21 Facts About Cabanatuan

Cabanatuan, officially known as the City of Cabanatuan, is a 1st class component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

Cabanatuan remained Nueva Ecija's capital until 1965, when the government created nearby Palayan City as the new provincial capital.

Cabanatuan was founded as a Barrio of Gapan in 1750 and became a Municipality and capital of La Provincia de Nueva Ecija in 1780.

Cabanatuan is the site of the historical "Plaza Lucero" and the Cabanatuan Cathedral, where General Antonio Luna was assassinated by Captain Pedro Janolino and members of the Kawit battalion.

Cabanatuan lost the title of provincial capital in 1850 when the capital of Nueva Ecija was moved to San Isidro, another historic town.

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In 1957, the barrios of Mataas na Kahoy, Balangkare Norte, Balangkare Sur, Sapang Kawayan, Magasawang Sampaloc, Talabutab Norte, Talabutab Sur, Platero, Belen, Pecaleon, Pinahan, Kabulihan, Pasong-Hari, Balaring, Pulong Singkamas, Panaksak, Bravo, Sapang Bato, Burol, Miller, Tila Patio, Pula, Carinay, and Acacia were separated from Cabanatuan and constituted into a separate and independent municipality known as General Mamerto Natividad.

Cabanatuan became a city by virtue of Republic Act No 526, approved on June 16,1950.

In 1998, Cabanatuan was declared by then-president Fidel V Ramos as a highly urbanized city however it failed ratification after the majority of votes in the plebiscite was negative.

Cabanatuan was declared as highly urbanized city by President Benigno S Aquino III under Presidential Proclamation No 418 on July 14,2012.

Cabanatuan was near the epicenter of the infamous 1990 Luzon earthquake, which registered a 7.

Cabanatuan City is located in the rolling central plains of Luzon drained by the Pampanga River.

Cabanatuan has a tropical wet and dry climate, with year-round warm weather and distinct dry and wet seasons.

Cabanatuan nowadays is gradually becoming a major investment hub and is considered one of the most competitive cities for doing business in the country.

Cabanatuan City serves as a major shopping hub in the province and other nearby localities.

Cabanatuan is building a new main public market that is set to open on December 2023, after its old public market burnt down in April 2020.

Cabanatuan City is a major hub of land transportation services in Central Luzon.

Almost all types of public road transport plying Cabanatuan are privately owned and operated under government franchise.

Cabanatuan is accessible via the major expressway networks such as NLEX, SCTEX and TPLEX.

Nearest airfield to Cabanatuan is the Fort Magsaysay Airfield, the largest military reservation of the Philippines located in the nearby town of Santa Rosa.

Cabanatuan was previously served by the Manila Railroad Company in 1905 through the Balagtas – Cabanatuan line which was abandoned after the war because scavengers looted pieces of the rail tracks.

Cabanatuan is building major dike roads that shall serve as access roads to far-flung barangays in the city, such as Barangay Samon and Barangay Caudillo.