Cabiao, Nueva Ecija

Cabiao, Nueva Ecija
Kabyaw

Downtown Cabiao

Seal
Nickname(s): home of the lead General "FIRST CRY OF NUEVA ECIJA"
Motto: Reporma sa Bayan at Respeto,..Bagong Cabiao...Bagong Pag asa..!

Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Cabiao

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 15°15′N 120°51′E / 15.250°N 120.850°E / 15.250; 120.850Coordinates: 15°15′N 120°51′E / 15.250°N 120.850°E / 15.250; 120.850
Country Philippines
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Nueva Ecija
District 4th District
Established 1765 - 1767
as part of the town in Nueva Ecija February 9,1848
Barangays 23
Government[1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Ramil Bustamante Rivera " RBR" (liberal)
 • Representative Magnolia "Megan" Antonino
Area[2]
 • Total 111.83 km2 (43.18 sq mi)
Area rank 17 out of 27
Population (2015)[3]
 • Total est. 104,847
 • Rank 3rd out of 27 municipalities and 7th including cities
Demonym(s) Kabyawenyo(s)/Kabyawenya(s)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3107
IDD : area code  +63 (0)44
Income class 1st class; urban municipality

Cabiao is a first class urban municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Given its strategic location and business-friendly environment, the town has become one of the fastest growing and emerging economy in the province.The town also part of the so-called "Rice Granary Capital of the Philippines"

According to the latest census, it has an estimated population of 104,847 inhabitants[3] It is rank 3rd in municipal category after Talavera and Guimba and rank 7th including cities to the most number of inhabitants

GEOGRAPHY.

Cabiao is located at the south-western part of Nueva Ecija bordering the province of Pampanga. It also borders the municipalities of San Isidro and San Antonio in the province of Nueva Ecija; the municipalities of Magalang, Candaba and Arayat in Pampanga province; and to its north-west is the municipality of Concepcion in Tarlac province.

TRAVEL GUIDE

It is about an hour and a half drive from Manila via the NLEX taking San Simon exit and turning right at Santo Domingo junction in Mexico traversing Santa Ana and Arayat towns in Pampanga. The other route from Manila is by Santa Rita exit and traversing Maharlika Road through Bulacan province to Gapan, Nueva Ecija turning left towards San Isidro. From Cabanatuan City Cabiao can be reached via Gapan City or partly through the Cabiao Viaduct from Jaen town.There are also route from Clark International Airport via Magalang,Pampanga traversing left to Arayat Pampanga via Jose Abad Santos Avenue ( Olongapo-Gapan road).

Barangays

Cabiao is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.

  • Bagong Buhay/ Lote (sub-urban)
  • Bagong Sikat (sub-urban)
  • Bagong Silang (sub-urban)
  • Concepcion/Asyenda (sub-urban)
  • Entablado (sub-urban)
  • Maligaya ( poblacion urban)
  • Natividad North ( poblacion urban)
  • Natividad South ( poblacion urban)
  • Palasinan (urban)
  • San Antonio/Pantalan (sub-urban)
  • San Fernando Norte (sub-urban)
  • San Fernando Sur (highly-urbanized) poblacion build- up area
  • San Gregorio (poblacion urban)
  • San Juan North (poblacion urban)
  • San Juan South (poblacion urban)
  • San Roque (urban) poblacion build- up area
  • San Vicente (highly- sub-urbanized)
  • Santa Rita ( sub-urban)
  • Sinipit (sub-urban)
  • Polilio/Libis (sub-rural)
  • San Carlos (sub-urban)
  • Santa Isabel (sub-urban)
  • Santa Ines (sub-urban)
  • Buliran is part of Municipality of San Antonio
  • Saint Josef is part of San Fernando Sur

History

Cabiao derived its name from its vandalized Malay origin kabyawan (gilingan[same Malay meaning]) in previous Malay form: karyawan- meaning writer at present) meaning grinding tools that used for crushing. The abundance of sugar during the pre-Spanish era is evident in a wide area of kabyaw including the area going to the foot of Mount Arayat. The kabyawan became familiar to the neighboring places due to the concentration of kabyawan in the place where it was located and was identified as Kabyawan and later shortened to "Kabyaw" and eventually altered the spelling due to the influence of the foreign alphabet letters. The used of kabyawan then is prevalent among the natives constituting mainly the ancient tribes of tagalogs that hails from Bulacan and capampangan of which they came in waves of migration from mainland Malay origin as evident from their language similarity. The Kabyawan tools might have been brought by the exploring Malays and later improved by the natives settling in the island of Luzon however there are findings that most of the antiquated wooden kabyawan tools at present can be found in Ilocos where the early Sumatran and Melanesian explorers had embarked earlier than the Malays. Similarly, during that period, the natives of the mountain province whose origin is from mainland China might have been the one responsible in introducing the said crushing tools which we know now as the KABYAWAN. The settlement that has been known as Sinipit, Palasinan, Pantalan, Pinaglamoan, Kandumpa, Kambabalo, Longalong, Mayayade, Tinalan, Makabaklay, Saklang and Palanas were words and terms taken from Malay and the tribal dialect in existence during that period. Cabiao as termed today was a just balangay of the once prosperous of empire of the campampangan settlement named Candaba, as it was discovered by the exploring Spanish conquistadores in 1590. The visita of Cabiao was perhaps established somewhere between 1765 and 1767 by the Jesuit Missionary before they were sent back to Spain under the order of King Charles III of Spain to recall all the Society of Jesus religious order to return to Spain thereby banishing them from all the Spanish dominions. Cabiao gain its full township of Pampanga in 1797 under the term of Governor General Rafael Maria de Aguilar y Ponce de Leon* with the recommendation of the returning order of the Augustinian in the Province of Pampanga and elevates the Visita of St. John Nepomucene that was established by the Jesuits into a regular Parish Church. It was established as one of the municipality of Nueva Ecija on February 9, 1848 upon the order issued by Governor General Narciso Claveria Y Zaldua and upon the recommendation made by the Governor General Marcelino Oraa. The growth of Cabiao during that time maybe attributed to its vast marsh and inland water that serves as inland fishery of the area. The Poblacion comprising the three pillars of Spanish governance of the Spaniard namely the Casa Municipal, Casa dela Iglesia and Casa Judicial were erected in 1838 under the term of Don Josef Kabigting as the Gobernadorcillo (the present location of the church, the central school and the intervening residential area between the central school and the church).

The desire of the populace of Cabiao to be free from Spanish domination and tyranny resulted in the uprising on September 2, 1896. Numbering around 700 men (461 listed in the Tablet of Heroes in the Municipal Compound), the townsfolk of Cabiao and the Cabiao Brass Band under the leadership of their Capitan Municipal Mariano Nuñez Llanera together with the people of the neighboring towns of Arayat, Deliquente (San Antonio) & Jaen led the siege against the colonizing Spaniards stationed at the Factoria of San Isidro. This event was marked as the First Cry of Nueva Ecija. It did not take too long that the Spanish Colonial Government, succumbed to cede the Archipelago of Philippines to the United States on December 10, 1898 that brought about the Treaty of Paris, and once again the Philippines was under colonial rule this time by the American. In the last days of the Spanish occupation, the Cabiao heroes participated in the declaration of Philippine Republic in Malolos on January 23, 1899. During the Philippine–American War, Cabiao was one of the fiercely battled terrains of the American forces in pursuit of General Aguinaldo’s Forces however most of the populated areas of Cabiao have been saved from the encounter. General Pio del Pilar hold out in the marshes of San Vicente and Sta. Rita to delay the intruding Forces of General Elwell Stephen Otis under the command of General Henry Ware Lawton.

In 1903, the Americans established schools in Cabiao and used the English language as a medium of instructions. Pedro Oreta was elected as the first chief executive of the town under American civil regime followed by the then Mun. President Jose Crespo who established and organized the Presidencia (township hierarchy and organizational plan) constituting the different executive department of the municipality. American occupation in Cabiao has not been as cruel as their Spanish predecessor, however, the people of Cabiao were already afraid to trust the new colonizer. Thomasites missionaries arrive in Cabiao in the early part of 1902 as a part of educating the people of Cabiao and in 1903, the Americans established schools in Cabiao and used the English Language as the medium of instruction. Some rural folks used to study individually in the Spanish methods of learning on arithmetic and reading in their native tongue Tagalog. From 1907-1909, Cabiao was placed under jurisdiction of San Isidro and the executive power was then held by the Municipal President of San Isidro. It was in the term of Office of Municipal President Gonzalo Del Leon that the seat of Municipal Town Hall was erected on the land donated by the Romero family. It was during the term of Jose Lapuz that Judge Bonifacio Ysip was elected as delegate to the constitutional convention held in Manila.

After almost three decades of peace, Japan invaded the Philippines, and the people of Cabiao once again play an important role in the liberation of our country, HUKBALAHAP (Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon) or People’s Anti-Japanese Army, was then established in Sitio Bawit,San Julian, Cabiao on March 29, 1942. When the Allies between the combined U.S. and Filipino troops finally liberated the Philippines and as soon as the Central Government was established in Manila, Mariano Guevarra was appointed Mayor of Cabiao. He was the chief executive of the town in 1945. Prudencio Ortiz Luis succeeded Guevarra who occupies the position for only a few months. In later part of 1945 after the liberation, most of the people of Cabiao were still in the far flung areas of Cambabalu, Saclang Capampangan, Saclang Tagalog and Dumanas and it was during this time that the mayor of this town has been appointed by then President Manuel Roxas by the name of Ambrosio Aligada. He was appointed as the Chief Executive of the town from 1945-1947. The town of Cabiao was placed under the military government under Pablo Aligada. It was also during the time of Aligada that the Sitio of Palasinan (Presently San Gregorio) comprising the property owned by Don Ramon Fernandez were repopulated by the people coming from said the places whereas the area of Bagong Silang were repopulate by the people coming from Buliran, Guyong-guyong, Luyos of which most of them are Tagalogs. The people of Cabiao were governed by Aligada through coercive and dictatorial rule that is being manifested by the force labor construction of the Cabiao High School which is the monumental relic of his tenure. Isaias Manalastas seated as the progressive mayor through the support HUKBALAHAPs that during that time is at its height from which they fielded their party named Prente Popular however it did not last long due to the suspicion of the military of an imminent grabbing of power where these party is the political front of the Huks. Nieves Pablo, a woman, was the fourth appointed mayor in that same year.

It was also the time when the height of the Huk uprising began when the entire town was the seat of the rebellion, where the 50,000 armed group was inducted in Bawit and in Pasong Diablo only to be captured en masse by the then late General Ismael Lapus through the order of Secretary Magsaysay and the clearing of the entire forested area of Bagong Sikat and Sta. Isabel had begun purposely to eliminate the lair of the Huk rebels. The health center were constructed through the financial support of Defense Secretary Castelo Justice Secretary Hermogenes Concepcion and Doña Maria Romero Buencamino (who was at that time the richest family and the most influential).

Year 1950, when the 1st tenure of then Paterno Santiano began, the towns public market was constructed through the support of the national government since the towns income cannot at that time support such huge amount of expenditures.

It was the 1st tenure of Gregorio T. Crespo, when the old town hall was renovated and the original Cabiao Central School Building has been restored. The gravelling of Sinipit -San Roque Road was made. Mayor Paterno Santiano reassumed his post as a mayor after a very much contested election results.

The year 1960, when Crespo reassumes his post as Mayor of Cabiao, and the appointment of Pedro T. Wycoco as the Chief of Police. The Gapan- Arayat Road, Cabiao Section were constructed by Golangco Construction and Development Corp. in 1963.

In 1979 the town’s Public Market was rehabilitated through the help of the member of the Parliament Angel Concepcion for which main building was constructed contiguously from the previous two small one.The town of Cabiao was governed by Mayor Crespo for almost three decades bringing together town folks of Cabiao to be one living in peace and serves as the legacy for which Mayor Crespo was known.

The EDSA Revolution of 1986, was the year when Mayor Crespo was dislodged by the appointment of Atty. Antonio Ll.Lapuz as Officer in Charge of Cabiao. During his tenure, the inception of the municipal development planning were made, and listing of priority projects were categorized, however fundings for these infrastructure were no longer made in his tenure because it had lasted only for two and half years.

Atty. Lapuz was succeeded by Eng’r. Ireneo Manahan, who bested in the three-way election fight during that time, followed the pattern and plans for which Atty. Lapuz have laid before he left his office. He continue in building roads, barangay health,and brgy. hall including the renovation of the municipal town hall. It was also during that time, that the Sta. Isabel- Bagong Sikat Bridge has been initially built however due to the insufficiency of funds the said bridge has not been finished during his tenure. He had also built a community under his name which later name as Manahan Village.

In his last term of office, mayor Manahan endorse councilor Gloria Baby Crespo Congco as his successor, the eldest daughter of former Mayor Gregorio Crespo and was elected mayor of the municipality in 1998. She is the youngest and the first woman to be elected chief executive of the town. She was also re-elected in the elections of 2001 and 2004.

The incumbent mayor is Ramil B. Rivera who defeated Gloria Crespo Congco during the 2016 election.

Economy

Economy in Cabiao depends in major industry,services,transportations,imfrastructures,and employment sectors.As part of the "RICE GRANARY CAPITAL of the PHILIPPINES",palay growing are very sustainable and efficient because of good condition of weather,the land area is ideal for cultivation and road connections adjoined from farm to market.The town annually contribute to the provincial rice productions maintain their quantities.

MAJOR INDUSTRY

Rice,corn and sorghum are the main crops for cultivation.Sinipit,Santa Ines,San Fernando Sur,Santa Rita,Concepcion and San Vicente are the barangays with the most production of rice.Corn is the secondary crop with the plantation site in San Carlos,Bagong Silang,Santa Isabel,Bagong Sikat and part of Entablado,San Fernando Norte,Concepcion and San Vicente.The production of sorghum that can be seen in Concepcion,Santa Isabel and Bagong Sikat makes it the town abundant in resources.The Mango plantation site in San Carlos,Santa Isabel and Bagong Sikat ,also has a production market.San Fernando Norte and Entablado produced ornamental planting and vegetable seedlings that considered as part of sprouting industry.

Due to access in Pampanga river,lying in the Barangay San Fernando Sur,Bagong Silang,San Carlos,Santa Isabel and Bagong Sikat fishing is abundant that also considered as a staple industry,as well as small fishpond industry in barangay Concepcion,Sinipit and Santa Ines.Recently contract grower/poultry farming and egg layering in barangay Santa Ines,Sinipit,Concepcion and San Fernando Sur has a contribution to industry.

Production of processed foods like tocino and longanisa in barangay San Roque,maintained the qualities and quantities for continuing market regarding in food processing.Sweets delicacies and pasalubong in barangay San Fernando Sur,also create volume of productions making it huge marketing that create job opportunity and vacancy to expand the company.

EMPLOYMENT

Most of Kabyawenyos in agricultural sectors are farmers,fishermens,ornamental planters and vegetation.Government and public sectors are government officials,teachers,doctors,nurses,passenger jeepney and tricycle drivers.Private and partnership entrepreneural sectors are pharmacists,medical technologist,waitstaff,sales representatives,electricians,costumer relation officers,banks and micro-finance tellers,encoders,promodisers,and related to.

Overseas workers and employment abroad helps Kabyawenyos freshly graduate and skilled workers with experienced to support financial needs.The contageous increased of migration of people from other town to Cabiao majority increased the community services and basic needs.

Other labor force represent in personal private dealings for massive production like laborers,market stall personnels,foodcarts staffs,bakers and pastry assemblers and related to.Kabyawenyos undergraduate and out of school youths labor force minimal to engaged unemployed,livelihood programs in every barangays make it helps to sustained their daily needs.

SERVICES

Commercial and industrial establishments are currently growing sectors. Large investments like Supermarkets,Department Stores, banks and financial institutions,hospitalizations,electrifications,food industry and catering services/restaurants,hotel and events accommodations,telecommunications,water supplies,money remittances,pawnshops,micro-finance and lending institutions constribute to the towns revenue income/era more competitive to sustained economic stability and progress.

Small and medium entreprices like palay buying,building and construction supplies,agri and poultry supplies,textiles,garments and tailorings,furnitures,water refilling stations,petrolium gas stations,auto and cycle part supplies,clothings,beauty treatment botiques,food cart stalls, general merchandising and retailing are common businesses in the community.

TRANSPORTATION

The transportation in Cabiao likely available in all services.The First North Luzon Inc.formerly ( Sierra Madre Trans.),and RJ Express Inc.are regular travel bus company with route from Metro Manila Caloocan to Cabiao and vise-versa via North Luzon Expressway taking San Simon exit.The regional bus company Genesis bus and Arayat Express also has a regular travel from Zambales Olongapo- San Jose City vise-versa along Jose Abad Santos Avenue(Olongapo-San Fernando-Gapan Road) R3 traversing the town.

Passenger jeepneys with the regular route from Cabanatuan City-Cabiao via Gapan City and vise-versa and Cabiao-Arayat and vise-versa are common public transport services.Passenger tricycle spread out point to point around the town has a terminal section along the streets and market centers

IMFRASTRUCTURE

Recently the town continue to caters the rapid economic strategy planning for creation of businesses in the area.The DTI- Go Negosyo Center located inside the town hall offers financial and monetary funds,loans,business informations and services.Its offers advance training and options to encourage newly and starter business owners.

The business district are located in the downtown area,but the making of rapid economic growth,2 neighbor barangays outside poblacion includes in the build-up areas.

Given its emerging economy,major establishment and marketing center are present and can be seen in Cabiao:

Education

The education in Cabiao is concentrated in the downtown area.Primary and Secondary together with the Colleges and Universities are also seen in suburban barangays.These are the list of schools in Cabiao:

Tourism and Landmarks

The Nabao lake,also known as the "Lawa ng Nabao" is a picturesque and historic wonder in Cabiao.It features a breathtaking view of Mounth Arayat from its own nature park.The place is currently being developed to be pegged as the first floating market-park in the province of Nueva Ecija.

The monument of general Mariano Nuñez Llanera that can be seen in front of Cabiao Municipal hall symbolizes the heroism of the general who faught the spaniards and led the "First Cry of Nueva Ecija".The place is also sourrounded by bustling Philippine Mahogany trees.

The kalikasan Village/Kabyawan village in San Carlos,is a recreational place developed to showcase the nature wonder of Cabiao,the site hosted the annual Kabyawan Festival.

Festival

The town is famous for "PAISTIMA KA" sa Kabyawan Festival,a weeklong festivity every first/second week of february.The festival showcase the rich culture of the town and display the wide-array of local delicacies.

The festival usually starts with a parade by the officials of municipal sectors and barangay deligates within the town proper followed by a wide range of celebration.The carabao racing,cooking contest,mass demonstration of every school representatives and street dancing competition are annually present in the said festival.

This annual festival encourage kabyawenyos making the event represent the traditions,cultures,and products to promote as one of the tourist destination.

The acronym "PAISTIMA KA" means:

PA - Palay

IS - Isda

TI - Tinapay

MA - Mangga

KA - Ikaw

Demographics

Almost the populace of Cabiao are Roman Catholic.The historical church of Saint John Nepomocene and Apong Lourdes pilgrime are the primary Catholic church.Protestants like Iglesia ni Cristo,Born Again Christians,Jesus Christ the Latter-day Saints,Jehovahs Witnesses,Evangelical fourth watch,Seventhday Adventists and Baptists are the secondary religious affiliation,sect and organization.

The Kabyawenyos can speak two dialects which is tagalog and capampangan.Because the town is provincial boundary to Pampanga, most of populace can understood and speak capampangan.English is predominantly used in schools and office replacing tagalog as laguage spoken.

Population census of Cabiao
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 7,843—    
1918 8,161+0.27%
1939 14,617+2.81%
1948 15,902+0.94%
1960 21,561+2.57%
1970 28,260+2.74%
1975 32,752+3.00%
1980 37,922+2.97%
1990 48,850+2.57%
1995 55,902+2.56%
2000 62,624+2.46%
2007 68,382+1.22%
2010 72,081+1.94%
2015 79,007+1.76%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[4][5][6][7]

Institutions

Aside from the St. John Nepomucene Parish which is a historic site for the 1896 revolutionary battle (Cry of Nueva Ecija) during Philippine Revolution, Cabiao is the home of the following institutions:

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References

  1. ↑ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Province: Nueva Ecija". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  4. ↑ Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Census of Population (1995, 2000 and 2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City and Municipality. NSO. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Province of Nueva Ecija". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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