PURO

THE LEGEND OF BARANGAY PURO

Long time ago, there was an island along the China Sea situated at the western part of the municipality.

During that time nobody tried to seek shelter on the place because they were afraid to cross the seawater that they might be capsized due to the strong current that surrounds the place.

There were five groups of families who tried and were able to cross safely. These families were TIQUI, TORRICER, TABUDLO, RITARITA, and UNABIA.

After establishing, nonody knows what to name on their new-found place but later on they all agreed to call it PURO, an Ilokano term “a land surrounded by water”.

The standard of living on this island is average, some of the residents are engaged in business thru buy and sell while others are fishermen.

As per 2007 Barangay profile, the population is composed of 4,153 from 942 households in a 962 families.