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PEOPLE AND CULTURE ECONOMY Considered the main rice growing province of the Philippines. Also the leading producer of onion (in the Municipality of Bongabon) in South East Asia. GEOGRAPHY Political The governor as of 1996 is Hon. Tomas N. Joson III, who assumed his gubernatorial duties after winning the 1992 election. Nueva Ecija is subdivided into 27 Municipalities and 5 Cities . Cities Municipalities
Physical HISTORY Nueva Ecija was created as a Military Comandancia in 1777 by Governor General Clavería, with the capital at Baler (now part of Aurora). It was formerly part of the province of Pampanga . From its humble beginning, its land area grew to cover almost the entire island of Luzon . Spanish Records in the Philippines recognizes 2 Spanish countries in the Pacific-- ''Las Islas Filipinas'' and ''Nueva Ecija''. Poverty was the only reason why Nueva Ecija was not given recognition as a separate country from the Philippines by the King Of Spain in 1840s . From 1777 to 1917 , Nueva Ecija's territory was however subdivided to give way to the creation of other provinces. The Province of Tayabas (now Aurora and Quezon ) including Polilio Islands, the provinces of Palanan (now Isabela ), Cagayan , the province of Nueva Vizcaya , the territory which became part of the Province of Quirino , and the province of Manila north of the province of Tondo in 1867 , and the District of Morong (now Rizal ) were among those created out of Nueva Ecija. The Province was named after the old city of Écija in Seville , Spain . In 1896 , Nueva Ecija became one of the first provinces to revolt against Spain rule, and one of the provinces which declared its independence in 1898 . TOURIST ATTRACTIONS EXTERNAL LINKS Governor Tommy Joson: http://www.lpp.gov.ph/govs/joson.html |
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