CABANATUAN, NUEVA ECIJA

is a 1st class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is the largest city in
Nueva Ecija. The city, seated between the provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac and
Aurora, serves as the Gateway to the North. This has made the city one of the
business, transportation, medical and educational centers in Region III.The economy’s
sustained GDP growth in the past 5 years is now spreading to the provinces and like
Cabanatuan City. Expanding in these provinces that are enjoying high growth, will have
a significant development and huge unserved demand for shopping experiences.

302,231 people, making it the most populous city in Nueva Ecija and the 5th populous
in Central Luzon.

Cabanatuan is the economic heart of Nueva Ecija. More than 640,000 people live in its
metropolitan area comprising the city and its adjacent municipalities. As a hub, many
people in Nueva Ecija commute to the city during the day. This causes the city's
daytime population to swell to about a million.[16] Although Cabanatuan does not have
significant manufacturing industries, its dynamic service sector together with the thriving
agriculture drives the economy forward.

Cabanatuan nowadays is gradually becoming a major investment hub and is considered

as one of the most competitive cities for doing business in the country. Investors in
banking, real estate, retail and other business and industrial enterprises are similarly
drawn to the city because of its adequate infrastructure and investor support services.
Its continuing urbanization is also luring investors into its suburban municipalities as
well. To further explore its economic potentials, Cabanatuan is seeking to have a share
of the IT-BPO boom. The first call center in Nueva Ecija was successfully established in
the city in 2008. The city government is providing prospective investors fast business
applications processing, low business taxes, and other incentives to attract big-ticket
projects. In 2015, the city's total assets amounted to PHP 3.719 billion and the total
income reached PHP 1.696 billion,.

PROXIMITY TO COMMUNITY:

Metro Manila: 2h 59 Min (156.Km) Via R-8

Tarlac: 1 h 22 min (47.0 km) via Santa Rosa - Tarlac Rd

Pampanga: 2 h 2 min (103.5 km) via Santa Rosa - Tarlac Rd and N Luzon W
Expy/R-8

Bulacan: 2 h 38 min (131.9 km) via N Luzon W Expy/R-8 and E1/R-8

PROXIMITY TO SUPPORTING SERVICES:

HOSPITALS:

Immaculate Conception Medical Center: 7 min (1.4 km) via Circumferential Road

M. Santos Dental Clinic: 5 min (1.1 km) via Pan-Philippine Hwy/AH26

Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital: 6 min (1.2 km) via Pan-Philippine Hwy/AH26

FIRE STATION:

Cabanatuan City Fire Station Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija: 13 min (3.0 km) via
Pan-Philippine Hwy/AH26

POLICE STATION:

Cabanatuan City Police - Highway Patrol Group Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija: 6
min (850.0 m) via Pan-Philippine Hwy/AH26 and M. De Leon Avenue
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES:

The city is a major hub of transportation services in Central Luzon. Cabanatuan City has
a large number of bus companies operating provincial and regional routes, with the
Cabanatuan Central Transport Terminal serving as the terminus. Jeepney operators
serve routes within the province with some reaching as far to Dingalan, Baler and
Dilasag in Aurora, Olongapo City, San Fernando and Dau in Pampanga, Mariveles and
Balanga in Bataan, Baguio City in Benguet, Dagupan City and Tarlac City. Much of the
city's population rely on public transportation such as tricycles and jeeps to get around
the city.

The city is popular for being home to more than 30,000 tricycles, thus priding itself as
the "Tricycle Capital of the Philippines"[4] and its strategic location along the Cagayan
Valley Road has made the city a major economic, educational, medical, entertainment
shopping and transportation center in Nueva Ecija and nearby provinces in the region
such as Aurora and Bulacan. It has also earned the moniker "Gateway to the North".

Cabanatuan remained as Nueva Ecija's capital until 1965 when the government created
nearby Palayan City as the new provincial capital. Nueva Ecija's old capitol and other
government offices are still used and maintained by the provincial administration.

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DISAVANTAGES OF THE SITE:

FLOODING