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San Fernando
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city of the Philippines and capital of the province of La Union
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Ilocos Region
- Province
- La Union
- District
- 1st district
- Founded
- May 6, 1786
- Cityhood
- March 20, 1998
- Named after
- Ferdinand III of Castile
- Barangays
- 59 (see Barangays )
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlungsod
- Mayor
- Hermenegildo A. Gualberto
- Vice mayor
- Alfredo Pablo R. Ortega
- Representative
- Francisco Paolo P. Ortega V
- City council
- Members Kyle Marie Eufrosito Y. Nisce Pablo C. Ortega Lucia Esperanza O. Valero Jonathan Justo A. Orros Edwin H. Yumul Janwell E. Pacio Rodolfo M. Abat Arnel A. Almazan Aldrine R. Jucar John H. Orros Mark Anthony A. Ducusin Quintin L. Balcita Jr.
- Electorate
- 77,490 voters ( 2025 )
- Total
- 102.72 km (39.66 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 101 m (331 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 1,124 m (3,688 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of San Fernando
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- La Union
- Population
- 124809
- Area
- 102.72
- Elevation
- 101
- Capital of
- Ilocos Region
- Shares border with
- Bagulin
- Official website
- www.sanfernandocity.gov.ph
- Image
- SaFernandoCityLa Unionjf462.JPG
- Households
- 32184
- Dialing code
- 72
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- Commons category
- San Fernando, La Union
- postal code
- 2500
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- poverty incidence
- 5.09
- different from
- San Fernando
- electorate
- 77490
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1195136008.92
- total assets
- 2661462427.51
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- total expenditure
- 891015816.44
- total liabilities
- 420278916.71
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Encyclopedic overview
San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando (Ilocano: Siudad ti San Fernando; Filipino: Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a component city and the capital of the province of La Union, Philippines. It serves as the regional and administrative center of the Ilocos Region. The city also functions as a hub for trade and commerce in northern Luzon and as a center for the culture and heritage of Ilocandia. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 124,809 people with 77,490 registered voters as of 2025.
The City of San Fernando is a coastal city facing the South China Sea to the west and bordered by the Cordillera Central mountain range to the east. It consists of 59 barangays and has a total land area of 105.26 square kilometers. The city's majority ethnolinguistic group are the Ilocano people who speak Iloco language, as the city has historically been an Ilocano stronghold. It is one of two capital cities in the Philippines named San Fernando, the other being San Fernando, Pampanga.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “San Fernando” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.