Luzon

Palayan City

Provincial capital of Nueva Ecija

Palayan City is a 5th-class component city in the Philippines. It is the provincial capital of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon, located in Luzon.

Palayan City has a population of 45,383 as of the 2020 Census, and a land area of 101.40 square kilometers. It consists of 19 barangays.

In the 2022 elections, the city had 39,439 registered voters.

Population	41,041 (2015) 45,383 (2020)

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