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Gapan City was founded in 1595 by Spanish missionaries, making it one of the oldest towns in the Philippines. It was originally much larger, encompassing areas that are now separate cities and towns. Gapan became a component city of Nueva Ecija in 2001 when it was converted from a municipality by republic act. The barangay of San Nicolas in Gapan has grown in population from around 8,900 in 1990 to nearly 12,800 in 2015.

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Gapan City was founded in 1595 by Spanish missionaries, making it one of the oldest towns in the Philippines. It was originally much larger, encompassing areas that are now separate cities and towns. Gapan became a component city of Nueva Ecija in 2001 when it was converted from a municipality by republic act. The barangay of San Nicolas in Gapan has grown in population from around 8,900 in 1990 to nearly 12,800 in 2015.

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History of Gapan City Nueva Ecija

Old records called the town Ibon  Gapan was founded by the Spanish curates and
officials who, in their early occupation, exercised great influence over the people and the
things they were doing. History places Gapan as one of the first towns of  Pampanga
Pampanga  founded
sometime in the middle part of the sixteenth century. Records of the first Catholic mission to
the far east indicated that in 1595, Fathers Contres Tendilla, Caballo and Salazar were
responsible for clearing the forest which later became a pueblo. In this pueblo, a church,
presedencia and residential houses made of bricks and lime were constructed, now the age-
old landmarks of the city.
Its foundation in 1595 makes Gapan the oldest town in Nueva Ecija and one of the
oldest in the Philippines. It was likewise a big pueblo embracing an area as far
as  Cabanatuan City 
as City in the north, which was its barrio with the name Cabanatuan before it
separated in 1750: the  the Sierra Madres 
Madres in the East, 
East, San Miguel,
Miguel, Bulacan
Bulacan  in the south
and  Candaba
and Candaba,, Pampanga
Pampanga  in the West. Gradually as the Spanish power waned and economic
progress caught up in the area, the pueblo disintegrated into many pueblos until it remained
to comprise only the towns of  Peñaranda
Peñaranda,, General Tinio 
Tinio and
and  San Leonardo(
Leonardo(formerly called
Manikling) all of Nueva Ecija province. In fact the Patron Saint Divina Pastora had its origin
or residence in Barrio Callos, Peñaranda.
In 1942, the occupation by the Japanese forces in Gapan, Nueva Ecija, In 1945,
entering by the Filipino troops of the 2nd, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th & 26th Infantry Division of
the Philippine Commonwealth Army took Gapan together with the Novo Ecijano guerrilla
resistance, Hukbalahap Communist rebel forces and the American liberation military forces
of the United States Army at the end of World
W orld War II.
By virtue of  Republic Act 
Act No. 9022 and its ratification in a plebiscite subsequently
held on August 25, 2001, Gapan was converted into a  a  component city 
city of  Nueva Ecija.
Ecija. 
Ernesto L. Natividad became the first city mayor of Gapan
 

History of San Nicolas Gapan City Nueva Ecija

San Nicolas is a  barangay


a  barangay  in the city of  Gapan
Gapan,, in the province of  Nueva Ecija.
Ecija. Its population as
determined by the 2015 Census was 12,771. This represented 11.58% of the total population of
Gapan.a

Historical Population

The population of San Nicolas grew from 8,923 in 1990 to 12,771 in 2015, an increase of 3,848
people. The latest census figures in 2015 denote a positive growth rate of 2.29%, or an increase
of 1,431 people, from the previous population of 11,340 in 2010. 

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