Palayan

Palayan is a fifth class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 37,219 people making it as the most sparsely populated city in the Philippines .

Palayan was created in 1965 by the Congress of the Philippines and one of the 6 cities of the Philippines whose creation was specifically planned (the other five cities are Manila, Baguio, Quezon City, Trece Martires, and the Island Garden City of Samal).