San Isidro, Nueva Ecija


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The municipality is bounded by Gapan City to the east, the municipalities of San Leonardo and Jaen to the north, San Antonio to the west, Cabiao to the south-west, San Miguel, Bulacan, to the southeast and Candaba, Pampanga, to the south.
San Isidro became the capital of the Philippines during the First Republic while President Emilio Aguinaldo was moving north to avoid being captured by American forces.

History

San Isidro was the capital of Nueva Ecija from 1852 to 1912. After the first cry against the Spanish colonial government was made in 1896, 2,000 revolutionary soldiers under General Mariano Llanera sieged San Isidro.
On March 29, 1899, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared San Isidro as the capital of the Philippines after the revolutionary capital Malolos, Bulacan was captured by the Americans. However, this was short-lived. General Frederick Funston planned the capture of Aguinaldo to end the Philippine-American War, in San isidro.
The Wright Institute, established in 1903 in San Isidro, was the first high school established outside Manila during the American period.
The town was occupied by Japanese troops in 1942, during the second world war. The combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground forces liberated San Isidro and defeated the Japanese forces in 1945 during the end of the war.

Barangays

San Isidro is divided into 9 barangays.

Demographics

Religion

Majority of populace is Roman Catholic. Other religious groups have churches and places of worship.

Economy

Primarily depends on rice & vegetable farming, poultry and piggery.
As of 2017, based on Commission on Audit of the Philippines, San Isidro reached their income of P129,676,820.86; assets of P494,469,351.35; liabilities of P229,800,110.14 and allotments of P135,154,456.00.

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