Nonetheless, earlier accounts about Talavera, when it was still called Catuguian, described it, generally, as [a] flat land near a river, as noted by Spanish scribe Joaquin Rajal.

It lacks a church, parish house, court, and schools, and their spiritual administration is equally shared with Cabanatuan, as it has not been appointed since it was formed, […] The neighborhood, made up of Tagalogs, is composed of 5,567 souls, who are dedicated to agriculture in irrigated and rainfed land.

[6] The history of Talavera, to a greater extent, was closely linked to the early Augustinian missions in lowland Nueva Ecija, particularly in Gapan, beginning in 1595.

Its population began to grow significantly when Nueva Ecija was designated a regular province in 1848, having transitioned from a corregimiento in 1801.

They proposed to consolidate the barrios of La Torre, Concepcion, Pulong Buli (now Santo Domingo), Valle, and Baloc, with Catuguian as the town's capital.

Its land form consists generally of a broad expanse of low-lying level plains, with flattened terrains covered usually with greens or grasslands.

It is bordered by Cabanatuan, Llanera, Muñoz, Aliaga, General Mamerto Natividad, Santo Domingo and San Jose.

[39] The latter further characterized that these barangays were like “uncommon arrows”, being part of the territorial boundary of Talavera, piercing the “belly of development” of the Science City of Muñoz.

In October 1998 for example, the local government of Talavera, through its Sangguniang Bayan, issued a resolution blatantly disapproving the former’s claim over the disputed barangays.

[41] At the same time, Barangay Resolutions from these disputed areas were issued in October 1998 as well, expressing generally, the residents’ disapproval to the annexation claims.

[42][43][44] By February 1999, the LGU of Talavera created the “Task Force Bacal District” to address this highly tenacious concern, elevating it, in fact, to Congress for possible arbitration.

[45] In March 1999, the LGU Talavera submitted to some members of Congress pertinent documents relevant to address, if not totally resolve, the problem.

At the same time, it was a meritorious and legitimate exercise of its sovereign powers to protect its territorial integrity as a local government unit against then rising Science City of Muñoz.

Roman Catholicism remains one of the most dominant religious affiliations in Talavera, embracing an outstanding 85.59% of its total household population.

A significantly huge majority of Talavera’s households identified themselves as belonging to the Tagalog Cultural Community, accounted at 96.29% of its total population.

Similarly, the mobility of its combined labor force constitutes a solid employment structure for Talavera, despite some rare cases of unemployment.

[64] This includes, inter alia, contributions like “release of labor from non-farm employment”, “increased supply of food and fiber”, “production of export surplus” as well as “generation of savings for both rural and urban areas”.

Finally, Talavera’s secondary sector is yet to fully develop a highly competitive product that can be comparatively advantageous.

Unlike other municipalities in the country, Talavera is not generally endowed with naturally picturesque spots to support its local tourism development, except its low-lying and completely levelled agricultural spaces that are essentially covered with greens.

The festival aims to actively encourage, promote and enhance carabao's milk as a nutrition and livelihood industry.

The church even has a community where each member owns a religious image called the Cofradia de la Sagrada Pasion del Nuestro Señor.

Every Holy Wednesdays and Good Fridays, the members of the Cofradia place the images of their saints in carozzas or karo and exhibits it for the townspeople to witness thru a procession.

Several bus companies also use the Talavera route from Cagayan Valley and Aurora to Manila, Cabanatuan, San Jose City, Baguio and other destinations.

The largest secondary educational institution is Talavera National High School, colloquially knows as TNHS.