LOCATION
The municipality of Pura is located at the Northeastern part of the Province of Tarlac of Region 3 (Central Luzon) island of Luzon. A Landlocked as its mother province and its geographic location relative to its surrounding municipalities are from the north, the Municipality of Ramos, Tarlac is about five point two (5.2) kilometers; six point six (6.6) kilometers to the south of the Municipality of Victoria, Tarlac; fourteen point one (14.1) kilometers to the east of the Municipality of Guimba, Nueva Ecija and five point nine (5.9) kilometers from the west by the Municipality of Gerona, Tarlac.Around 78.5 kms. From the Regional Center (San Fernando City, Pampanga), 55 kms. from Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) (Angeles City, Pampanga) and 144.9 kms. North of Manila.With an absolute location between latitudes 15 34’00”-15 40’00” and longitudes 120 37’00”-120 41’00”.
DISTANCES FROM SURROUNDING BRGYS.
Pura, Tarlac has a total land area 3,142.00 hectares or equivalent of 31.42 square kilometers which represents 1.02 % of the entire provincial area. It comprises of sixteen (16) barangays of which barangays; Poblacion 1,2, & 3 are considered as urban area and the rest of the barangays are considered rural areas. The land area per barangay is shown in the table below.
