San Fernando (La Union)
| City of San Fernando | |||
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| Location of San Fernando in the province of La Union | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Ilocos region | ||
| Province : | La Union | ||
| Barangays : | 59 | ||
| District: | 1. District of La Union | ||
| PSGC : | 013314000 | ||
| Income class : | 3rd income bracket | ||
| Households : | 20,755 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 121,812 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 1117 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 109.10 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 16 ° 37 ′ N , 120 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 2500 | ||
| Area code : | +63 72 | ||
| Mayor : | Pablo C. Ortega | ||
| Website: | www.sanfernandocity.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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San Fernando is the capital of La Union Province and the administrative seat of District I ( Ilocos Region ) in the Philippines .
It is located about 220 km north of Manila on the west coast of Luzon on the South China Sea .
The vast majority of the population are Christians.
history
The first settlements in this place are said to have existed before the early Ming Dynasty . During archaeological excavations, porcelain, pearls and other objects have been found which indicate that there was a brisk trade with China and the Middle East in earlier times .
In 1850 Pindangan was renamed San Fernando and at the same time became the new capital of the La Union province . As in other parts of the region, there were uprisings against the Spaniards at the end of the 19th century.
From 1898 San Fernando belonged to the United States , as the Spanish had to cede the Philippines after the Spanish-American War . The Japanese bombed the city on December 8, 1941, and they occupied it for three years. On September 22, 1944, US planes flew over the city for the first time, which was then liberated by the Japanese occupiers the following year. San Fernando was named a city in 1998.
San Fernando is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of San Fernando de La Union , which was founded on January 19, 1970 by Pope Paul VI. and includes the province of La Union.
Barangays
San Fernando is divided into the following 59 barangays (districts):
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Born in San Fernando
- Lucrecia Kasilag (1917–2008), composer
- Rafael Buenaventura (1938–2006), banker and from 1999 to 2005 governor of the Philippine Central Bank
