# Pura, Tarlac

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

## 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 km$^2$; 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 ||||||||||||||
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 830 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,100 inhabitants per square mile.

### Languages

Ilocano is the main dialect of Pura. Kapampangan and Tagalog are also widely spoken and understood in the municipality.

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Pura
* 5
* 10
* 15
* 20
* 2000 19.61
* 2003 12.50
* 2006 13.30
* 2009 14.67
* 2012 10.79
* 2015 15.92
* 2018 5.59
* 2021 12.14
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
* 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