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Nueva Ecija

Location and boundaries

• Situated in the eastern rim of the Central Luzon Plains, Nueva Ecija is bounded on the north by Pangasinan and Nueva Vizcaya, on the east by Aurora province, on the west by the province of Tarlac, and on the south by the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga.
• The capital city, Palayan, is about 132km northeast of Manila.
• The province, the largest in Central Luzon, has a land area of 550,718 hectares.

Infrastructure facilities

• Telecomm
  • Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), Digitel, Smart Communications provide landlines
  • RCPI, BuTel, PT&T offer public calling stations
  • Globe Telecom, Mobiline and Smart Communications have cell sites
  • 2 internet service providers
  • 33 telegraphic offices
  • 45 postal offices and stations
• Economic zones
  • Palayan City Agri-Industrial Center

Cost of Doing Business

• Minimum Daily Wage

  Industry/Sector	Minimum wage (in US$)
  Agriculture
  Plantation	3.89
  Non-Plantation	3.57
  Non-Agriculture
  Establishment with total assets of $600,000	4.49
  Establishment with total assets of less than $600,000	4.34
  Retail Service
  Establishment with 16 or more employees	4.26
  Establishment with less than 16 employees	3.99
  Cottage/Handicrafts	3.57

• Building rental
  • Office space in Cabanatuan City is $20 to $40/sqm
  • Warehouse in Cabanatuan City is $6 to $20/sqm
• Water
  • The Cabanatuan City Water District charges $3.80 to $6.08 for the first 10 cu.m.
• Power
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Potential investment areas

• Agro-processing
• Animal feeds processing
• Build-operate-transfer projects
• Composite board manufacturing
• Forestry
• High-volume trading ventures
• Industrial estate
• Industrial tree plantations
• Information technology projects (hardware and software)
• Leisure and tourism/eco-tourism projects
• Low-cost housing
• Manufacturing/export oriented enterprises
• Post harvest facilities
• Power generation
• Telecommunications

Incentives

• As provided in the Provincial Incentives Code of Palayan City, San Jose City, Munoz and Guimba

Major tourist attractions

• Minalungao Cave in General Tinio
• Pantabangan Dam and Pantabangan Guest House