Laur, Nueva Ecija

Laur
Municipality
Municipality of Laur
Laur Public Market
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Map of Nueva Ecija with Laur highlighted
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Laur Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°34′47″N121°11′11″E / 15.5797°N 121.1864°E / 15.5797; 121.1864
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Nueva Ecija
District	3rd district
Founded	January 13, 1917
Named for	Laureana Quijano Tinio, wife of General Manuel Tinio
Barangays	17 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Alexander A. Daus
•  Vice Mayor	John Joe V. Samano
•  Representative	Rosanna V. Vergara
•  Municipal Council	Members Benjamin A. Padilla Elmer N. Rivera Jesusa D. Samano Marina M. Padilla Bernardo G. Ordanza Jr. Romeo A. Desamito Raymundo D. Lulunan Divina A. dela Cruz
•  Electorate	25,304 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	295.88 km2 (114.24 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Highest elevation	598 m (1,962 ft)
Lowest elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	38,263
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
•  Households	9,510
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	5.69 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 174.3 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 556.6 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 147.3 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 150.5 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Nueva Ecija 2 Area 2 Electric Cooperative (NEECO 2 A2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3129
PSGC	034913000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Tagalog Ilocano

Laur, officially the Municipality of Laur (Tagalog : Bayan ng Laur, Ilocano: Ili ti Laur), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon region of Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,263 people. ^[3] Laur is located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Laur is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Palayan and 145 kilometres (90 mi) from Manila.

Etymology

The town got its name after the name of the wife of Gen. Manuel Tino, Laureana.

History

Originally, the town was a barrio of the municipality of Bongabon, named San Esteban, after its patron saint, Stephen I of Hungary. Immigrating settlers of the community were mostly Tagalog and Ilocanos from the provinces of Ilocos Region and Pangasinan with some Kapampangans from the provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac. ^[5]

On January 13, 1917, via Executive Order No. 98 by then Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison, Laur was separated as its own town from Bongabon, and named from the wife of Gen. Manuel Tinio, Laureana. Gen. Tinio himself will have the town of Papaya named after him, as "General Tinio" in 1957. Laur borders General Tinio to the south.

Senators Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Jose W. Diokno were kept in solitary confinement for exactly thirty days in 1973 within Fort Magsaysay in Laur. It is now a museum and houses the AFP Center for Human Rights Dialogue. ^[6]

Geography

Barangays

Laur is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consist of puroks and some have sitios.

• Barangay I (Poblacion)
• Barangay II (Poblacion)
• Barangay III (Poblacion)
• Barangay IV (Poblacion)
• Betania
• Canantong
• Nauzon
• Pangarulong
• Pinagbayanan
• Sagana
• San Fernando
• San Isidro
• San Josep
• San Juan
• San Vicente
• Siclong
• San Felipe

Climate

Climate data for Laur, Nueva Ecija
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	27 (81)	29 (85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	25 (1.0)	26 (1.0)	18 (0.7)	24 (0.9)	91 (3.6)	145 (5.7)	149 (5.9)	122 (4.8)	120 (4.7)	128 (5.0)	61 (2.4)	52 (2.0)	961 (37.7)
Average rainy days	7.7	5.7	6.8	8.0	18.2	22.1	24.3	23.4	22.7	17.5	10.0	9.4	175.8
Source: Meteoblue [7]

Demographics

Aerial view of Laur with Dingalan Bay in the distant background

Population census of Laur

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1918 3,207 —     1939 13,634 +7.13% 1948 16,964 +2.46% 1960 11,165 −3.43% 1970 14,085 +2.35% 1975 16,896 +3.72% 1980 17,729 +0.97%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 21,464 +1.93% 1995 25,143 +3.01% 2000 26,902 +1.46% 2007 30,997 +1.97% 2010 32,205 +1.40% 2015 35,656 +1.96% 2020 38,263 +1.40%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11]

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Past Mayors of Laur are as follows:

• 1. Pedro Panginen (1917-1919)
• 2. Nemesio Peralta (1919-1922)
• 3. Teodoro Manglicmot (1922-1925
• 4. Timoteo De Guzman (1925-1928)
• 5. Pedro Aquino (1928-1931)
• 6. Florentino Pascua (1931-1934)
• 7. Timoteo De Guzman (1934-1937)
• 8. Tomas Arenas (1938-1940)
• 9. Ladisslao Aquino (Nov. 20-Dec. 21, 1940)
• 10. Felix Petines (1940-1941)
• 11. Jose Villavisa (1946-1951)
• 12. Jorge Padilla (1952-1955)
• 13. Manuel Mesina (1956-1963)
• 14. Gabriel Daus (1964-1971)
• 15. Nicolas Abad (1972-1979)
• 16. Gabriel Daus (1979-1986)
• 17. Antonio Tolentino (1986-1998)
• 18. Blas Canlas (1998-2007)
• 19. Alvaro Daus (2007-2016)
• 20. Alexander Daus (2016-2022)
• 21. Christopher Daus (2022-Incumbent)

See also

• Philippine Carabao Center

References

1.   Municipality of Laur | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. History of Laur
6. "Inauguration of the Aquino-Diokno Memorial and the AFP Center for Human Rights Dialogue". 2012-09-21.
7. "Laur: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
9. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
10. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
11. "Province of Nueva Ecija". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
12. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
13. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
14. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
15. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
16. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
17. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
18. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System