Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija

Cuyapo
Municipality
Cuyapo Town Hall
Seal
Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Cuyapo
Cuyapo Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°47′N 120°40′E / 15.783°N 120.667°E / 15.783; 120.667Coordinates: 15°47′N 120°40′E / 15.783°N 120.667°E / 15.783; 120.667
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Nueva Ecija
District	1st District
Founded	1859
Barangays	52
Government[1]
• Mayor	Dr. Flor Esteban Paguio
Area[2]
• Total	215.73 km2 (83.29 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	59,396
• Density	280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cuyapeño (Cuyapenyo)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	3117
Dialing code	44
Income class	1st class; rural
Website	www.cuyapo.gov.ph

Cuyapo is a first class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 59,396 people.^[3]

Barangays

Cuyapo is politically subdivided into 52 barangays.^[2]

History

Name and Establishment

Cuyapo comes from the Pangasinan word “kuyapo”, “kiapo” or “quiapo” in Tagalog; “lul-luan”, in Ilocano; (Pistia stratiotes), a water plant that looks like a flower. According to the Kulantong, or Cronologia written by Cirilo R. Sumangil, a native of Cuyapo, who, for over forty years, was the Parish Priest of the Philippine Independent Church of Cuyapo. Said aquatic plant was so abundant particularly in a place which is now owned by the Monteros, situated along Rizal Street near the Municipal Cemetery. It was at this place that lured cow tenders from Paniqui, Tarlac to pasture their herds or flocks.

Early Beginnings

Pangasinenses from Paniqui, Tarlac who used to pasture their cattle, foresters from Sta. Maria, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur; Paoay and Batac in Ilocos Norte; and Pangasinenses from Calasiao and San Carlos, Pangasinan, settled in great number in the town. It is said that the exodus, particularly from Ilocos Sur, was due to the forced labor enforced by the Spaniards in the construction of the Catholic Church in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur. Cuyapo was declared a Barrio of Rosales on September 25, 1849, with Senior Santiago Vergara as its first Teniente del Barrio. Rosales was then a part of Nueva Ecija. It was in 1901 during the American Civil Commission that Rosales, together with Balungao, Umingan, San Quintin, were segregated from Nueva Ecija and became parts of Pangasinan.

Creation of the Town

On October 29, 1859, Cuyapo was separated from Rosales, Pangasinan and made a full-fledged town with Don Juan Pangalilingan as the first Gobernadorcillo. It was during his term that the first Catholic Church and convent was constructed. The old road to Guimba, passing through what is now Barangay Maycaban was constructed. On October 29, 1959, Cuyapo celebrated the centennial of its creation as a town.

The Revolutionary Period

On July 1, 1898, Gen. Mariano Llanera, then Military Governor of Nueva Ecija, appointed Don Marcelo Garcia, last Capitan Municipal during the Spanish Regime, as Presidente Municipal with Don Mariano Flores, last Teniente Mayor, as Vise Presidente Municipal. Later, under the supervisonal government, election of municipal officials was held. This revolutionary period of government existed until the American forces came in November 1898. It was during this period when the people showed their patriotism and loyalty to the cause of the revolution. On June 19, 1898, two to three hundred Cuyapenos, under Teniente Isabelo del Valle of Paniqui, Tarlac, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from Rosales en route to Tarlac in Bessang (now part of Barangay Maycaban. The Cuyapenos then had only fifteen (15) Remington rifles and the rest armed with bolos.

Demographics

Tourist Attractions

• Apolinario Mabini Marker (Cuyapo) - Site of the arrest of Philippine hero Apolinario Mabini, known as “the sublime paralytic,” by the Americans on December 10, 1899.

Schools

Secondary Schools

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Primary Schools

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References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija.

• Cuyapo Website
• Pasyalan Nueva Ecija
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

		Rosales / Balungao, Pangasinan	Umingan, Pangasinan
	San Manuel, Tarlac		Talugtug
		Cuyapo
	Nampicuan	Guimba

Province of Nueva Ecija
Palayan (capital)
Municipalities	Aliaga Bongabon Cabiao Carranglan Cuyapo Gabaldon General Mamerto Natividad General Tinio Guimba Jaen Laur Licab Llanera Lupao Nampicuan Pantabangan Peñaranda Quezon Rizal San Antonio San Isidro San Leonardo Santa Rosa Santo Domingo Talavera Talugtug Zaragoza
Component cities	Cabanatuan Gapan Muñoz Palayan San Jose
Misc.	List of radio stations in Nueva Ecija