San Jose (Nueva Ecija)

San Jose, often called San Jose City or SJC in short, is a small city in Nueva Ecija.

Understand

San Jose sits on a plain which blurs into the Caraballo Mountains that forms the boundary with Nueva Vizcaya. It is at the crossroads of three highways, the Maharlika Hwy (Rte 1), San Jose-Lupao Rd (Rte 56), and Rizal-San Jose Rd (Rte 111).

The city used to be the barrio of Cabaritan (Kabaritan) in nearby Lupao until the Spaniards decided to upgrade it to a town in 1894 and renamed it after its patron saint, St. Joseph.

Agriculture is the main source of local revenue, and around the city are sprawling rice paddies which dominate the landscape.

Get in

By bus

• Baliwag Transit (BTI). One bus departs every hour or two from their terminals at Caloocan or Cubao. Bus station at San Jose-Lupao Road (updated Aug 2019)
• Five Star. About 3 ordinary buses run between Dagupan and Santiago City. Bus stop near the public market (updated Aug 2019)
• Genesis Transport. Services connect with Olongapo and San Fernando, Pampanga. (updated Aug 2019)
• Golden Bee. Baliwag Transit's sister bus line, with premium buses departing from Cubao or Pasay. (updated Aug 2019)

See

• Tayabo Nature Park (Diamond Park). Has a flight of hundred steps into a hilltop pagoda, which has views of Nueva Ecija and the Caraballo Mountains (updated Aug 2019)

Do

• Palaspas Falls, Manicla. (updated Aug 2019)

Festivals

• Tanduyong Festival. (updated Aug 2019)

Go next

Routes through San Jose

Santiago City ← Santa Fe ←	N  S	→ Muñoz → Cabanatuan
END ←	E  W	→ Lupao → Rosales
END ←	N  S	→ Rizal → Pantabangan