Bongabon, Nueva Ecija

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Bongabon
Municipality

Municipal hall of Bongabon

Seal

Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Bongabon

Bongabon
Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:

153752N 1210838ECoordinates:
153752N 1210838E

Country

Philippines

Region

Central Luzon (Region III)

Province

Nueva Ecija

District

3rd District

Founded

1760

Barangays

28

Government[1]
Mayor

Ricardo Ilagan Padilla

Area[2]
Total

286.95 km2 (110.79 sq mi)

Population (2010)[3]
Total

59,343

Density

210/km2 (540/sq mi)

Time zone

PST (UTC+8)

ZIP code

3128

Dialing code

44

Income class

2nd class

Website

www.bongabon.gov.ph

Bongabon is a second class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to
the 2010 census, it had a population of 59,343 people. [3] It has an area of 28,352.90 hectares
(70,061.5 acres), and is the leading producer of onion in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
Each barangay in Bongabon has its own fiesta. The town fiesta, celebrated annually on the 1st to
2nd week of April, is known as the Sibuyasan Onion Festival.
Contents
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1Barangays
2History
o 2.1Philippine Revolution under the Spanish Colonial Period
o 2.2Philippine-American War and the American Colonial Period
o 2.3World War II under the Japanese Occupation
3Demographics
4References
5External links

Barangays[edit]
Bongabon is politically subdivided into 28 barangays,[2] listed here with their 2010 populations: [3]
Poblacion barangays:

Rural barangays:

Commercial - 333
Kaingin - 2,714
Magtanggol - 1,696
Mantile - 1,118
Palo Maria - 2,064
Rizal - 2,796
Sampalucan - 1,577
San Roque - 2,344
Sinipit - 2,398
Sisilang - 657
Social - 735
Tulay na Bato (New Era) - 1,919

Antipolo - 3,975
Ariendo - 999
Bantug - 913
Calaanan - 2,047
Cruz - 1,829
Curva - 3,315
Digmala - 1,118
Labi - 1,302
Larcon - 1,454
Lusok - 2,002
Macabaclay - 2,229
Olivete - 1,872
Pesa - 2,141
Santor - 5,911
Tugatug - 1,932
Vega Grande - 5,953

History[edit]
The Augustinian missionaries who preached Catholicism in Pampanga extended their outposts into
what is now the province ofNueva Ecija by following the Rio Grande dela Pampanga. Thus, Santol
(present day Barangay Santor) was part of Pantabangan and established in 1659. In 1760,
Bongabon was named as a town and parish under the patronage of St. Francis of Assisi.

Bongabon was the first capital of Nueva Ecija.

Philippine Revolution under the Spanish Colonial Period [edit]

When the Philippine Revolution began on 1896 to 1898 against Spain. The Philippine Revolutionary
and Republican troops with the aid of Katipunero rebels invaded the municipal town of Bongabon
and fought the Spanish Colonial forces and started the Siege of Bongabon. The Filipino
revolutionary troops and Katipunero rebel fighters captured the municipal town after the siege forcing
the Spanish troops to retreat.

Philippine-American War and the American Colonial Period [edit]

With the outbreak of the PhilippineAmerican War on 1899 to 1902, the town saw the arrival of
American troops which fought the Filipino revolutionary troops and Katipuneros in the Battle of
Bongabon on 1899. In the ensuing battle, the town was captured by the American troops.

World War II under the Japanese Occupation [edit]

The outbreak was start the Second World War, Japanese planes was crushed to invaded the town
municipality in Bongabon on December 1941 under the Japanese Invasion and through the
occupied by the Imperial Japanese forces was entering the town on 1942 and begins the Japanese
Occupation. The active of the general headquarters and garrison bases of the Imperial Japanese
Armed Forces was established on 1942 through the combined Allied United States and
the Philippine Commonwealth military and recognized guerrilla raid and captured on 1945 and they
stationed in the municipality of Bongabon during the Japanese Occupation.
Started the conflicts and insurgencies during the Japanese Occupation on 1942 to 1944. Many
several various guerrilla fighter groups and the Hukbalahap Communist resistance at the municipal
town in Bongabon was side by side and fought attack to attack from the local military and guerrilla
conflicts and arrival and helping aided of all stronghold Filipino soldiers and officers of the
ongoing Philippine Commonwealth Army and incoming Philippine Constabulary 2nd Infantry
Regiment units and against by the Imperial Japanese troops and Makapili militia groups. After the
insurgencies on 1944, many guerrilla fighters and Hukbalahap resistance was they retreated by the
Japanese soldiers and air raid planes was recaptured the municipality in Bongabon. Before the
combined force of the Filipino troops of the Philippine Army and Constabulary units and the
American troops of the U.S. Armed Forces units with aiding guerrilla groups and Hukbalahap fighters
was beginning the liberation on 1945 since the Battle of Bongabon.
Some of all outgoing guerrillas and non-combanant civilians are found arrested, tortured, marches
and killed by the Imperial Japanese troops. When the all local outgoing guerrillas and civilians was
torturing and killed by the Japanese hands at the Imperial Japanese military general headquarters,
garrisons and concentration camps in Bongabon.
Since the liberation and the Battle of Bongabon on 1944 to 1945 between the fought of the
combined Filipino and American troops and the recognized guerrillas with the Japanese troops.
When the combined military force of the Filipino troops and officers of the 2nd, 22nd and 26th
Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Philippine
Constabulary and the American troops and officers of the U.S. Armed Forces units was found
liberated and invaded the town municipality of Bongabon and aiding various guerrilla groups and
Hukbalahap communist fighters and defeats Imperial Japanese troops and Makapili militia groups
and ending aftermath of World War II. The casualties at the fall of main battle of Bongabon was over
14,200 Filipino troops and guerrillas killed and wounded in action, 6,000 American troops killed and
wounded in action, 68,000 Japanese troops and Makapili militias killed, wounded and captured in
action and over 28,000 outgoing guerrillas and civilians killed by the Japanese.

Demographics[edit]

Population census of Bongabon

Year

Pop.

% p.a.

1990

39,616

1995

44,856

+2.35%

2000

49,255

+2.03%

2007

63,639

+3.60%

2010

59,343

2.51%

Source: National Statistics Office[3]