Laur, Nueva Ecija

Laur, officially the Municipality of Laur (, Ilocano: Ili ti Laur), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon region of Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

Etymology

The town was named after the wife of Revolutionary General Manuel Tinio, Laureana.

History

Originally, the town was a barrio of the municipality of Bongabon named San Esteban, after its patron saint, Stephen I of Hungary. Migrant settlers in the village were mostly Tagalog and Ilocano from the provinces of the Ilocos Region and Pangasinan, while some were Kapampangan from the provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac.

On January 13, 1917, under the American-controlled Insular Government, Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison issued Executive Order No. 98 to separate Laur from Bongabon. It was renamed after Laureana Quijano Tinio, wife of General Manuel Tinio who fought in the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. He would also have a town honoring him when Laur’s southern neighbour Papaya was renamed "General Tinio".

After President Ferdinand Marcos had imposed nationwide Martial Law in 1972, arrested opposition Senators Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Jose W. Diokno were kept in solitary confinement at Fort Magsaysay in Laur for 30 days in 1973. It is now a museum housing the Armed Forces of the Philippines - Center for Human Rights Dialogue.

Geography

Laur is located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains. It is from Palayan, from Manila, and from Baler.

Barangays

Laur is politically subdivided into 17 barangays, as shown below. Each barangay consist of puroks and some have sitios.

Barangay I (Poblacion)
Barangay II (Poblacion)
Barangay III (Poblacion)
Barangay IV (Poblacion)
Betania
Canantong
Nauzon
Pangarulong
Pinagbayanan
Sagana
San Fernando
San Isidro
San Josep
San Juan
San Vicente
Siclong
San Felipe

Climate

Demographics

thumb|right|Aerial view of Laur with [[Dingalan, Aurora|Dingalan Bay in the distant background]]

Economy

Government

Local government

Education

The Laur Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

Primary and elementary schools

Betania Elementary School
Camias Elementary School
Canantong Elementary School
Casa Real Elementary School
Laur Central School
Laur West Elementary School
Mainit Elementary School
Nauzon Elementary School
Pinagbayanan Elementary School
Sagana Elementary School
San Antonio Elementary School
San Felipe Elementary School
San Fernando Elementary School
San Isidro Elementary School
San Josep Elementary School
San Juan Elementary School
San Vicente Elementary School
Siclong Elementary School
St. Stephen's Academy