Pura, Tarlac

Pura
Municipality
Municipality of Pura
Municipal Hall
Flag Seal
Map of Tarlac with Pura highlighted
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Pura Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°37′29″N120°38′53″E / 15.6248°N 120.648°E / 15.6248; 120.648
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Tarlac
District	1st district
Founded	1877
Barangays	16 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Atty. John Paul Balmores
•  Vice Mayor	Bernabe P Idmilao
•  Representative	Jaime D. Cojuangco
•  Electorate	18,041 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	31.01 km2 (11.97 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Highest elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Lowest elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	25,781
• Density	830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
•  Households	6,559
Economy
•  Income class	4th municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	12.14 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 113.3 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 263.5 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 98.34 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 27.52 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2312
PSGC	036911000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)45
Native languages	Pangasinan Ilocano Tagalog Kapampangan
Website	www.puratarlac.gov.ph

Pura, officially the Municipality of Pura (Pangasinan : Baley na Pura; Ilocano : Ili ti Pura; Tagalog : Bayan ng Pura), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,781 people. ^[3]

Geography

Pura is located at the northeastern part of Tarlac, surrounded by the municipalities of Ramos to the north, Victoria to the south, Gerona to the west, and Guimba in Nueva Ecija to the east. It is 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the provincial capital Tarlac City, 63 kilometres (39 mi) from Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Angeles City, and 146 kilometres (91 mi) north of Manila.

Pura has a total land area 3,142 hectares (31.42 km²; 12.13 sq mi) which represents 1.02% of the entire provincial area. It comprises 16 barangays of which barangays Poblacion 1, 2, and 3 are considered urban area and the rest are considered rural. The land area per barangay is shown in the table below.

It is one of the exits of the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEX).

Topography

The Municipality of Pura is plain, slope-less.

The soil series of Pura are light brownish gray to heavy black granular surface soil. When dry, they are hard and compact and break into big clogs. The subsoil is brownish to nearby black columns to coarse granular clay loam. The municipality of Pura has two (2) distinct soil types: Luisita fine sand loam and Pura clay loam.

Climate

Climate data for Pura, Tarlac
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30 (86)	31 (88)	33 (91)	35 (95)	33 (91)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	31 (88)	30 (86)	31 (88)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	19 (66)	19 (66)	20 (68)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	20 (68)	22 (71)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	3 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	5 (0.2)	10 (0.4)	80 (3.1)	107 (4.2)	138 (5.4)	147 (5.8)	119 (4.7)	70 (2.8)	26 (1.0)	8 (0.3)	715 (28.1)
Average rainy days	2.0	1.7	2.7	4.6	16.1	20.8	24.0	23.0	21.4	15.5	8.0	3.2	143
Source: Meteoblue [5]

Pura, just like any other town in the province of the Tarlac has two (2) pronounced seasons. The wet season that starts from May up to lasts up to September and dry from the month of October to April. This type of climate is typically hot, humid, and tropical and is generally affected by the neighboring topography and prevalent wind direction that varies within the year. Tropical monsoon is carried into the area from the southeast in the month of May to September thereby causing heavy rainfall in the area. Most of the rainfalls are associated with typhoons.

Barangays

Pura is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.  ^[6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Balite
• Buenavista
• Cadanglaan
• Estipona
• Linao
• Maasin
• Matindeg
• Maungib
• Naya
• Nilasin 1st
• Nilasin 2nd
• Poblacion 1
• Poblacion 2
• Poblacion 3
• Poroc
• Singat

Demographics

Population census of Pura

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	4,840	—
1918	5,333	+0.65%
1939	7,005	+1.31%
1948	9,508	+3.45%
1960	10,227	+0.61%
1970	12,763	+2.24%
1975	14,409	+2.46%
1980	14,801	+0.54%
1990	18,032	+1.99%
1995	18,902	+0.89%
2000	21,081	+2.37%
2007	22,188	+0.71%
2010	22,949	+1.23%
2015	23,712	+0.62%
2020	25,781	+1.66%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10]

In the 2020 census, the population of Pura, Tarlac, was 25,781 people, ^[3] with a density of 830 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,100 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Pura

5 10 15 20 2006 13.30 2009 14.67 2012 10.79 2015 15.92 2018 5.59 2021 12.14 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

• Income: P 40,212,387.83 (2009)
• GDP: approx. US$20 Million
  • Per capita: P1,800.00
• Major sources of livelihood: Agriculture and Livestock, SME-Retailing

Education

Municipality of Pura consists of 4 public secondary schools, 1 private secondary school, 15 public primary and elementary schools, and 4 private elementary schools namely:

• Public secondary schools:
  • Buenavista High School
  • Estipona National High School
  • Maungib High School
  • Pura Central High School (former Estipona High School Annex)
• Private secondary school:
  • Pura Academy Inc.
• Public primary and elementary schools:
  • Buenavista ES
  • Don Quirino Sulit ES
  • Dona Felisa Y. Sawit ES
  • Don Teodorico Pascual PS
  • Estipona ES
  • Linao ES
  • Maasin ES
  • Matindeg ES
  • Maungib ES
  • Naya PS
  • Nilasin 1st ES
  • Poroc ES
  • Pura Community School
  • Pura Central Elementary School (where the district office is located)
  • Singat ES
• Private elementary schools:
  • Amazing Grace Christian Academy Inc.
  • Progressivist School of Buenavista Inc.
  • Pura United Methodist Church Learning Center Inc.
  • St. Antoninus Catholic School

Sister cities

• Quezon City

References

1.   Municipality of Pura | (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 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. "Pura: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
6. "Province: Tarlac". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
7. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. "Province of Tarlac". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
11. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
12. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
13. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
14. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
15. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
16. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
17. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
18. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Pura Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Official website
• Pura, Tarlac
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information