San Isidro, Nueva Ecija

San Isidro
Municipality
Municipality of San Isidro
Municipal hall
Seal
Map of Nueva Ecija with San Isidro highlighted
OpenStreetMap
San Isidro Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°18′35″N120°54′25″E / 15.3097°N 120.9069°E / 15.3097; 120.9069
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Nueva Ecija
District	4th district
Barangays	9 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Cesario Ileto Lopez, Jr.
•  Vice Mayor	Robinson DC. Francisco
•  Representative	Emerson D. Pascual
•  Municipal Council	Members Maria Czarina B. Velasco-Taberna Noel V. Lorenzo Archie N. Napao Paul Andrew L. Franco Jayson Y. Cablao Dante M. Dela Cruz Carlos M. Francisco Pamela P. Magno
•  Electorate	34,638 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	56.49 km2 (21.81 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Highest elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Lowest elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2024 census) [3]
• Total	55,108
• Density	980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
•  Households	12,828
Economy
•  Income class	2nd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	9.03 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 244.2 million (2022)
•  Assets	₱ 613.6 million (2022)
•  Expenditure	₱ 210.5 million (2022)
•  Liabilities	₱ 196.2 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Nueva Ecija 1 Electric Cooperative (NEECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3106
PSGC	0304925000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Kapampangan Tagalog Ilocano

San Isidro, officially the Municipality of San Isidro (Tagalog : Bayan ni San Isidro, Kapampangan: Balen ning San Isidro), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 55,108 people. ^[5]

San Isidro 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 its origin 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. ^[6] 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. ^[7]

On March 29, 1899, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared San Isidro as the capital of the Philippines ^[6] 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. ^[7]

The town was occupied by Japanese troops in 1942, during World War II. The combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground forces liberated San Isidro and defeated the Japanese forces in 1945.^{[ citation needed ]}

Contemporary period

On September 11, 1989, Mayor Enrique Lorenzo was on his way back from Manila with his wife Aurora, their driver, and one of their security personnel when they were ambushed by four gunmen along the Sta. Mesa Bridge. ^[8] Aurora and two other companions died from their gunshot wounds while Mayor Lorenzo survived the attempted assassination with only his left shoulder wounded. ^[8]

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 29 kilometers (18 mi) from Cabanatuan, 43 kilometers (27 mi) from Palayan, and 99 kilometers (62 mi) 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

Climate data for San Isidro, Nueva Ecija
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	30 (86)	31 (88)	34 (93)	33 (91)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	30 (87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	20 (68)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	4 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	5 (0.2)	11 (0.4)	66 (2.6)	99 (3.9)	127 (5.0)	113 (4.4)	99 (3.9)	84 (3.3)	35 (1.4)	14 (0.6)	661 (26.1)
Average rainy days	2.2	1.9	3.2	5.3	16.1	20.8	23.5	22.8	22.2	16.5	8.9	3.5	146.9
Source: Meteoblue [9]

Demographics

Population census of San Isidro

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 9,800 —     1918 9,592 −0.14% 1939 12,078 +1.10% 1948 13,191 +0.98% 1960 16,514 +1.89% 1970 22,128 +2.97% 1975 25,621 +2.98% 1980 28,550 +2.19%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 34,349 +1.87% 1995 36,283 +1.03% 2000 40,984 +2.65% 2007 44,687 +1.20% 2010 47,800 +2.48% 2015 51,612 +1.47% 2020 54,372 +1.10% 2024 55,108 +0.32%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Religion

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

Economy

Poverty incidence of San Isidro

10 20 30 40 2000 33.56 2003 12.34 2006 23.40 2009 11.79 2012 12.56 2015 10.22 2018 4.63 2021 9.03 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

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 ₱129,676,820.86; assets of ₱494,469,351.35; liabilities of ₱229,800,110.14 and allotments of ₱135,154,456.00. ^[23]

Tourism

• Carron Dreampark is an amusement and theme park in Barangay Santo Cristo, and was opened on November 17, 2012.
• JF Sports Complex & Resort in Barangay Poblacion.
• YES Cookery in Barangay Poblacion

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. ^[24]

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, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines. It was founded in 1946.
• Holy Rosary Colleges Foundation: private school at Calaba, San Isidro, Nueva Ecija.
• Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, San Isidro Campus: started as a vocational course at the Wright Institute in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija 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 NETS was based in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, offering vocational opportunities to the youth of the province. 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.

Gallery

• 
  San Isidro Labrador Church
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  M.R.P.F. Paulino Escalada 1836 bells
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  Central Park
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  Barangay Malapit Hall
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  Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
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  The Crispulo Sideco (also known as Kapitang Pulong) house was built in the 19th century. Built in the Floral period in the Philippine colonial architecture, ogee arches, filigreed wooden panels, grilles wrought in curlicues and floral and foliate designs abound in the house as basic structural elements or as ornaments.

References

1.   Municipality of San Isidro | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
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6. Navasero, Mandy (September 29, 2001). "Mayor Sonia Lorenzo and historic San Isidro". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
7. "San Isidro History". Official Website of Municipal Government of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. San Isidro, Nueva Ecija Municipal Government. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
8. Ignacio, Bert (September 12, 1989). "Nueva Ecija mayor ambushed on Manila bridge". Manila Standard . Kagitingan Publications, Inc. p. 9. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
9. "San Isidro: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
10. "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
11. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 20, 2016.
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14. "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
15. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
16. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
17. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
18. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
19. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
20. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
21. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
22. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
23. "Annual Audit Report". Commission on Audit. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
24. "Masterlist of Schools" (PDF). Department of Education. January 15, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2025.

External links

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

Preceded by Cabanatuan

Capital of Nueva Ecija 1852–1912

Succeeded by Cabanatuan