Bongabon
| Municipality of Bongabon | |||
| Location of Bongabon in the Nueva Ecija province | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Central Luzon | ||
| Province : | Nueva Ecija | ||
| Barangays : | 28 | ||
| District: | 3. District of Nueva Ecija | ||
| PSGC : | 034902000 | ||
| Income class : | 3rd income bracket | ||
| Households : | 10.184 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 64.173 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 226.3 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 283.5290 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 15 ° 38 ′ N , 121 ° 9 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 3128 | ||
| Mayor : | Amalia A. Gamilla | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Bongabon is a municipality in the Province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines .
Bongabon is the leading onion producer in the Philippines and Southeast Asia .
Every baranggay in Bongabon has its own fiesta . The Sibuyasan Onion Festival , celebrated all over Bongabon, takes place annually in the first and second week of April.
Barangays
Bongabon is politically divided into 28 barangays .
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Rural area
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history
Missionaries of the Augustinian Order in Pampanga to Catholicism preached their outpost widened in the area of the present province of Nueva Ecija by the river Pampanga followed. In 1659 Santol (today's Baranggay Santor) was founded. In 1760 Bongabon became an independent town and church community and Francis of Assisi was declared a local saint.
Bongabon was the first capital of the Nueva Ecija province.