Pura, Tarlac

Pura
—  Municipality  —
Map of Tarlac showing the location of Pura.
Pura Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°37′30″N 120°39′0″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Tarlac
District	1st District
Founded
Barangays	16
Government
• Mayor	Wilfredo Y. Sawit
Area
• Total	31.01 km2 (11.97 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	22,188
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2312
Income class	4th class
Website	www.puratarlac.gov.ph

Population Census of Pura
Census	Pop.		Rate
1995	18,902		—
2000	21,081		2.37%
2007	22,188		0.71%

Pura is a fourth class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 22,188 people in 4,600 households.

Barangays

Pura is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.

Balite Buenavista Cadanglaan Estipona Linao Maasin Matindeg Maungib

Naya Nilasin 1st Nilasin 2nd Poblacion 1 Poblacion 2 Poblacion 3 Poroc Singat

Other facts about Pura

• INCOME: P 40,212,387.83 (2009)
• GDP: approx. US$ 20 Million
• PER CAPITA: P1,800.00
• VOTING STRENGTH: 14,929 (as of Jan. 2010)
• MAJOR SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD: Agriculture and Livestock, SME-Retailing
• TOPOGRAPHY: Plain Slope less
• SOIL TYPES: : Luisita fine sand loam and Pura clay loam, (SUBSOIL: brownish to nearby black columns to coarse granular clay loam)
• HYDROLOGY: Susubaen Creek and Baldo Creek
• RELIGION: Predominantly Roman Catholic
• LANGUAGE/DIALECT: Ilocano, Tagalog, English
• TOURIST SPOT: St. Isidore Church @ Brgy. Estipona
• PROXIMITY: Around 78.5 km From the Regional Center (San Fernando City, Pampanga), 55 km from Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) (Angeles City, Pampanga), 19 km from Provincial Capital (Tarlac City), and 144.9 km North of Manila.
• ABSOLUTE LOCATION:between latitudes 15 34’00”-15 40’00” and longitudes 120 37’00”-120 41’00”.
• AVE. MONTHLY RAINFALL: 29.5 centimeters
• AVE. TEMP.: 24.2º C-31.4º C
• WIND KNOTS PER. SEC.: 7.1 Knots (read less)

Education

Municipality of Pura is consist of 3 public secondary schools, 1 private secondary school and 8 public elementary schools namely:

• Public secondary schools:
  • Buenavista High School
  • Estipona High School
  • Maungib High School

• Private secondary school:
  • Pura Academy

• Public elementary schools
  • Buenavista ES
  • Estipona ES
  • Don Quirino Sulit ES
  • Dona Josefa Sawit ES
  • Maungib ES
  • Matindeg ES
  • Pura Community School
  • Pura Central Elementary School (where the district office is located)

External links

• Pasyalan Tarlac
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information