Laur, Nueva Ecija

Laur
Municipality
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{{#property:P242}} Map of Nueva Ecija showing the location of Laur
Laur Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
Country	[[{{#property:P17}}]]
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	[[{{#property:P131}}]]
District	3rd District
Founded	January 1, 1917
Barangays	17
Government
• Mayor	Alvaro G. Daus
Area
• Total	295.88 km2 (114.24 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	32,205
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	{{#property:P281}}
Dialing code	{{#property:P473}}
Income class	3rd class; rural

Laur is a third class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 32,205 people.

During World War II, the military camp, bases, and general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army were located in Laur and the engagements of the anti-Japanese operations in Central Luzon from 1942 to 1945. Laur was infamous for Fort Magsaysay, where former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Senator José Diokno were kept in solitary confinement for twenty-two days by the government of President Ferdinand Marcos.

The National Penitentiary (New Bilibid Prisons), which is currently housed in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, is scheduled for relocation to Barangay San Isidro.

Barangays

Laur is politically subdivided into 17 barangays.

• Barangay I (Pob.)
• Barangay II (Pob.)
• Barangay III (Pob.)
• Barangay IV (Pob.)
• Betania
• Canantong
• Nauzon
• Pangarulong
• Pinagbayanan
• Sagana
• San Fernando (a.k.a. Sorgue)
• San Isidro
• San Josef (a.k.a. Ariendo)
• San Juan
• San Vicente
• Siclong
• San Felipe (a.k.a. Makalaw)

History

During World War II, the Imperial Japanese military forces did not occupy and entering the municipal town in Laur during the Japanese Invasion through the Allied Liberation on 1941 to 1945.

The establishment and founding of the military camp bases and military general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was active on 1942 to 1946 in Laur, Nueva Ecija and beginning the covers of all stronghold the local Filipino troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army units to the sending local military operations of the engagements of the Anti-Imperial Japanese Military Operations in Central Luzon included three provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija from 1942 to 1945 and aided the helpful to the local guerrilla resistance fighters, Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas and the U.S. liberation military forces against the Imperial Japanese military forces during the Japanese Insurgency (1942-1944) and the Allied Liberation (1944-1945).

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Aerial view of Laur with Dingalan Bay in the distant background

Demographics

Population census of Laur
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	21,464	—
1995	25,143	+3.01%
2000	26,902	+1.46%
2007	30,997	+1.97%
2010	32,205	+1.40%
Source: National Statistics Office

External links

• Pasyalan Nueva Ecija
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System