Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija
Encyclopedia
Gabaldon is a 4th class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija
, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 29,619 people in 6,038 households.
The town is tucked by the Sierra Madre
Mountains. It lies 171 kilometers northeast of Manila
, the capital of the Philippines. Tagalog
s predominate this town. It is bounded by Bongabon
on the north, Laur
on the west, General Tinio
on the south, and Dingalan
by the east.
, were separated to constitute the new town of Bitulok. The name was later changed from Bitulok to Sabani. Finally, through Republic Act 1318, approved June 16, 1955, its name was changed from Sabani to Gabaldon.
During the Second World War, the invasion of the Japanese bomber and fighter planes was destroyed and air-raid bombings of all villages include nipa houses, ancestral houses, Roman Catholic churches, plazas and municipal town hall when there burned around the municipal town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija in December 1941 during the Japanese Invasion.
On 1942, the occupation by the Imperial Japanese armed forces entering the town in Gabaldon.
1942 to 1944, some of all the ongoing local soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth military and aided the helpful of the Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas was the invaded the municipal town of Gabaldon during the Japanese Insurgencies and Occupation and attacking Japanese Imperial forces. The headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces was built of the military garrisons and camps here the town of Gabaldon around the municipal halls, plazas, Roman Catholic churches and plains during the Japanese Occupation. The all local Novo Ecijano non-combanant civilians was arrested, tortured, marches and killed by the hand of the Japanese Imperial forces. The all local civilians was torturing by the Japanese hands at the Japanese military garrisons in Gabaldon.
On 1945, the liberation of the stronghold the local soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth armed forces under the 2nd, 22nd, 25th and 26th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was sending military operations around the municipal towns in the province of Nueva Ecija from the local P.C.A. military general headquarters and military camps in the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon and aided the Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas was liberated and recaptured the municipal town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija and defeated Japanese Imperial armed forces and ended World War II.
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Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 29,619 people in 6,038 households.
The town is tucked by the Sierra Madre
Sierra Madre (Philippines)
The Sierra Madre is a mountain range in The Philippines. It is located along the north-eastern coast of Luzon Island, running north/south. Quezon National Forest Park is situated in the range.-Geography:...
Mountains. It lies 171 kilometers northeast of Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
, the capital of the Philippines. Tagalog
Tagalog people
The Tagalog people are an ethnic group in the Philippines. The name Tagalog comes from either the native term tagá-ilog, meaning 'people living along the river', or another native term, tagá-alog, meaning 'people living along the ford', a ford being a shallow part of a river or stream where people,...
s predominate this town. It is bounded by Bongabon
Bongabon, Nueva Ecija
Bongabon is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. 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 in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.Each barangay in...
on the north, Laur
Laur, Nueva Ecija
Laur is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 30,997 people in 5,500 households...
on the west, General Tinio
General Tinio, Nueva Ecija
General Tinio is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 38,640 people in 6,878 households....
on the south, and Dingalan
Dingalan, Aurora
Dingalan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 21,992 people in 4,115 households.Dingalan has several caves, of which the Lamao Caves are the best known...
by the east.
History
Gabaldon was the site of the Sabani estate, the largest hacienda in Nueva Ecija during the second half of the 19th century, with 3,000 heads of cattle and occupying more than 6,000 hectares. The entire area was then part of the township of Laur. In 1950, the barrios of Bitulok, Bantug, Bitulok Saw Mill, Cuyapa, Macasandal, Pantok, Calumpang, Malinao, Tagumpay, Bugnan, Bagong Sicat, Ligaya, Calabasa, Bateria and Pintong Bagting, then belonging to the town of LaurLaur, Nueva Ecija
Laur is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 30,997 people in 5,500 households...
, were separated to constitute the new town of Bitulok. The name was later changed from Bitulok to Sabani. Finally, through Republic Act 1318, approved June 16, 1955, its name was changed from Sabani to Gabaldon.
During the Second World War, the invasion of the Japanese bomber and fighter planes was destroyed and air-raid bombings of all villages include nipa houses, ancestral houses, Roman Catholic churches, plazas and municipal town hall when there burned around the municipal town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija in December 1941 during the Japanese Invasion.
On 1942, the occupation by the Imperial Japanese armed forces entering the town in Gabaldon.
1942 to 1944, some of all the ongoing local soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth military and aided the helpful of the Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas was the invaded the municipal town of Gabaldon during the Japanese Insurgencies and Occupation and attacking Japanese Imperial forces. The headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces was built of the military garrisons and camps here the town of Gabaldon around the municipal halls, plazas, Roman Catholic churches and plains during the Japanese Occupation. The all local Novo Ecijano non-combanant civilians was arrested, tortured, marches and killed by the hand of the Japanese Imperial forces. The all local civilians was torturing by the Japanese hands at the Japanese military garrisons in Gabaldon.
On 1945, the liberation of the stronghold the local soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth armed forces under the 2nd, 22nd, 25th and 26th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was sending military operations around the municipal towns in the province of Nueva Ecija from the local P.C.A. military general headquarters and military camps in the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon and aided the Novo Ecijano guerrilla resistance and the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas was liberated and recaptured the municipal town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija and defeated Japanese Imperial armed forces and ended World War II.
Barangays
Gabaldon is politically subdivided into 16 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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