Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija
Peñaranda
Mapisong | |
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| Municipality of Peñaranda | |
Downtown area | |
Map of Nueva Ecija with Peñaranda highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°21′11″N 121°00′06″E / 15.3531°N 121.0017°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Nueva Ecija |
| District | 4th district |
| Named after | José Maria Peñaranda |
| Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Joselito "Joey" A. Ramos |
| • Vice Mayor | Genefer "Efer" Aves |
| • Representative | Emerson D. Pascual |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 23,503 (2019) |
| Area | |
• Total | 95.00 km2 (36.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 32,269 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| • Households | 7,635 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 15.60 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 192.7 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 366 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 166.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 140.5 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Nueva Ecija 2 Area 2 Electric Cooperative (NEECO 2 A2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 3103 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 |
| Native languages | Tagalog Ilocano |
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Peñaranda, officially the Municipality of Peñaranda (Tagalog: Bayan ng Peñaranda, tagalog language: Ili ti Peñaranda), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,269 people.
It is bounded by the municipalities of General Tinio and San Leonardo and the city of Gapan. The area was originally called Mapisong and was a part of the municipality of Gapan. The area was organized into a municipality by José Maria Peñaranda, a Spanish engineer, and subsequently named after him.
Peñaranda was once known for its high-quality crop called ikmo, a plant used by older Filipinos as a chewing substance. Recently however, the crop is on the brink of extinction. Rice remains a flourishing farm produce.
In 2012, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the ICHCAP of UNESCO published Pinagmulan: Enumeration from the Philippine Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The first edition of the UNESCO-backed book included Nueva Ecija's Arakyo, signifying its great importance to Philippine intangible cultural heritage. The local government of Nueva Ecija, in cooperation with the NCCA, is given the right to nominate the Arakyo in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.