Cabanatuan City

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**Cabanatuan City**
Location
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:	highly urbanized city
Mayor	Julius Cesar "Jay" 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 highly urbanized 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. It bears the title as the "Tricycle Capital of the Philippines", because it has about over 30,000 registered 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 Christian College of the Philippines in the midst of class time. At 7.7 on the Richter scale, it killed 1653 people.