Bongabon, Nueva Ecija
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Bongabon is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Philippines
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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 73,639 people in 10,184 households in 28,352.90 hectares land area. It is the leading producer of onion
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 in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia
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.

Each barangay
Barangay
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 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.

History

The Augustinian missionaries who preached Catholicism
Catholicism
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 in Pampanga
Pampanga
Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...

 extended their outposts into what is now the province of Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...

 by following the Rio Grande dela Pampanga. Thus, Santol (present day Barangay Santor) was 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.

Barangays

Bongabon is politically subdivided into 28 barangay
Barangay
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s. The number following the barangay name in the listing is its population

Population Center
  • Commercial, 597
  • Kaingin, 2,222
  • Magtanggo, 1,287
  • Mantile, 980
  • Palomaria, 1,377
  • Rizal, 2,605
  • Sampalucan, 1,390
  • San Roque, 2,226
  • Sinipit, 1,806
  • Sisilang, 657
  • Social, 630
  • Tulay na Bato (New Era), 1,578

Rural area
  • Antipolo, 3,077
  • Ariendo, 723
  • Bantug, 820
  • Calaanan, 1,622
  • Cruz, 1,434
  • Curva, 2,742
  • Digmala, 762
  • Larcon, 1,285
  • Labi, 922
  • Lusok, 1,657
  • Macabaclay, 1,770
  • Olivete, 1,735
  • Pesa, 1,682
  • Santor, 5,088
  • Tugatog, 1,502
  • Vega Grande, 5,029

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