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{{Short description|Municipality in Nueva Ecija, Philippines}}
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'''San Isidro''', officially the '''Municipality of San Isidro''' ({{langx|tl|Bayan ni San Isidro}}, [[kapampangan language|Kapampangan]]: ''Balen ning San Isidro''), is a [[municipality of the Philippines|municipality]] in the [[Philippine Province|province]] of [[Nueva Ecija]], [[Philippines]]. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}

It became the [[capital of the Philippines]] during the [[First Philippine Republic]] when President [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] was moving north to avoid being captured by American forces. This municipality also has the first high school in the Philippines outside Manila

==History==
San Isidro, along with its origin [[Gapan]], [[Aliaga, Nueva Ecija|Aliaga]], [[Cabiao]], and [[San Antonio, Nueva Ecija|San Antonio]] were parts of [[Pampanga]] until they were transferred to Nueva Ecija in 1848. It served as the capital of [[Nueva Ecija]] from 1852 to 1912.<ref name=mayorsonia>{{cite news|last1=Navasero|first1=Mandy|title=Mayor Sonia Lorenzo and historic San Isidro|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SKhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3167%2C42117585|access-date=January 20, 2016|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=September 29, 2001}}</ref> After the first cry against the Spanish colonial government was made in 1896, there were 2,000 revolutionary soldiers under General [[Mariano Llanera]] who besieged San Isidro.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=San Isidro History|url=http://lgusanisidro.net.ph/history.shtml|website=Official Website of Municipal Government of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija|publisher=San Isidro, Nueva Ecija Municipal Government|access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref>

On March 29, 1899, General [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] declared San Isidro as the [[capital of the Philippines]]<ref name=mayorsonia/> 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.<ref name=history/>

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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}}

===Contemporary period===
On September 11, 1989, Mayor Enrique Lorenzo was on his way back from Manila with his wife Aurora, their driver, and one of their security personnel when they were ambushed by four gunmen along the [[San Juan River Bridge|Sta. Mesa Bridge]].<ref name="MSIgnacio">{{cite news|last=Ignacio|first=Bert|title=Nueva Ecija mayor ambushed on Manila bridge|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JpwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6352%2C1934975|access-date=December 31, 2022|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kagitingan Publications, Inc.|date=September 12, 1989|page=9}}</ref> Aurora and two other companions died from their gunshot wounds while Mayor Lorenzo survived the attempted assassination with only his left shoulder wounded.<ref name="MSIgnacio"/>

==Geography==
The municipality is bounded by [[Gapan]] to the east, the municipalities of [[San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija|San Leonardo]] and [[Jaen, Nueva Ecija|Jaen]] to the north, [[San Antonio, Nueva Ecija|San Antonio]] to the west, [[Cabiao, Nueva Ecija|Cabiao]] to the south-west, [[San Miguel, Bulacan]], to the southeast and [[Candaba, Pampanga]], to the south. It is {{convert|29|km|sp=us}} from [[Cabanatuan]], {{convert|43|km|sp=us}} from [[Palayan]], and {{convert|99|km|sp=us}} from [[Manila]].

===Barangays===
San Isidro is divided into nine [[barangay]]s, as shown below. Each barangay consists of [[purok]]s and some have [[sitios]].

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*Alua
*Calaba
*Malapit
*Mangga
*Poblacion
*Pulo
*San Roque
*Santo Cristo
*Tabon
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===Climate===
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| location     = San Isidro, Nueva Ecija
| width        = auto
| metric first = Yes
| single line  = Yes
| Jan high C = 29
| Jan low C  = 20
| Feb high C = 30
| Feb low C  = 20
| Mar high C = 31
| Mar low C  = 20
| Apr high C = 34
| Apr low C  = 22
| May high C = 33
| May low C  = 24
| Jun high C = 31
| Jun low C  = 24
| Jul high C = 30
| Jul low C  = 24
| Aug high C = 29
| Aug low C  = 24
| Sep high C = 29
| Sep low C  = 24
| Oct high C = 30
| Oct low C  = 23
| Nov high C = 30
| Nov low C  = 22
| Dec high C = 29
| Dec low C  = 21
| Jan precipitation mm = 4
| Feb precipitation mm = 4
| Mar precipitation mm = 5
| Apr precipitation mm = 11
| May precipitation mm = 66
| Jun precipitation mm = 99
| Jul precipitation mm = 127
| Aug precipitation mm = 113
| Sep precipitation mm = 99
| Oct precipitation mm = 84
| Nov precipitation mm = 35
| Dec precipitation mm = 14
| Jan rain days        = 2.2
| Feb rain days        = 1.9
| Mar rain days        = 3.2
| Apr rain days        = 5.3
| May rain days        = 16.1
| Jun rain days        = 20.8
| Jul rain days        = 23.5
| Aug rain days        = 22.8
| Sep rain days        = 22.2
| Oct rain days        = 16.5
| Nov rain days        = 8.9
| Dec rain days        = 3.5
| source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms">
{{cite web 
| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/san-isidro_philippines_1689622
| title =  San Isidro: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
| publisher = Meteoblue
| access-date = May 4, 2020 }}</ref>
| date = May 4, 2020
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==Demographics==
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| 1903 = {{PH census population|1903}}
| 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}}
| 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}}
| 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}}
| 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}}
| 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}}
| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}
| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}
| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}
| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}
| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}
| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}
| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}
| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}
| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}
| 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}}
| 2030 = 
| footnote= Source: [[Philippine Statistics Authority]]{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} 
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===Religion===
Majority of populace is Roman Catholic. Other religious groups have churches and places of worship.

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==Economy==
{{PH poverty incidence}}
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 {{Philippine peso|129,676,820.86|link=yes}}; assets of {{Philippine peso|494,469,351.35}}; liabilities of {{Philippine peso|229,800,110.14}} and allotments of {{Philippine peso|135,154,456.00}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coa.gov.ph/index.php/local-government-units/2017/category/6830-region-iii?start=20|title=Annual Audit Report|website=Commission on Audit|access-date=October 20, 2018}}</ref>
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==Tourism==
*Carron Dreampark is an amusement and theme park in Barangay Santo Cristo, and was opened on November 17, 2012.
*JF Sports Complex & Resort in Barangay Poblacion.
*YES Cookery in Barangay Poblacion

==Education==
The San Isidro Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=September 3, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref>

===Primary and elementary schools===
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* Alua Elementary School
* Barangka Elementary School
* Calaba Elementary School
* Eng'r. J & F. Vallarta Memorial School
* Good Shepherd Academy
* J. Victoria Montessori School
* Malapit East Elementary School
* Malapit West Elementary School
* Mangga Elementary School
* Nuestra Senora del Carmen Academy (Elementary)
* Pulo Elementary School
* San Isidro Central School
* San Roque Elementary School
* St. Isidore Christian Academy (Elementary)
* Sto. Cristo Elementary School
* Tabon Elementary School
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===Secondary schools===
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* Calaba National High School
* Pulo National High School
* Nuestra Senora del Carmen Academy (High School)
* Nueva Ecija University Science and Technology (High School)
* St. Isidore Christian Academy (High School)
* Teodoro A. Dionisio National High School
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===Higher educational institutions===
* 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.
* [[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.

==Gallery==
{{gallery|width=200 | height=150 |File:Churchsanisidrojf.JPG |alt1= |San Isidro Labrador Church
|File:Bellsjf3e.JPG |alt2= |M.R.P.F. Paulino Escalada 1836 bells
|File:Parknejf.JPG |alt3= |Central Park
|File:Malapitjf.JPG |alt4= |Barangay Malapit Hall
|File:NEUSTjf.JPG |alt5= |Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
|File:Sidecojf.JPG |alt6= |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. 
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{NIE Poster|San Isidro}}
*[http://www.lgusanisidro.net.ph San Isidro Official Website]
*[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
*[http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=5&frmIdProvince=29&frmIdLgu=547 Local Governance Performance Management System]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = San Isidro
|North     = [[Jaen, Nueva Ecija|Jaen]]
|Northeast = [[San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija|San Leonardo]]
|East      = [[Gapan]]
|Southeast = [[San Miguel, Bulacan]]
|South     = [[Candaba, Pampanga]]
|West      = [[Cabiao, Nueva Ecija|Cabiao]]
|Northwest = [[San Antonio, Nueva Ecija|San Antonio]]
}}
{{Nueva Ecija}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Former provincial capitals of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Nueva Ecija]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Pampanga River]]