San Fernando | |
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City of San Fernando | |
Nickname(s): Prime Capital of Ilocandia Botanical Garden City | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 16°37′N 120°19′E / 16.62°N 120.32°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Ilocos Region |
Province | La Union |
District | 1st district |
Founded | May 6, 1786 |
Cityhood | March 20, 1998 |
Named for | Ferdinand III of Castile |
Barangays | 59 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Hermenegildo A. Gualberto |
• Vice Mayor | Alfredo Pablo R. Ortega |
• Representative | Francisco Paolo P. Ortega V |
• City Council | Members |
• Electorate | 76,555 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 102.72 km2 (39.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,124 m (3,688 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 125,640 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
• Households | 32,184 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd city income class |
• Poverty incidence | 5.09 |
• Revenue | PHP 1,195,136,008.92 billion (22.11%) (2022) |
• Assets | PHP 2,661,462,427.51 billion (20.67%) (2022) |
• Equity | PHP 2,241,183,510.80 billion (15.89%) (2022) |
• Expenditure | PHP 891,095,816.44 million (-7.00%) (2022) |
• Liabilities | PHP 420,278,916.71 million (54.63%) (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | La Union Electric Company (LUECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2500 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)72 |
Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
Website | www |
San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando (Ilocano: Siudad ti San Fernando; Filipino: Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 125,642 people.[3]
San Fernando serves as a gateway to trade, commerce, culture and heritage of Ilocandia. The city is the financial, industrial, and political center of the province and the regional capital of Region 1 (Ilocos Region), hosting regional offices of national government agencies and some of the region's educational and medical institutions. The city is geographically located at the center of La Union and also the most populous in the province.
It is one of the two capital cities named San Fernando, the other being San Fernando, Pampanga in Central Luzon.