Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija Etymology

Pantabangan (Pantabanganan in the early 18th century) may have come from the root Ilongot word "Sabangan or Sabanganan," which means "junction of water streams". It was learned that most of the places in the area were derived from Ilongot words like Caanaoan, Puncan, Cadanglaan (now Carranglan), Kabaritan (Now San Jose City), and others. Bungamong (Bongabon) and Cadanglaan were formerly the sitios of Pantabangan and Kabaritan, also part of Pantabangan.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantabangan

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Church in town: 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 -𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐍𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐄𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐚 (𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞)

- No detailed history of the church

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

The village grew into a settlement and was officially included in the map of the Philippines in 1747. In 1900, Pantabangan formally became a town. In the early 16th and 17th centuries, the “Id-dules” (Aetas or Baluga) and Egongots (Ilongots) tribes inhabited the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧:

- St Andrew Parish -Pilgrim Church of Pantanbangan

- Pantabangan Dam

- Pantabangan Lake

- George Point

Pantabangan Lake in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧:

- None in the list

𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧:

- Elito Circa (Pinoy artist)

- Jason Abalos (Pinoy actor/model)