San Isidro, officially the Municipality of San Isidro (Tagalog: Bayan ni San Isidro, Kapampangan: Balen ning San Isidro), is a 2nd class municipality in the provinceofNueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,372 people.[3]
San Isidro became the capital of the Philippines during the First Republic while President Emilio Aguinaldo was moving north to avoid being captured by American forces.
San Isidro was the capital of Nueva Ecija from 1852 to 1912.[5] San Isidro, along with its origin Gapan, Aliaga, Cabiao, and San Antonio were transferred from Pampanga to Nueva Ecija in 1848. After the first cry against the Spanish colonial government was made in 1896, there were 2,000 revolutionary soldiers under General Mariano Llanera who sieged San Isidro.[6]
On March 29, 1899, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared San Isidro as the capital of the Philippines[5] 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.[6]
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 during the end of the war.[citation needed]
On September 11, 1989, Mayor Enrique Lorenzo was on his way back from Manila to San Isidro with his wife Aurora, their driver and one of their security personnel when they were ambushed by four gunmen along the Sta. Mesa Bridge.[7] Aurora and the two other companions died from their gunshot wounds while Mayor Lorenzo survived the attempted assassination with only his left shoulder wounded.[7]
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 P129,676,820.86; assets of P494,469,351.35; liabilities of P229,800,110.14 and allotments of P135,154,456.00.[21]
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.
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.
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.
^ ab"San Isidro History". Official Website of Municipal Government of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. San Isidro, Nueva Ecija Municipal Government. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
Province of Nueva Ecija
