Nueva Ecija (PSGC: 034900000;[5] ISO: PH-NUE) (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Nueva

Ecija; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Nueva

Ecija; Pangasinan: Luyag na Nueva Ecija) is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in
the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Palayan. Nueva Ecija borders, from the south
clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya and Aurora. The province is
nationally known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines, producing the largest rice yield in the
country.

Contents

 1Etymology
 2History
o 2.1Precolonial era
o 2.2Spanish attacks
o 2.3Conversion to Christianity
o 2.4New province
o 2.5Cry of Nueva Ecija
o 2.6Tobacco monopoly
o 2.7Freedom fighters
o 2.8American period
 2.8.1The railway
 2.8.2Roads and irrigation
 2.8.3Homesteading and US-style tenancy
 2.8.4Civil government in the American period
 2.8.5Education during the American period
o 2.9World War II
o 2.10Contemporary era
 3Politics
 4Literature
 5Geography
o 5.1Flora and fauna
o 5.2Administrative divisions
o 5.3Climate
 6Economy
o 6.1Major industries
 7Tourism
 8Demographics
o 8.1Ethinicity
o 8.2Religion
 9Health
 10Education
 11Tourist attractions
 12Culture
o 12.1Cosmopolitanism
o 12.2Music
o 12.3Visual arts
o 12.4Values
o 12.5Dance
 o 12.6Cuisine
o 12.7Literature
o 12.8Media
o 12.9Sports
o 12.10Games
o 12.11Festivals
 13Notable people
 14See also
 15References
 16External links

Etymology[edit]
Nueva Ecija was named by the Spanish colonisers after the city of Ecija, Spain. Its indigenous
names, such as Pinagpanaan, meaning the place where the arrow hit - defining the precolonial
artistry in archery in the area, were abolished and changed by the government during the post-
colonial period after World War II, sparking outrage from scholars and indigenous communities.
Nevertheless, the name-change of some municipalities into colonial names during the post-colonial
period was continued by the national government.

History[edit]
The sprawling and varied geological features of the land now known as Nueva Ecija, includes plains,
mountains and rivers, all the requisites for the birth and sustenance of life itself. The land's very first
settlers came upon three mountain ranges to the East, North and West and vast southern plains. All
these were sustained by a great flowing river, one whose earliest name was spoken in a now lost
tongue, and which was called the Rio Grande de Pampanga by the Spanish people later on. The
Great Pampanga River nourished wild, fruit-bearing trees, served as home to an abundance of fish
and made possible lush, teeming woodlands that sheltered animals.[6] All these combined must have
been paradise in whatever language for the land's earliest settlers, who were able to not only survive
but thrive in the surrounding abundance, all within easy reach.