San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija
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Philippines
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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 54,596 people in 10,068 households.
San Leonardo is located between Gapan City
Gapan City
Gapan City is a 4th class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Gapan is nicknamed the "Footwear Capital of the North", and it is an inseparable part of the Rice Granary of the Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 98,795 people in 18,200 households...
and Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija
Santa Rosa is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 58,762 people in 10,281 households....
. It is a two to three hour bus ride from Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
. The area has a farming economy. San Leonardo has vast rice fields and land for growing vegetables and poultry products.
History
During World War II, Japanese Occupation forces entered in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija on 1942 during the Japanese Invasion and Occupation. Novo Ecijano and Hukbalahap Communist guerrilla resistance groups from 1942 to 1944 in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija for the sieges and invasions to attacked of the Japanese Imperial forces was found retreated and before the liberation on 1945 from the Allied troops.On January to April 1945, the joint and combined military force of Filipino soldiers and officers under the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary units and the American soldiers and officers under the United States Army units was recaptured and they liberated the town municipality of San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija and they helping to the Novo Ecijano and Hukbalahap Communist resistance groups and defeats against the Japanese soldiers and officers under the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and the Makapili soldiers and begins the Battle of San Leonardo and the Battle of Gapan between the Japanese and the combined American and Philippine Commonwealth troops on January to April 1945 and ended World War II.
Barangays
San Leonardo is politically subdivided into 15 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s.
- Mallorca
- Bonifacio (Población)
- San Bartolomé (Población)
- Burgos (Población)
- Rizal (Población)
- Mambangnan
- Nieves
- Castellano
- San Roque
- San Anton
- Tambo-Adorable
- Magpapalayok
- Tabuating
- Tagumpay
- Diversion
Schools
- C.I. Villaroman ES (Formerly Magpapalayok ES)
- Castellano ES
- Mallorca ES
- Mambangnan ES
- Nieves ES
- San Anton ES
- San Leonardo CS
- San Roque ES
- Tagumpay ES
- Tambo North ES
- Tambo South ES
- Magpapalayok NHS
- Mallorca NHS
- Mambangnan NHS
- San Anton NHS
- Clever Lane Development SchoolClever Lane Development SchoolClever Lane Development School is a school at Poblacion, San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Clever Lane is one the private schools in San Leonardo.-History:...
- Cuyapo UMC Learning Center
- L.F. Gonzales College of Science & Technology, Inc (LFGCSTI)
- Dr. Gloria D. Lacson College
- San Leonardo Academy
- San Lorenzo Diocesan Academy
- Seraphin Learning Center
- Trinity Christian School(TCS)