Cabiao

Philippines / Central Luzon / Cabiao /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Municipality of Cabiao, Province of Nueva Ecija
Land Area: 111.83 km²
ZIP Code: 3107

Cabiao is a municipality in the landlocked province of Nueva Ecija in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 72,081 people.

The town is situated at the southern tip of the province, between San Isidro, Arayat (Pampanga) and Concepcion (Tarlac).

Brief History of Cabiao

The name "kabyaw" originated from the term "kabyawan", the name of a stone device operated by means of a carabao and which was used to crash sugar cane to get the juice which later was made into molasses or crude sugar. The first kabyawan was supposed to have been introduced here by a woman, named Romana. The kabyawan or batang kabyawan became familiar to the neighboring places and the place where it was located was identified as Kabyawan and later shortened to "Kabyaw". The spelling was altered by the influenced of the foreign alphabet letters.

Cabiao is politically subdivided into 23 barangays:

-Bagong Buhay
-Bagong Sikat
-Bagong Silang
-Concepcion
-Entablado
-Maligaya
-Natividad North (Poblacion)
-Natividad South (Poblacion)
-Palasinan
-Polilio
-San Antonio
-San Carlos
-San Fernando Norte
-San Fernando Sur
-San Gregorio
-San Juan North (Poblacion)
-San Juan South (Poblacion)
-San Roque
-San Vicente
-Santa Ines
-Santa Isabel
-Santa Rita
-Sinipit
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   15°14'2"N   120°50'27"E

Comments

  • d2 ko nakatira sa brgy maligaya cabiao nueva ecija
  • saan na bahay namin sa palmdale cabiao nueva ecija
  • my daddy's house is in sa roque nueva ecija... im sheena adriano.. i studied in cabiao national high sch
  • wahaha...proud ako sa cabiao...asan yun sjnps?!
  • im from brgy. polilio
  • Whoever upload the barangay boundaries of Cabiao, kindly coordinate with Municipal Planning and Development office, cause the boundaries you have uploaded causes confusion among the readers of the wikimapia..it contains too many errors
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