Laur, officially the Municipality of Laur ( tl, Bayan ng Laur), is a 3rd class

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in the

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Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province i ...

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region of

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,263 people.. Laur is located at the foothills of the

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Mountains.

Etymology

The town got its name after the name of the wife of Gen. Manuel Tino, Laureana.

History

Originally, the town was a barrio of the municipality of

Bongabon Bongabon, officially the Municipality of Bongabon ( ilo, Ili ti Bongabon; tl, Bayan ng Bongabon), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 66,839 people. It ha ...

, named San Esteban, after its patron saint,

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. On January 13, 1917, via Executive Order No. 98 by then Governor-General

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, Laur was separated as its own town from Bongabon, and named from the wife of Gen. Manuel Tinio, Laureana. Gen. Tinio himself will have the town of Papaya named after him, as "

General Tinio General Tinio, officially the Municipality of General Tinio ( tl, Bayan ng Heneral Tinio, Ilocano: ''Ili ti Heneral Tinio''), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popul ...

" in 1957. Laur borders General Tinio to the south.

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and Jose W. Diokno were kept in

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for exactly thirty days in 1973 within

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in Laur. It is now a museum and houses the AFP Center for Human Rights.

Geography

Barangays

Laur is politically subdivided into 17

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Climate

Demographics

Economy

Government

Past Mayors of Laur are as follows: *1. Pedro Panginen (1917-1919) *2. Nemesio Peralta (1919-1922) *3. Teodoro Manglicmot (1922-1925 *4. Timoteo De Guzman (1925-1928) *5. Pedro Aquino (1928-1931) *6. Florentino Pascua (1931-1934) *7. Timoteo De Guzman (1934-1937) *8. Tomas Arenas (1938-1940) *9. Ladisslao Aquino (Nov. 20-Dec. 21, 1940) *10. Felix Petines (1940-1941) *11. Jose Villavisa (1946-1951) *12. Jorge Padilla (1952-1955) *13. Manuel Mesina (1956-1963) *14. Gabriel Daus (1964-1971) *15. Nicolas Abad (1972-1979) *16. Gabriel Daus (1979-1986) *17. Antonio Tolentino (1986-1998) *18. Blas Canlas (1998-2007) *19. Alvaro Daus (2007-2016) *20. Alexander Daus (2016-Incumbent)

References

External links

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