Palayan City is a 4th class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is the capital city of Nueva Ecija.According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,253 people in 6,279 households. A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government 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. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Palayan City is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Palayan City was created in 1965 by the Congress of the Philippines and one of the 6 cities of the Philippines (other 5 includes Manila, Baguio City Quezon City, Trece Martirez, and the Island Garden City of Samal) whose creation was specifically planned. Palayan is located in the heart of Nueva Ecija, and is known as the "Orchid City of the World." A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Cities are in the same hierarchical level as municipalities, but under the Local Government Code of 1991, cities are given special treatment in terms of bigger share from the internal revenue allotment (IRA) which forms part of the city's budget.
Cities, like municipalities, are composed of barangays and are governed by elective officials such as Mayor as Local Chief Executive, Vice-Mayor, and councilors as well as appointive officials heading the different local offices under them.
Examples are Tarlac City in Tarlac province, and PalayanCity, in Nueva Ecija province, and the City of San Fernando in Pampanga.
The city is bordered by the municipality of Tuba to the south and west, by Itogon to the east, and by Benguet's capital, La Trinidad to the north.
The primary economy of Baguio City, though, is its educational centers of which it has in excess of seven colleges and/or universities as well as a plethora of trade and technical schools.
In the national government, Baguio City is represented by a congressman in the House of Representatives; the whole city is a single congressional district.
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