San Isidro, officially the Municipality of San Isidro (, Kapampangan: Balen ning San Isidro), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

It became the capital of the Philippines during the First Philippine Republic when President Emilio Aguinaldo was moving north to avoid being captured by American forces. This municipality also has the first high school in the Philippines outside Manila

History

San Isidro, along with Gapan, Aliaga, Cabiao, and San Antonio were parts of Pampanga until they were transferred to Nueva Ecija in 1848. It served as the capital of Nueva Ecija from 1852 to 1912. After the first cry against the Spanish colonial government was made in 1896, there were 2,000 revolutionary soldiers under General Mariano Llanera who besieged San Isidro.

On March 29, 1899, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared San Isidro as the capital of the Philippines

Geography

The municipality is bounded by Gapan 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. It is from Cabanatuan, from Palayan, and from Manila.

Barangays

San Isidro is divided into nine barangays, as shown below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Alua
  • Calaba
  • Malapit
  • Mangga
  • Poblacion
  • Pulo
  • San Roque
  • Santo Cristo
  • Tabon

Climate

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 ; assets of ; liabilities of and allotments of .

Tourism

  • Carron Dreampark is an amusement and theme park in Barangay Santo Cristo, and was opened on November 17, 2012.

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Education

The San Isidro Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

Primary and elementary schools

  • Alua Elementary School
  • Barangka Elementary School
  • Calaba Elementary School
  • Eng'r. J & F. Vallarta Memorial School
  • Good Shepherd Academy
  • J. Victoria Montessori School
  • Malapit East Elementary School
  • Malapit West Elementary School
  • Mangga Elementary School
  • Nuestra Senora del Carmen Academy (Elementary)
  • Pulo Elementary School
  • San Isidro Central School
  • San Roque Elementary School
  • St. Isidore Christian Academy (Elementary)
  • Sto. Cristo Elementary School
  • Tabon Elementary School

Secondary schools

  • Calaba National High School
  • Pulo National High School
  • Nuestra Senora del Carmen Academy (High School)
  • Nueva Ecija University Science and Technology (High School)
  • St. Isidore Christian Academy (High School)
  • Teodoro A. Dionisio National High School

Higher educational institutions

  • General de Jesus College: formerly known as General de Jesus Academy, is a private school located in the Poblacion, San Isidro. It was founded in 1946.
  • Holy Rosary Colleges Foundation: private school at Calaba, San Isidro.
  • Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, San Isidro Campus: started as a vocational course at the Wright Institute in San Isidro, where young Filipinos were trained in woodworking and basic telegraphy. This vocational course lasted until S.Y. 1927-1928 when the general secondary education course was transferred to Cabanatuan. On June 9, 1929, the school was renamed Nueva Ecija Trade School (NETS) in accordance with Vocational Education Act 3377 of 1929. The first and only vocational course being offered then was woodworking. That course was an addition to the existing secondary curriculum inherited from the Wright Institute.

References

  • San Isidro Official Website
  • [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
  • Philippine Census Information
  • Local Governance Performance Management System