About the Community of Gapan

 

        History places Gapan as one of the first towns of Pampanga founded sometime in the middle part of the sixteenth century. Records of the first Catholic mission to the Far East indicated that in 1595, Fathers Contres Tendilla, Caballo and Salazar were responsible for clearing the forest which later became a pueblo. In this pueblo, a church, presedencia and residential houses made of bricks and lime were constructed, now the age-old landmarks of the city.  Gapan was converted into a component city of Nueva Ecija. Ernesto L. Natividad became the first city mayor of Gapan.

          Current major source of income include farming, slipper making, fishponds, poultry and piggery, and commercial establishments.  The Gapan City held tremendous promise in natural resources and also in potentials in agriculture base industries and in foot industries.  Commercial and trade activities in the city are further accelerated by the influx of financing lending institution and new businesses.