to many jeepneys and tricycles.

[edit] Barangays

Cabanatuan City is politically subdivided into 89 barangays.


  • Aduas Centro (Aduas)
  • Bagong Sikat
  • Bagong Buhay
  • Bakero
  • Bakod Bayan
  • Balite
  • Bangad
  • Bantug Bulalo
  • Bantug Norte
  • Barlis
  • Barrera District (Pob.)
  • Bernardo District (Pob.)
  • Bitas
  • Bonifacio District (Pob.)
  • Buliran
  • Caalibangbangan
  • Cabu
  • Campo Tinio
  • Kapitan Pepe (Pob.)
  • Cinco-Cinco
  • City Supermarket (Pob.)
  • Caudillo
  • Communal
  • Cruz Roja
  • Daang Sarile
  • Dalampang
  • Dicarma (Pob.)
  • Dimasalang (Pob.)
  • Dionisio S. Garcia
  • Fatima (Pob.)
  • General Luna (Pob.)
  • Ibabao Bana
  • Imelda District
  • Isla (Pob.)
  • Calawagan (Kalawagan)
  • Kalikid Norte
  • Kalikid Sur
  • Lagare
  • M. S. Garcia
  • Mabini Extension
  • Mabini Homesite
  • Macatbong
  • Magsaysay District
  • Matadero (Pob.)
  • Lourdes (Matungal-tungal)
  • Mayapyap Norte
  • Mayapyap Sur
  • Melojavilla (Pob.)
  • Obrero
  • Padre Crisostomo
  • Pagas
  • Palagay
  • Pamaldan
  • Pangatian
  • Patalac
  • Polilio
  • Pula
  • Quezon District (Pob.)
  • Rizdelis (Pob.)
  • Samon
  • San Isidro
  • San Josef Norte
  • San Josef Sur
  • San Juan Pob. (Accfa)
  • San Roque Norte
  • San Roque Sur
  • Sanbermicristi (Pob.)
  • Sangitan
  • Santa Arcadia
  • Sumacab Norte
  • Valdefuente
  • Valle Cruz
  • Vijandre District (Pob.)
  • Villa Ofelia-Caridad
  • Zulueta District (Pob.)
  • Nabao (Pob.)
  • Padre Burgos (Pob.)
  • Talipapa
  • Aduas Norte
  • Aduas Sur
  • Hermogenes C. Concepcion, Sr.
  • Sapang
  • Sumacab Este
  • Sumacab South
  • Caridad
  • Magsaysay South
  • Maria Theresa
  • Sangitan East
  • Santo Niño

[edit] History

Cabanatuan was founded as Barrio of Gapan in 1750 and became a Municipality and capital of La Provincia de Nueva Ecija in 1780. In 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo moved the Capital of the First Philippine Republic from Malolos to Cabanatuan. Cabanatuan is the site of the historical "Plaza Lucero" and the Cabanatuan Cathedral, where General Gregorio del Pilar was ambushed on his way to Palanan. Cabanatuan lost the title of capital in 1850 when the capital of Nueva Ecija was moved to San Isidro, another historic town. It was only in 1917, when the Administrative code was enacted, that Cabanatuan was restored as capital of the Province. However, in 1965, Congress created Palayan City, which has been the capital ever since. Cabanatuan was declared a Highly Urbanized City in 1998.

During World War II, the occupying Japanese built Cabanatuan Prison Camp, where many American soldiers were imprisoned, some of whom had been forced to endure the infamous "Bataan Death March." In January 1945 elements of the US Army marched far behind enemy lines to rescue the prisoners in what became known as the Raid at Cabanatuan.

Cabanatuan was also the epicenter of a massive earthquake at roughly 3 p.m. on July 16, 1990. The earthquake leveled some buildings, including the Philippine Christian College in the midst of class time. At 7.7 on the Richter scale, it killed 1653 people.

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Cities and Municipalities of Nueva Ecija
Cities: Cabanatuan | Gapan | Muñoz | Palayan | San Jose
Municipalities: Aliaga | Bongabon | Cabiao | Carranglan | Cuyapo | Gabaldon | General Mamerto Natividad | General Tinio | Guimba | Jaen | Laur | Licab | Llanera | Lupao | Nampicuan | Pantabangan | Peñaranda | Quezon | Rizal | San Antonio | San Isidro | San Leonardo | Santa Rosa | Santo Domingo | Talavera | Talugtug | Zaragoza

Coordinates: 15°29′N 120°58′E

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