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Cabanatuan City - Philippines, The

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Cabanatuan City, Philippines, The


Cabanatuan City is a 1st class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is considered the economic hub of the province. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 222,859 people in 45,424 households. It is a bustling city home to many jeepneys and tricycles.

Barangays

Cabanatuan City is politically subdivided into 89 barangays.

History

Before Governor Thommy Joson III moved the provincial capitol compound to Palayan City in 2000, the compound was located in the heart of Cabanatuan City across from the central park and adjacent to Cabanatuan's main high school, an old building that goes back to the early 1900s.

During World War II, the occupying Japanese built Cabanatuan Prison Camp where many American soldiers were imprisoned, some of whom were force to endure the infamous "Bataan Death March."

Cabanatuan was also the epicenter of a massive earthquake at roughly 3 p.m. on July 16, 1990. The earthquake leveled some buildings, including the Philippine Christian College in the midst of class time. At 7.7 on the Richter scale, it killed 1653 people.





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