Cabanatuan City

Information about Cabanatuan City

City of Cabanatuan
Location
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Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Cabanatuan.
Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Cabanatuan.
Government
RegionCentral Luzon (Region III)
ProvinceNueva Ecija
District3rd district of Nueva Ecija
Barangays89
Income class:1st class city; partially urban
MayorAlvin Vergara (Lakas-CMD)
Founded1750
Cityhood1950
Physical characteristics
Area252.80 km
Population      Total (2000)      Density
222,859
882/km
The City of Cabanatuan is a first 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. It bears the title as the "Tricycle Capital of the Philippines", because it has about over 30,000 registered tricycles.

Barangays

Cabanatuan City is politically subdivided into 89 barangays.

  • Aduas Centro
  • Aduas Norte
  • Aduas Sur
  • 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

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 Antonio Luna 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 (Liwag Colleges) in the midst of class time. At 7.7 on the Richter scale, it killed 1653 people.

Current events

Cabanatuan city has been hit recently by fires for the past 7 years. One of the most disastrous happened in December 30, 2006 at the Cabanatuan City Public Market when a fire cracker did not fly to the sky but ending up in a fireworks stand. This caused other fireworks stand to ignite into a large fire which burned half the supermarket as well as a nearby drug store. Damage to property is estimated to be roughly P 30 million (US$632,112). No lives were lost.

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Founded: 1705
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Density—314 per km (18th highest)
Area: 5,284.

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