Pura, Tarlac

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Pura
Municipality of Pura
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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 Freddie D. Domingo
   Vice Mayor John Paul Balmores
   Representative Jaime D. Cojuangco
   Electorate 18,041 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
  Total31.01 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]
  Total25,781
  Density830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
   Households
6,559
Economy
   Income class 4th municipal income class
   Poverty incidence
5.59
% (2018) [4]
   Revenue 113.3 million (2020)
   Assets 263.5 million (2020)
   Expenditure 98.34 million (2020)
   Liabilities 27.52 million (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityTarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
2312
PSGC
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]

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Geography

The municipality of Pura is located at the northeastern part of the Province of Tarlac, surrounded by the municipalities of Ramos (about 5 km to the north), Victoria (6.5 km to the south), Gerona (6 km to the west), and Guimba in Nueva Ecija (14 km to the east). It is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the provincial capital Tarlac City, 78 kilometres (48 mi) from the regional center San Fernando, Pampanga, 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Angeles City, and 145 kilometres (90 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
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °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)
Average low °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 days2.01.72.74.616.120.824.023.021.415.58.03.2143
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
YearPop.±% 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

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:

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