Nueva Ecija

Tourism in Nueva Ecija is focused on gatherings in churches, parks, and festivals.


Some of these heritage areas are the Gapan Church, a Byzantine architecture church built from 1856 to 1872 which has been declared as a National Cultural Treasure, the first in the entire province;


- the Quezon Family Rest House in Bongabon which was also the place of death of former First Lady Aurora Quezon;


- Centuries-old brick walls of the Tabacalera in San Isidro remain as witness to the Novo Ecijanos' 100-year oppression, from 1782 to 1882, when the province became the center of the tobacco monopoly in Central Luzon and was thus restricted from raising other crops;


- the statue of Philippine hero General Antonio Luna astride a horse stands at the Cabanatuan plaza in front of the cathedral on the exact spot where the brave general was assassinated in 1899 in the city that adopted him subsequently;


- Site of the arrest of Philippine hero Apolinario Mabini, known as "the sublime paralytic", by the Americans on December 10, 1899, in Cuyapo;


- the Triala House of General Manual Tinio, built during the early Commonwealth period, it features ornately designed turn-of-the-century furniture and a life-size figure of esteemed Nove Ecijano Don Kapitan Berong in stained glass;


- The Grand Sedeco house in San Isidro, which General Emilio Aguinaldo frequented, marks this gallant town that has proven time and again to be cradle of Filipino heroes - it was here that General Frederick Funston planned the capture of Aguinaldo, first President of the Philippine republic, during the Philippine–American War;


- Wright Institute of San Isidro, of the first high schools established outside Metro Manila during the American period;


- the Dalton Pass located in Capintalan, Carranglan, the five-hectare area blessed with a cool climate houses the monument of General Dalton and a tower that borders the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya - uphill is a World War II memorial in black marble where a historical account of the war had been etched in English and Japanese;


- the WWII Concentration Camp in Cabanatuan; Nampicuan Church;


- Carranglan Church;


- the grand Minalungao National Park,^[83] known for its high limestone formations sculpted by the Penaranda river;


- General Luna Fall in Rizal;


- Mount Olivete in Bongabon, which is frequented by pilgrims due to its holy spring;


- the Capintalan, which is a reserve known for its WWII tunnels, forests, rivers, and artifacts and has been maintained by the only Ifugao community in Nueva Ecija, located in Carranglan; Palaspas Falls in San Jose City;


- Gabaldon Falls in Gabaldon which is within the Sabani Estate Agricultural College; Peñaranda Church, which is one of the oldest in the province, built initially in 1887; Diamond Park in San Jose City;


- Pantabangan Dam, built in 1947, is the first and only rubber dam in Asia;


- the campus of the Philippine Rice Research Institute in Muñoz which is the main research and experimentation arm of the government for rice and other crops;


- Central Luzon State University, which is the most academically excellent in the province and the only Novo Ecijano university to be declared a cultural property of the nation;


- CLSU Agricultural Museum;


- Living Fish Museum in Muñoz;


- the Philippine Carabao Center in Muñoz, which is the main arm of the national government on carabao research and development;


- Mount Mapait in Palayan City;


- the Philippine Eagle Exclusive Area in the Nueva Ecija Sierra Madres.


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Health[edit]

The health issues facing the province are minimal because of the health establishments dotting all over the province. National health issues such as dengue, and malaria are on rise during rainy seasons, while HIV/AIDS is still low, but 2015 annual growth rate is unarguably high.

Education[edit]

The level of literacy in the province is very high. The top five high education centers in the province are Central Luzon State University at Science City of Muñoz, Wesleyan University Philippines, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Araullo University, and College of the Immaculate Conception, all located in Cabanatuan. The universities offer a diverse range of specializations. Every municipality also has local colleges. Central Luzon State University, a national cultural property, has also been accredited as being the twenty first to the sixth most academically excellent in the entire country. The university has also been cited as one of the 100 most significant educational institutions in Asia, overwhelming most schools in Metro Manila and other metropolitan areas in the country.