Licab, Nueva Ecija

Licab is a 5th class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

About one hundred fifty five (155) kilometers from Metro Manila. Licab lies in the lowest portion of the province, experiencing two situations: during rainy seasons, being located at the northern portion of the municipality are flood free barangays while the other five (5) barangays are mostly underwater.

History

Licab was formerly a part another town, Aliaga. In 1835, immigrants Don Dalmacio Esguerra and brother Tomas, toiled to scrape off thick leaves using only hoes and twigs of hard trees. The Esguerra Brothers first called the place “Pulung—Tamat”. Later, after years of successful tilling and with families growing bigger they renamed the place “Licab an Ilocano word meaning to scrape off.

The new settlement attracted more settlers. Don Dalmacio’s commitment to improve Licab inspired him to work for its political identity. He filed a petition to the national government to make Licab a formal town. At first, the friar governor of Aliaga opposed the petition but later relented and Licab was proclaimed an independent municipality.

Among the known prominent immigrants were the families of Manahan, Sawit, Mariano, Javier, Aguilar, Puno, Barangan, Tigulo and Villaroman.

Population

It has a total of 25,266 inhabitants, consisting of 5,160 households working together in constituting the above population (based on the 1995 Municipal Survey of Population with 21,551 inhabitants and projected at 2.8183 Growth Rate).

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,593 people in 4,331 households.

ocio-Economy

AGRICULTURE

Agriculture has remained the prime industry of the municipality. Agricultural lands devoted to various agricultural activities cover about tens of thousands hectares out of the total provincial area of 550,718 hectares.

RICE/PALAY

Rice is still the prime target of agricultural development and programs. Palay production in the province is boosted by a large network of irrigation facilities and other appurtenant structure. Rice production was greatly affected by the series of calamities that hit the province during dry and wet season of 1998.

Barangays

Licab is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.

* Linao
* Poblacion Norte
* Poblacion Sur
* San Casimiro
* San Cristobal
* San Jose
* San Juan
* Santa Maria
* Tabing Ilog
* Villarosa
* Aquino

External links

* [http://www.pasyalan.net/nueva_ecija/ Pasyalan Nueva Ecija]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]