Pura, officially the Municipality of 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.
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 from the provincial capital Tarlac City, from the regional center San Fernando, Pampanga, from Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Angeles City, and north of Manila.
Pura has a total land area 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
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. 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
In the 2020 census, the population of Pura, Tarlac, was 25,781 people, with a density of .
Economy
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