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Encyclopedia > San Jose City, Nueva Ecija

San Jose City is a 2nd class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is the northernmost city of the province. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 108,254 people in 23,191 households. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Before the city was founded by the Spaniards, it is known as Kabaritan, named for the plant commonly seen in the area.


With its wide plains, agriculture is the main source of livelihood in the city. It is part of the rice granary of the Philippines. But the agricultural produce of the city also includes vegetables, fruits and onions. It is now a leading producer of onions in the country. Every year the Tanduyong festival is held on April coinciding with the annual fiesta to celebrate this. Tanduyong is a variety of onion grown in the area.


Barangays

San Jose City is politically subdivided into 38 barangays. 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. ...

  • A. Pascual
  • Abar 1st
  • Abar 2nd
  • Bagong Sikat
  • Caanawan
  • Calaocan
  • Camanacsacan
  • Culaylay
  • Dizol
  • Kaliwanagan
  • Kita-Kita
  • Malasin
  • Manicla
  • Palestina
  • Parang Mangga
  • Villa Joson (Parilla)
  • Pinili
  • Rafael Rueda, Sr. Pob.
  • Ferdinand E. Marcos Pob.
  • Canuto Ramos Pob.
  • Raymundo Eugenio Pob.
  • Crisanto Sanchez Pob.
  • Porais
  • San Agustin
  • San Juan
  • San Mauricio
  • Santo Niño 1st
  • Santo Niño 2nd
  • Santo Tomas
  • Sibut
  • Sinipit Bubon
  • Santo Niño 3rd
  • Tabulac
  • Tayabo
  • Tondod
  • Tulat
  • Villa Floresca
  • Villa Marina

External links

  • Pasyalan Nueva Ecija
  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information

Coordinates: 15°47′N, 121°00′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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San Jose City Nueva Ecija Online Philippines (249 words)
San Jose City is a 2nd class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
It is the northernmost city of the province.
Before the city was founded by the Spaniards, it is known as Kabaritan, named for the plant commonly seen in the area.
Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija (513 words)
San Jose is one of the three major cities in Nueva Ecija, a province landlocked in the area of Central Luzon referred to as Region III.
Historically the province of Nueva Ecija, like its sister provinces in Central Luzon, was among the first to proclaim itself at war with the Spanish government in the Revolution of 1898.
The Diocese of San Jose was created on February 16, 1984 by Pope John Paul II, comprising the city of San Jose and thirteen of the northern towns of Nueva Ecija.
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