General Tinio is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 35,352 people in 6,878 households. The town is at the foot of the Sierra Mountain Ridges and adjoining the Fort Magsaysay Army Reservation on the eastside. The municipalities of San Miguel, Bulacan, Penaranda and San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija. Image File history File links Ph_locator_nueva_ecija_general_tinio. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Brief History of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija.

According to the story passed on from one generation to another, the town got its name because of miscommunication between the natives and the Spanish colonizers. A native settler when asked by a Spanish soldier "Llama el pueblo?" kindly replied "Papaya" referring to the particular fruit tree growing abundantly in the place (not understanding the Spanish language). The name stuck to the Spanish colonizers and the place from then on was called "PAPAYA".

Papaya was a sitio of Bo. Mapisong which was then a barrio of Gapan, Nueva Ecija (now Gapan City). Bo. Mapisong became a town in 1851 changing its name to Penaranda after a Spanish engineer Jose Maria Penaranda. Papaya became one of its barangays. Papaya became a town on January 1, 1921 through the collaborative efforts of Capitan Mamerto Padolina who was then the Secretary of the Governor of the Province, Judge Segundo Bernardo and Francisco Padolina.

On August 19, 1957, Congressman Celestino Juan sponsored a congressional act changing the name of Papaya to General Tinio in honor of General Manuel Tinio, a noble and prominent revolutionary leader against the Spaniards known as Magiting. General Tinio hailed from the Province of Nueva Ecija.

Barangays

General Tinio is politically subdivided into 12 barangays consisting of: A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

• Bago
• Concepcion
• Nazareth
• Padolina
• Pias
• Poblacion Central
• Poblacion East
• Poblacion West
• Pulong Matong
• Rio Chico
• Sampaguita
• San Pedro

Leadership

The following have led the town from its birth in 1921 to what it had become today.

>>Commonwealth Era

• President Cristobal Mangulabnan with Vice Martin Ramos = 1921-1922
• President Getulio Bote, Sr. with Vice Martin Pajarillaga = 1922-1925
• President Martin Pajarillaga with Vice Marcos Bote = 1925-1928
• President Severo Pajarillaga with Vice Emeterio Abes = 1928-1931
• President Pascual Rivera with Vice Daniel Padolina = 1931-1934
• President Melquiades Ronquillo, Sr. with Vice Santiago Bolisay = 1934-1937

>>Republic Era

• Mayor Melquades Ronquillo, Sr. with Vice Damaso Bolisay Damaso Bolisay = 1937-1940
• Mayor Getulio Bote with Vice Pedro Bulacan = 1940-1944
• President Martin Pajarillaga with Vice Angeles Bote = 1945
• Mayor Gerardo Rivera with Vice Angeles Bote = 1946-1947
• Mayor Gerardo Rivera with Vice Diosdado Bote = 1948-1951
• Mayor Gerardo Rivera with Vice Victorino Bote = 1952-1955
• Mayor Bienvenido B. Abes with Vice Victorino Bote = 1956-1959
• Mayor Gerardo Rivera with Vice Banaag Leodones = 1960-1963
• Mayor Santos Bote with vice Getulio Bote, Jr. = 1964-1967
• Mayor Mariano Ronquillo with Vice Manuel Domingo = January 1-15 1968
• Mayor Manuel Domingo with Vice Perfecto M. Bote = 1968-1971
• Mayor Nicanor B. Aves with Vice Alfonso Pajimna = 1972-1980
• Mayor Nathaniel Bote, Jr. with Vice Venancio Bote = 1981-1986
• OIC Gerardo Rivera with Vice Antonio Abes = 1986-1988
• Mayor Placido M. Calma with Vice Bernardino R. Abes = 1988-1995
• Mayor Placido M. Calma with Vice Elsa Bote = 1995-1998
• Mayor Virgilio A. Bote with Vice Bernardino R. Abes = 1998-2004

General Characterestics

Farming is the livelihood of majority of the residents. Even though located at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountain Ridges, the topography is generally plain and ideal to agricultural products such as palay and vegetables production. Others industries include furniture and fixtures, backyard poultry, cattle and livestock, vegetable production and minor agricultural inputs like duck raising. "Ikmo" or betel leaves production is one dying symbol of the town. The remittances of numerous sons and daughters abroad keep the economy of the town afloat. Among many, Papaya Residents of East Coast America, Inc. (PRECA) founded in 1996 and based in 414 Windsor Road, Bergenfield, N. J. 07621 headed by Pompeia M. Capati can be trusted to answer any call of the town for development assistance.

Roman Catholic dominates religious concentration with Iglesia ni Cristo, Baptist, Methodist, and other sects attracting its own followers. "Sabong" or cockfight is the favorite pastime of the male population. There are a lot of sabong afficionados in the town religiously attending weekly "tupada" or what is termed "Sunday adult school". The town's patron saint, San Isidro de Labrador is being feted every May 11, 2006.

The town is best noted in having the most number of brass bands in the Philippines with 15 organized bands, 12 of which are active and sought after to enhance entertainment ambience in fiestas and other traditional rites such as wakes. The Family Band 74 is the most popular one and have produced champions in majorette exhibition, solo clarinet competition, solo trumpet competition, french horn competition, etc., in national brass band competitions.

The town also has places of interest notably the Minalungao National Park which is a favorite swimming destinations in summer specially during Black Saturday where it is usually filled with local bathers and visitors. Minalungao literally means "mine of gold in a cave" have several caves which can explored by more fearless ones attracting several visitors every summer. The river also has a portion where a stone ledge located about 15 meters high from the river can be used as spring board by fearless divers showing off to yearly visitors to the park.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information