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Gapan
Component city

Gapan, 2015

Seal

Nickname(s): Tsinelas capital of the Philippines

Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Gapan City

Gapan
Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:

1517N 12058ECoordinates:

1517N 12058E

Country

Philippines

Region

Central Luzon (Region III)

Province

Nueva Ecija

District

4th District

Founded

1732

Cityhood

August 25, 2001

Barangays

23

Government[2]

 Mayor

Emerson Pascual

Vice Mayor

Inocencio Bautista Jr.[1]

Representative

Megan Antonino Nadres (NUP)

Area[3]
Total

164.44 km2 (63.49 sq mi)

Population (2015)[4]
Total

110,303

Density

670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)

Time zone

PHT (UTC+8)

ZIP code

3105

Dialing code

44

Income class

4th class city

Website

www.cityofgapan.gov.ph

Gapan is a fourth class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Gapan is nicknamed the
"Footwear Capital of the North", and it is an inseparable part of the Rice Granary of the Philippines.
According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 110,303 people. [4] It has a land area of
164.44 km.
Contents
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1Geography
o 1.1Barangays
2History
o 2.1Liberation and the Battle of Gapan
3Demographics
4Economy
o 4.1Shopping Centers and Supermarkets
5Places of interest
6Colleges in Gapan City
7Notable people of Gapan
8Images
9References
10External links

Geography[edit]
Gapan is located in the southern part of the province. It is bounded to the north
by Pearanda and San Leonardo, to the east by the Gen. Tinio, to the south by San Miguel in
neighboring Bulacan province, and to the west by San Isidro.

Barangays[edit]
Gapan is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.[3]

Balante
Bayanihan
Bulak
Bungo
Kapalangan
Mabuga
Maburak
Macabaklay
Mahipon
Malimba
Mangino
Marelo
Pambuan
Parcutela
Puting Tubig
San Lorenzo
San Nicolas
San Roque
San Vicente
Santa Cruz
Santo Cristo Norte
Santo Cristo Sur
Santo Nio

History[edit]
Old records called the town Ibon.[citation needed] Gapan was founded by the Spanish curates and officials
who, in their early occupation, exercised great influence over the people and the things they were
doing. History places Gapan as one of the first towns of Pampanga founded sometime in the middle
part of the sixteenth century. Records of the first Catholic mission to the far east indicated that in
1595, Fathers Contres Tendilla, Caballo and Salazar were responsible for clearing the forest which
later became a pueblo. In this pueblo, a church, presedencia and residential houses made of bricks
and lime were constructed, now the age-old landmarks of the city.
Its foundation in 1595 makes Gapan the oldest town in Nueva Ecija and one of the oldest in the
Philippines. It was likewise a big pueblo embracing an area as far as Cabanatuan City in the north,
which was its barrio with the name Cabanatuan before it separated in 1750: the Sierra Madres in the
East, San Miguel, Bulacan in the south and Candaba, Pampanga in the West. Gradually as the
Spanish power waned and economic progress caught up in the area, the pueblo disintegrated into
many pueblos until it remained to comprise only the towns of Pearanda, General Tinio and San
Leonardo (formerly called Manikling) all of Nueva Ecija province. In fact the Patron Saint Divina
Pastora had its origin or residence in Barrio Callos, Pearanda.
In 1942, the occupation by the Japanese forces in Gapan, Nueva Ecija, In 1945, entering by the
Filipino troops of the 2nd, 21st,22nd, 23rd, 25th & 26th Infantry Division of the Philippine
Commonwealth Army took Gapan together with the Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance, Hukbalahap
Communist rebel forces and the American liberation military forces of the United States Army at the
end of World War II.
By virtue of Republic Act No. 9022 and its ratification in a plebiscite subsequently held on August 25,
2001, Gapan was converted into a component city of Nueva Ecija. Ernesto L. Natividad became the
first city mayor of Gapan.

Liberation and the Battle of Gapan [edit]

After the Japanese air raid bombing and fighter planes invaded the town of Gapan on December
1941 during the Japanese Invasion through the occupation by the Imperial Japanese Army forces
entered in Gapan on 1942 during the Japanese Occupation. When the aftermath of the retreated by
all the local Novo Ecijao guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrilla groups was
the main invading commands was around side by side in the municipality of Gapan and attacking by
all Imperial Japanese Army forces from the couple of few months and four years after the CounterInsurgencies during the Japanese Occupation from 1942 to 1945 and before the main battle
commands of all joint Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units and the
American troops under the United States Army units was liberated in Gapan on 1945 during the
fighting of main battle stages.
Beginning the Battle of Gapan on January to August 1945 during the Allied Liberation, the liberators
of all combined military force of the Filipino troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army 2nd,
21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th & 26th Infantry Division and the American liberating soldiers of the United
States Army was recaptured and invading to around the municipality of Gapan on January 1945 to
aiding the local Novo Ecijao guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrilla groups
and attacked and defeating Japanese Imperial Army forces and Makapili rebel fighters.
From January to August 1945, the many stronghold of all combined military forces of the Filipino
soldiers, military officers, tank commanders, military IFV's, military trucks and jeeps, artillery and
mortars and many other military equipments under the 2nd, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th & 26th Infantry
Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the American soldiers, military officers, tank
commanders, military IFV's, military trucks and jeeps, artillery and mortars and many other military
equipments under the United States Army was captured and invading the military battles, sieges and
invading commands are bombed and destroyed around the plains, green fields, rice fields, rivers,
forests and many others are burned and they captured and invading the battle, local military raids
and invading commands are bombed and destroyed around the streets, old buildings and houses,
villages, Roman Catholic churches, municipal town halls, town plazas and many others through
aiding the local Novo Ecijao guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrilla groups
was side by side by attacked and defeating Japanese Imperial Army forces and Makapili militias
from the couple of seven months and one year during the liberating battles, sieges, local military
raids and invading the municipal town of Gapan during the liberation.
Start the joint and combined Allied military and guerrilla main sieges and invasions of the military
field camps and garrisons of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and the Makapili headquarters in
the municipal town of Gapan. The stronghold of all combined Filipino soldiers and officers under the
Philippine Commonwealth Army units, the American soldiers of the United States Army units and
local Novo Ecijano resistance groups was invaded and attacking sieges of the military field camps
and garrisons of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and the headquarters of the Makapili was
entering the camps and they inside to main attack and fought against the Japanese Imperial Army
soldiers and Makapili rebels. The aftermath of the Allied Filipino and American sieges and invasions
of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and Makapili militia groups in Gapan, the decisive
successfully victories of all the stronghold the joint Filipino troops and officers of the Philippine
Commonwealth Army units, the American soldiers of the United States Army units and local Novo
Ecijano resistance fighters are saluted and captured and retaking the Japanese field camps and
garrisons and the Makapili headquarters at the town municipalities after the fighting commands and
surrendered and retreating Japanese troops and Makapili rebel forces.
Meanwhile, the re-taken and capturing of the Japanese military field camps and garrisons and the
headquarters of the Makapili in Gapan was there inside by the joint military forces of the Filipino
soldiers and officers under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units and the American soldiers of
the United States Army units including the local Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance was pole flag
raising of down of the Japanese flag for the Imperial Japanese military through the capturing and

taken the up of the joint United States flag and the Philippine war flag for the joint United States and
Philippine Commonwealth military after the fighting of the siege and invading commands for the
victorious of the stronghold combined Filipinos and Americans.
The Aftermath of the Battle of Gapan on August 1945, the local Philippine Commonwealth military
and Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance casualties during the fighting and succeeding battles,
invasions and sieges includes of all Filipino troops and officers of the Philippine Commonwealth
Army 2nd, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th & 26th Infantry Division was over 4,470 killed in action and over
15,300 wounded in action, the American troops and officers of the United States Army was over
2,400 killed in action and over 6,000 wounded in action, while the local Novo Ecijano guerrilla
resistance groups was suffered over 400 killed in action and over 1,140 wounded in action, the
Hukbalahap Communist groups over 720 killed in action and over 1,350 wounded in action. From
the part of Japanese Imperial Army forces over 25,000 killed in action, 58,000 wounded in action
and over 14,000 captured in action, the Makapili militia groups over 400 killed in action, 670
wounded in action and over 1,260 captured in action. The joint Filipino soldiers and officers under
the Philippine Commonwealth Army units and the American soldiers and officers of the United
States Army units include with the local Novo Ecijano and Hukbalahap Communist resistance
fighters to saluted on their decisive successfully victories after the invasions, sieges and battle main
commands as they captured the municipal town of Gapan after the war.

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Gapan City
Year

Pop.

% p.a.

1990

70,489

1995

77,735

+1.85%

2000

89,199

+2.99%

2007

98,795

+1.42%

2010

101,488

+0.98%

2015

110,303

+1.60%

Source: National Statistics Office[4][5]

Economy[edit]
Current major sources of income include farming, slipper making, fishponds, poultry and piggery,
and commercial establishments.
The city of Gapan held tremendous promise not only in its natural resources but also in its potentials
in agri base industries and in footwear industries which help sustain its virtual role in agricultural and
industrial production. Commercial and trade activities in the city are further accelerated by the influx
of financing lending institution and new businesses.

Shopping Centers and Supermarkets[edit]

CVC
Fiesta Shopping Center
Puregold
Unitop Gapan
Waltermart Gapan

Places of interest[edit]

National Shrine of Virgen La Divina Pastora

National Shrine of Virgen La Divina Pastora

The center of Marian pilgrimages during the months of April and May is the National Shrine
of Virgen La Divina Pastora as declared by the Catholic Bishops Conference in 1986.

Colleges in Gapan City[edit]

Divina Pastora College

Asian Institute of E-commerce (AIE) - Gapan Campus
Gapan Computer Technical Institute
ACLC College (Gapan Campus)
Allen Institute of Technology
College for Research and Technology
Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology Gapan Academic Extension Campus
Gapan City Technical School
Provincial Manpower Training Center (Technical School)
SKD Academy Gapan Campus

Notable people of Gapan[edit]

Mariano Llanera, the Revolutionary General of the battle Cry of Nueva Ecija in Cabiao,
Nueva Ecija.
General Pantaleon Valmonte, the capitan municipal of Gapan who, together with General
Mariano Llanera, capitan municipal of Cabiao, launched the "First Cry of Nueva Ecija"
against the Spanish rule on September 2, 1896.
Juan Liwag - former Senator of the Philippines
Nida Blanca - award winning actress

Liza Soberano - Hope Elizabeth Soberano (formerly known by the screen name Hope
Soberano), a young Filipina American model and actress, is a contract artist of ABS-CBN
and Star Magic. Her great grandparents Isabel Jacinto Arevalo and Olympia Alnas Padilla
were from Gapan and from Carranglan.
Eula Valdez - veteran Filipina actress
Ryza Cenon - Filipina actress
Joe Taruc - news anchor currently working at DZRH in the Philippines
Jay Taruc - news anchor at GMA Network

Images[edit]

Rice fields, Sto. Cristo

City Hall

City park

Wet market

Dry Market and the Water District

Cockfighting Coliseum