Bongabon, Nueva Ecija

Bongabon
Municipality
Municipal hall of Bongabon
Seal
Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Bongabon
Bongabon Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°37′52″N 121°08′38″E / 15.63111°N 121.14389°ECoordinates: 15°37′52″N 121°08′38″E / 15.63111°N 121.14389°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Nueva Ecija
District	3rd District
Founded	1760
Barangays	28
Government[1]
• Mayor	Allan A. Gamilla
Area[2]
• Total	286.95 km^2 (110.79 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	59,343
• Density	210/km^2 (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.

Barangays

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

Poblacion 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

Rural barangays: 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

The Augustinian missionaries who preached Catholicism in Pampanga extended their outposts into what is now the province of Nueva 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

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

With the outbreak of the Philippine–American 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

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

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]

References

1. "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
2. "Province: Nueva Ecija". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
3. "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

External links

• Pasyalan Nueva Ecija
• Bongabon Web Services - Nueva Ecija
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System