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Nueva Ecija

Nueva Ecija
Province
Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija (Province of Nueva Ecija)
Nueva Ecija Provincial Capitol
Nueva Ecija Provincial Capitol
Flag of Nueva Ecija
Flag
Official seal of Nueva Ecija
Seal
Nickname(s): Rice Bowl of the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°35′N 121°00′E / 15.58°N 121°E / 15.58; 121Coordinates: 15°35′N 121°00′E / 15.58°N 121°E / 15.58; 121
Country Philippines
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Founded April 25, 1801 (1848 on old sources)
Capital Palayan
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Panlalawigan
 • Governor

Czarina Umali

(Liberal)
 • Vice Governor

Gp Padiernos

(Liberal)
Area
 • Total 5,751.33 km2 (2,220.60 sq mi)
Area rank 12th out of 81
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 2,151,461
 • Rank 10th out of 81
 • Density 370/km2 (970/sq mi)
 • Density rank 16th out of 81
Demonym(s)
  • Novo Ecijano
  • Neoecijano
Divisions
 • Independent cities 0
 • Component cities
 • Municipalities
 • Barangays 849
 • Districts 1st to 4th districts of Nueva Ecija
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups
 • Languages
Time zone PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3100–3133
IDD:area code +63 (0)44
ISO 3166 code PH-NUE
Website www.nuevaecija.gov.ph

Czarina Umali

Gp Padiernos

Nueva Ecija (Tagalog pronunciation: [nuˈwɛbɐ ɛsiˈha]) (PSGC: 034900000;ISO: PH-NUE) is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Palayan. Nueva Ecija borders, from the south clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya and Aurora.

Nueva Ecija was named by the Spanish colonizers after the city of Ecija, Spain. Its indigenous names, such as Pinagpanaan, meaning the place where the arrow hit - defining the precolonial artistry in archery in the area, were abolished and changed during the post-colonial period after World War II.

The sprawling and varied geological features of the land now known as Nueva Ecija, includes plains, mountains and rivers, all the requisites for the birth and sustenance of life itself. The land's very first settlers came upon three mountain ranges to the East, North and West and vast southern plains. All these were sustained by a great flowing river, one whose earliest name was spoken in a now lost tongue, and which was called the Rio Grande de Pampanga by the Spanish people later on. The Great Pampanga River nourished wild, fruit-bearing trees, served as home to an abundance of fish and made possible lush, teeming woodlands that sheltered animals. All these combined must have been paradise in whatever language for the land's earliest settlers, who were able to not only survive but thrive in the surrounding abundance, all within easy reach.

These first settlers included tribes of Ilongots or Italons, Abaca and Buquids. Settlements were built along the banks following the river's undulations. The Ilongots, meaning people of the forest, were the fierce headhunters and animist tribes who occupied Carranglan and the mountainous terrain of Sierra Madre and Caraballo. The head hunting communities were nestled along the riverbanks of Rio Grande's tributaries in the north. Abaca and Italon were subgroups of Ilongots meaning river settlers. Ilongots survived mainly by fishing and hunting. Food production was a secondary occupation. The agriculture-based community of Caraclans and Buquids were settled in Bongabon and Pantabangan along the riverbanks of Rio Grande's tributaries in the northeast.


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