San Fernando, Pampanga

San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando (Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Sampernandu; Tagalog: Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 306,659 people.[3]

San Fernando
Component city
City of San Fernando
(From top, left to right): Giant Lantern Festival, San Fernando City Hall, SM City Pampanga, Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando, 250th Anniversary Clock Tower, Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Olongapo-San Fernando-Gapan Road), Pampanga Provincial Capitol and San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites, SM City San Fernando
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Christmas Capital of the Philippines Heart of Pampanga
Motto(s):  Fernandino First: Fernandino Ing Mumuna, Fernandino Ing Manimuna
Anthem: Himno Fernandino (Fernandino Hymn)
Map of Pampanga with San Fernando highlighted
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San Fernando Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°02′N 120°41′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Province	Pampanga
District	3rd district
Founded	August 16, 1754
Cityhood	February 4, 2001
Barangays	35 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Edwin D. Santiago
• Vice Mayor	Jaime "Jimmy" T. Lazatin
• Congressman	Aurelio D. Gonzales Jr.
• Electorate	164,532 voters (2019)
Area  [2]
• Total	67.74 km^2 (26.15 sq mi)
Population  (2015 census)[3]
• Total	306,659
• Density	4,500/km^2 (12,000/sq mi)
• Households	66,370
Economy
• Income class	1st city income class
• Poverty incidence	6.45% (2015)[4]
• Revenue (₱)	1,257,212,186.61 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2000
PSGC	035416000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)45
Climate type	tropical monsoon climate
Native languages	Kapampangan Tagalog
Website	www.cityofsanfernando.gov.ph

It is the regional center of Central Luzon and located 66 kilometres (41 mi) north of Manila, 73 kilometres (45 mi) east of Subic in Zambales, 58 kilometres (36 mi) south of Tarlac City in Tarlac, and 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Clark Air Base in Angeles.

The city is named after King Ferdinand VI of Spain and placed under the patronage of Saint Ferdinand III of Castile and León, whose feast is celebrated every 30 May. Popularly known as the "Christmas Capital of the Philippines", the city holds the annual Giant Lantern Festival every December where large parol are displayed in competition. CNN has hailed the city as 'Asia's Christmas capital.'[5]

History

The town of San Fernando was founded in 1754 from the towns of baliti Bacolor and Mexico. The first church was built in 1755 with wooden walls and nipa roofing. The municipal tribunal was erected later in the year in front of the town plaza using durable materials and thatched nipa roofing. Don Vidal de Arrozal served as its first gobernadorcillo that year.

In 1796, after serving as gobernadorcillo the previous year, Don Ángel Pantaleon de Miranda retired to Barrio Saguin, from where he started setting up his hacienda in Barrio Culiat. The barrio was separated from San Fernando on the December 8, 1829 as the new town of Angeles, with the Los Santos Ángeles Custodios as titular patrons.

An expediente requesting the transfer of the provincial capital of Pampanga to San Fernando was signed on the August 6, 1852. Real Cedula 745, approving the transfer of the provincial capital of Pampanga from Bacolor to San Fernando, was signed on September 11, 1881. This transfer did not, in the event, materialize.

In 1878, actions were made to create the town of Calulut. This new town would be composed of Calulut and the neighboring barrios of Bulaun, Malpitic, Sindalan, La Paz, Lara, Saguin, Telabastagan, Balete, Malinao, Pulung Bulu, Panipuan, Macabacle and the caserio of Pau in San Fernando, and Panipuan, Acle, Suclaban and the sitio of Gandus in Mexico. This plan did not materialize, owing to strong opposition from the parish priest of San Fernando.

Governor-General Eulogio Despujol and Manila Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda inaugurated the San Fernando railroad station, together with the Bagbag-Mabalacat stretch of the Manila-Dagupan Railroad, on February 2, 1892. The station was second only to Manila in revenues that year, and was thus the most important provincial station of the Manila-Dagupan Railroad. On June 27 of the same year, José P. Rizal made a stopover in the town as part of his mission to recruit members to the La Liga Filipina.

On September 1, 1896 the town was declared to be in a state of war despite its peaceful situation. Brigadier General Diego de los Rios arrived on December 2 to calm the revolution that started in Manila on August 30. General Ruiz Serralde took over Rios's post on June 26, 1897 to maintain the peace in San Fernando. The revolution was not yet at its height with occasional exchanges of fire in some places in Pampanga.

On June 26, 1898, representatives from all Pampanga towns, except Macabebe, gathered in San Fernando to swear allegiance to Gen. Maximino Hizon, who was the provincial military governor and representative of the revolutionary president, Emilio Aguinaldo. On October 9, Aguinaldo and his cabinet visited the town, and were welcomed with so much applause and enthusiastic cheering from the public. He proceeded to the convento which was served as the military headquarters at that time.

On May 4, 1899, Philippine revolutionary troops led by General Antonio Luna burned the casa municipal, the town church and several houses to render them useless to the approaching American forces. On June 16, due to the strategic location of the town, Aguinaldo himself led Filipino forces in the Battle for San Fernando. The plan to retake the town proved unsuccessful. Calulut fell to the Americans on August 9.

On August 15, 1904, the Pampanga provincial government was finally transferred to San Fernando from Bacolor, by virtue of Act No. 1204 signed on July 22, 1904. This was during the term of Governor Macario Arnedo and Municipal President Juan Sengson. The town of Minalin became part of San Fernando that same year. It would regain its political independence in 1909.

On January 2, 1905, the town of Santo Tomas was consolidated with San Fernando by virtue of Act 1208.

On August 12, 1904, U.S. Secretary of War William H. Taft visited the town to get first-hand information and gather ideas for the governance of Pampanga. Owing to the short notice, a bamboo pavilion was hastily constructed for his visit, where he was welcomed with a banquet for 200 people. Taft would later be elected President of the United States.

In 1921, the Pampanga Sugar Development Company (PASUDECO) sugar central began its operations. The company was formed in 1918 by large-scale planters such as José de León, Augusto Gonzales, Francisco Tongio Liongson, Tomás Lazatin, Tomás Consunji, Francisco Hizon, José Henson, and Manuel Urquico in the San Fernando residence of Governor Honorio Ventura as part of a plan to construct a locally financed central.

In 1932, the Socialist Party of the Philippines was founded by Pedro Abad Santos. Two years later, he created and headed the Aguman Ding Madlang Talapagobra (AMT). The Abad Santos compound in Barangay San Jose became the focal point of the peasant movement.

On February 14, 1939, Philippine president Manuel L. Quezon proclaimed his social justice program before a gathering of farmers in front of the Municipal Government building.

In 1941, forces of the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the town and placed the municipal government under its supervision. The following year, thousands of Filipino and American prisoners of war walked from Bataan to the San Fernando Train Station in what will be known as the Bataan Death March.

In 1952, the town of Santo Tomas was separated from San Fernando.

In 1986, Paterno Guevarra was sworn in as officer-in-charge of the town after the successful People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship that same year. He was later elected municipal mayor.

In 1990, Philippine president Corazon C. Aquino inaugurated the Paskuhan Village, the first Christmas village in Asia and the third of its kind in the world. The following year, Mount Pinatubo erupted after over 600 years of dormancy hurling a layer of ash and volcanic debris on the town.

On October 1, 1995, Typhoon Sibyl (Mameng) struck the town. It unleashed floodwaters and mudflows from Mount Pinatubo into the town. The Barangays of Santo Nino, San Juan, San Pedro Cutud and Magliman were severely damaged by lahar. The citizens of San Fernando rallied to save the town by raising funds to build the St. Ferdinand People's Dike. The Pampanga Megadike was constructed the following year, thus preventing further damage to the town.[6]

Cityhood

Jose Abad Santos Avenue

On January 6, 1997, Mayor Rey B. Aquino and Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched the campaign for cityhood. On April 27 of that same year, Rep. Oscar Rodriguez filed House Bill No. 9267 creating the City of San Fernando.

In 2000, House Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. signed the approved city charter of San Fernando on December 4 and 13 respectively.

The town officially became a component city on February 4, 2001 following the ratification of Republic Act 8990 in a plebiscite from the previous day, making it the 99th city in the Philippines. Rey Aquino was the city's first mayor.

Barangays

The City of San Fernando is politically subdivided into 35 barangays.

• Alasas
• Baliti
• Bulaon
• Calulut
• Dela Paz Norte
• Dela Paz Sur
• Del Carmen
• Del Pilar
• Del Rosario
• Dolores
• Juliana
• Lara
• Lourdes
• Maimpis
• Magliman
• Malino
• Malpitic
• Pandaras
• Panipuan
• Pulung Bulo
• Santo Rosario (Poblacion)
• Quebiawan
• Saguin
• San Agustin
• San Felipe
• San Isidro
• San Jose
• San Juan
• San Nicolas
• San Pedro Cutud
• Santa Lucia
• Santa Teresita
• Santo Niño
• Sindalan
• Telabastagan

Climate

Climate data for City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	30 (86)	31 (88)	33 (91)	34 (93)	33 (91)	31 (88)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	31 (88)	30 (86)	31 (87)
Average low °C (°F)	19 (66)	20 (68)	21 (70)	23 (73)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	20 (68)	23 (73)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	8 (0.3)	9 (0.4)	15 (0.6)	34 (1.3)	138 (5.4)	203 (8.0)	242 (9.5)	233 (9.2)	201 (7.9)	126 (5.0)	50 (2.0)	21 (0.8)	1,280 (50.4)
Average rainy days	3.7	4.1	6.5	11.2	21.2	24.9	27.7	26.5	25.5	21.8	12.6	5.6	191.3
Source: Meteoblue[7]

Demographics

Population census of San Fernando

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 13,556 —     1918 20,622 +2.84% 1939 35,662 +2.64% 1948 39,549 +1.16% 1960 56,861 +3.07% 1970 84,362 +4.02% 1975 98,382 +3.13%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1980 110,891 +2.42% 1990 157,851 +3.59% 1995 193,025 +3.84% 2000 221,857 +3.03% 2007 269,365 +2.71% 2010 285,912 +2.19% 2015 306,659 +1.34%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][8][9][10]

Religions

Nuestro Señor de la Pacencia Chapel, part of the local barangay hall

The Roman Catholicism is the majority religion in the city; 80% of the population profess it. The city is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando headed by Florentino Lavarias. Other religion includes Protestantism and Independent Christianity. Islam is also evident in the city. The seat of the Archdiocese of San Fernando is located in the city, the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando.

Economy

SM City Pampanga's new facade

Robinsons Starmills Pampanga in San Fernando City

Being at the heart of the province, the city of San Fernando is home to 2 public markets, 39 banks, 48 lending institutions (investors), 38 pawnshops, 17 gasoline stations, 3cinemas, 39 public and private schools, 7 hospitals, 13 dental offices, 9 hotels, 28 drug stores, 7 discos, 6 foreign exchange firms, 15 garment factories, 24 groceries, 7 supermarkets, 42 insurance companies, 16 security agencies and 70 restaurants. As the provincial capital of Pampanga, San Fernando also hosts regional offices of major Philippine government offices.[11] SM City Pampanga, the first SM mall in Central Luzon, is a large shopping mall owned by SM Supermalls. SM also has two other malls: SM City San Fernando Downtown, along Consunji Street in the downtown; and SM City Telabastagan, along MacArthur Highway in barangay Telabastagan.[12] Robinsons Starmills Pampanga or Robinsons Starmills, is a shopping mall owned and operated by Robinsons Malls, the second-largest mall operator in the Philippines. This is the first Robinsons mall in Central Luzon and in Pampanga, and it rivals SM City Pampanga. The mall is along Jose Abad Santos Avenue, at the boundary of San Fernando with the municipality of Mexico, and has a total floor area of 62,000 square meters (670,000 sq ft).

Industries

San Fernando serves as one of the agricultural processing centers of Central Luzon. It is a major rice-producing region and an important sugar-producing area. The Pampanga Sugar Development Company (PASUDECO) was once the largest private employer in Pampanga. It is a major sugar-processing plant in the region. Other manufacturing companies with offices in the city include Universal Robina, Zuellig Pharma, Nestlé Philippines, Petrophil, Mondragon Industries, Asia Brewery, and Del Monte Corporation. Major food and beverage companies such as San Miguel Corporation, Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, and Pampanga's Best, have factories in the city.

Every year during Christmas season, the city becomes the center of production of hand-made parols, which is different from the usual ones for its intricate designs and the illusion of dancing lights, emphasizing the lanterns' vibrant colors. Also, every year around Christmas time is the Giant Parol Festival, where barangays of San Fernando come together for a friendly competition to see which lanterns are the best. The festival itself is held in the middle of December, and is originally held in the town of Bacolor until it was transferred to the city in August 1904, in an event called the Ligligan Parol in the Kapampangan language, which many believe to have never happened in that year. Following the formal transfer of the festival to the city in 1908, the Giant Parol Festival went on to be a tradition that has evolved with lanterns becoming larger and larger and the designs more intricate. Since then, it became a symbol of the city's unity and the resident's labor.[13]

Tourism

Festivals and local events

Date	Name
January 31	Pedro Abad Santos Day
February 4	Cityhood Anniversary
Good Friday	San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites
May 7	José Abad Santos Day
First Saturday of May	El Circulo Fernandino
May 30	San Fernando City Fiesta
September 10	San Fernando Women's Day
Around October to November	San Fernando Frog Festival (Kapampangan: Piestang Tugac)
Around November to December	Sinukwan Festival
December 11	Pampanga Day (Kapampangan: Aldo ning Kapampangan)
December to First Week of January	Giant Lantern Festival (Kapampangan: Liligan Parul)

Places of interest

Monumento Fernandino

The monument tells the fourfold aspect of the Fernandino story: a) the penitent girl with lantern, b) the lady with torch, c) the lady making the offering and d) the boatman. The February 4, 2004 (dedicated by Mayor Rey B. Aquino) Monumento Fernandino is a sculptural masterpiece that pays tribute to the city's colorful history and cultural heritage. Its artistic composition when seen from a distance would seem like a sprouting plant amidst a barren landscape.[14]

WOW Philippines Hilaga

Formerly known as Paskuhan Village, located near the San Fernando exit of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), WOW Philippines Hilaga was transformed into a cultural, historical, tourism, trade, and entertainment village by former Secretary Richard J. Gordon in 2003. Its design and concept make it a virtual window to the cultural and historical heritage of the four regions of the North Philippines as well as a showcase for their indigenous products, and arts and crafts. The star-shaped pavilions at the center pays tribute to the skilled lantern makers of San Fernando, Pampanga which produces the biggest lanterns in the world. The complex features a 1,000-seat capacity air-conditioned pavilion for conventions and special events, an open-air amphitheater for outdoor activities, air-conditioned exhibit halls, trade booths, garden restos and a 60-seat capacity conference hall.

Pampanga Eye

Located in Sky Ranch Pampanga beside SM City Pampanga, this Ferris wheel is the tallest in the country with a height of 65 meters (213 ft) height and a diameter of 50 meters (160 ft).

Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex and Convention Center

Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex and Convention Center

It is a multi-purpose complex with imposing venues for concerts, convention, basketball games, beauty pageants and other sport activities. The 3,000-seat, air-conditioned convention center inside the complex is one of Pampanga's pride.

Archdiocesan Museum and Archives

It is housed at the University of the Assumption, and includes antiques and exquisite works of art depicting Pampanga's rich cultural heritage. It contains numerous ecclesiastical artifacts ranging from a huge churchbell to paintings; ivory and wooden statues of all shapes and sizes, vestments worn by priests during Mass and chalices, monstrances, reliquaries and ciboriums made of gold, silver and precious gems, some dating back to the 17th century.

Everybody's Cafe

As the province of Pampanga is regarded as the "Culinary Capital of the Philippines", the capital city of San Fernando is home to one of the oldest restaurants in the province - Everybody's Cafe. Located along McArthur Highway in Barangay Del Pilar, this iconic restaurant was built in 1946 by the Jorolan Family and is famous for exotic Kapampangan dishes such as betute (stuffed frogs), kamaru (crickets) and Pindang Damulag (carabao meat). Everybody's Cafe has been featured in international TV shows such as Discovery Travel and Living's Bizarre Foods by Andrew Zimmern and Bobby Chin's World Cafe Asia.[15]

San Fernando Heritage District

The San Fernando Heritage District covers the historic core of San Fernando, including barangay Santo Rosario and parts of barangays San Jose (Panlumacan), Santa Teresita (Baritan), Lourdes (Teopaco), Del Pilar, Santa Lucia and Santo Niño. These important sites are broken down under Heritage Houses, Historic Government Buildings, Schools, and Hospitals, and Historic Industrial Structures and Sites[16]

Churches and other religious structures:

• Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando (in barangay Santo Rosario)
• Church of San Vicente Ferrer (in barangay Calulut) – heavily damaged by renovations
• Virgen de los Remedios Church (Barangay Baliti) – damaged by recent renovations
• Jeosay Shinhongkong Temple (Barangay San Jose)

Heritage houses:

Hizon-Singian House

Lazatin House

• Hizon-Singian House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Henson-Hizon House (V. Tiomico Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Lazatin House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Dayrit-Cuyugan House (MacArthur Highway, Barangay Dolores)
• Consunji House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Tabacalera House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Hizon-Ocampo House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Santos-Hizon House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Pampanga Hotel (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Archdiocesan Chancery (A. Consunji Street, Barangay San Jose)

Historic government buildings, schools, and hospitals:

• City Hall of San Fernando (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Pampanga Provincial Capitol (Capitol Boulevard, Barangay Santo Niño)
• Presidio (Artemio Macalino Street, Barangay Santo Niño)
• Provincial High School Building (Capitol Boulevard, Barangay Santo Niño)
• Pampanga High School Building (High School Boulevard, Barangay Lourdes)
• San Fernando Elementary School (B. Mendoza Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Old St. Scholastica's Academy (Pedro Abad Santos Road, Barangay Santa Teresita)
• Pampanga Provincial Hospital (Barangay Dolores)
• Virgen de los Remedios Hospital (A. Consunji Street, Barangay San Jose)

Industrial heritage:

PASUDECO Sugar Central

• San Fernando Train Station (Barangay Santo Niño)
• PASUDECO Sugar Central (Capitol Boulevard, Barangay Santo Niño)
• PASUDECO Staff Houses and Commissary (Capitol Boulevard, Barangay Santo Niño)
• San Fernando Water Reservoir (Barangay Lourdes)
• The Sugar Pugons (Greenville Subdivision and Barangay Quebiawan)
• Calulut Train Station (Barangay Calulut) – heavily damaged by informal settlers
• Baluyut Bridge (Gen. Hizon Avenue, Barangay Santo Rosario)
• The Arcaded Shop Buildings of Consunji Street - 1950s (Barangay Santo Rosario)
• Lantern Factories - Several lantern factories can be visited in Unisite Subdivision, Barangay Del Pilar, as well as in Barangays Santa Lucia, San Jose and Dolores.

Mayors

This is the list of the mayors of City of San Fernando.[6]

Capitanes Municipales	Term
Vidal de Arrozal	1755
Tiburcio Cunanan	1756
Vidal de Arrozal	1757
Luis Catacutan	1758
Juan David	1759
Juan Yutuc	1760
Domingo de Vera	1761
Nicolas Capati	1762
Tomas Aquino	1763
Miguel de los Angeles	1764
Agustin Dizon	1765
Manuel Manaloto	1766
Francisco Bautista	1767
Miguel David	1768
Nicolas Dizon	1769
Mariano Singian de Miranda	1770
Mateo David	1771
Bernardo de Anunciacion	1772
Francisco David	1773
Agapito Singian	1774
Vicente Concepcion	1775
Eugenio Yutuc	1776
Juan Lingat	1777
Juan Lacson	1778
Vicente Concepcion	1779
Jose de Arrozal	1780
Nicolas Tuason	1781
Carlos Catacutan	1782
Vicente David	1783
Lucas David	1784
Antonio Alonso del Rosario	1785
Regino de Castro	1786
Sebastian Manarang	1787
Bernabe Pamintuan	1788
Juan Dizon	1789
Manuel Miranda	1790
Vicente Dayrit	1791
Nicolas Tuason	1792
Jose de los Angeles	1793
Vicente Quizon	1794
Angel Pantaleon de Miranda	1795
Vicente Dayrit	1796
Jose Cunanan	1797
Juan Lacson	1798
Carlos Catacutan	1799
Vicente Dizon	1800
Jose Ocson	1801
Agustin David Lising	1802
Jose Concepcion	1803
Raymundo David	1804
Ignacio David de Miranda	1805
Severino Henson	1806
Juan Crisostomo Paras	1807
Domingo Henson	1808
Leon de Vera	1809
Vicente de Castro	1810
Gregorio Singian	1811
Ignacio de Miranda	1812
Miguel Catacutan	1813
Francisco Pamintuan	1814
Severino Henson	1815
Agustin David Lising	1816
Bernardo David	1817
Bernardo Tinio	1818
Eriberto Yutuc	1819
Vicente de Castro	1820

Alcaldes Municipales	Term
Vicente Dizon	1821
Pablo de Ocampo	1822
Maximo Dizon	1823
Ciriaco Dizon	1824

Gobernadorcillos	Term
Vicente Dizon	1825
Manuel Pasion Henson	1826
Anacleto del Rosario	1827
Vicente David Lising	1828
Vicente Dizon	1829
Pablo Ocampo	1830
Doroteo Dizon	1831
Mariano Yutuc	1832
Manuel Pasion Henson	1833
Gregorio Tuason	1834
Blas Borja	1835
Doroteo Dizon	1836
Agustin Pamintuan	1837
Agustin Cuyugan	1838
Juan Dayrit	1839
Raymundo David	1840
Macario Yutuc	1841
Matias Quiason	1842
Pedro Lacsamana	1843
Bernardino Singian de Miranda	1844
Serapio Singian de Miranda	1845
Mariano Arceo	1846
Agustin Cuyugan	1847
Guillermo Henson	1848
Bernardino Singian de Miranda	1849
Agustin Pamintuan	1850
Gregorio David	1851
Maximo Feliciano	1852
Paulino Paras	1853–1854
Agustin Lacson	1854–1855
Simon Henson	1855–1856
Cosme Lacson	1856–1857
Candido Froilan Dizon	1857–1858
Florentino Dayrit	1858–1859
Manuel Pasion Henson	1859
Jose Navarro (accidental)	1859
Victor David	1860
Manuel de Ocampo	1860–1861
Bernardino Singian de Miranda	1861–1862
Guillermo Henson	1862–1863
Aniceto Yusi	1863–1864
Simon Henson	1864–1865
Juan Quiason	1865–1866
Julian Buison	1867–1868
Benigno de Ocampo	1868–1869
Isidro Teopaco	1869–1870
Domiciano Tison	1870–1871
Florentino Dayrit	1871–1872
Eustaquio Ricafort	1872–1873
Pedro Paras y Castro	1873–1874
Bernardino Singian de Miranda	1874–1875
Julian Buison	1875–1876
Anacleto Hizon	1877–1879
Catalino Henson	1879–1880
Mariano Custodio	1880–1881
Saturnino Henson	1881–1882
Florentino Dayrit	1882–1883
Pedro Paras	1883
Domiciano Tison	1884–1885
Francisco X. Panlilio	1885
Anacleto Hizon	1886–1887
Teodoro Limjuco	1887–1889
Gregorio Tioleco	1889–1890

Presidentes Municipales	Term
Antonio E. Consunji	1891–1892
Juan Sengson	1893–1894
Teodoro Limjuco	1895
Celso Dayrit (accidental)	1897

Republika Filipina

Presidente Municipal	Term
Antonio E. Consunji	1898

Military Government

Alcaldes	Term
Enrique Kerr	1899
Carlos Kerr	1900
Teodoro Limjuco	1900
Francisco S. Hizon	1900–1901

Civil Government

Municipal Presidents	Term
Francisco S. Hizon	1901
Mariano J. Leon Santos	1902–1903
Juan Sengson	1904
Eulalio Castro	1905–1906
Vicente Tiomico	1906–1907
Pedro Teopaco	1908–1909
Clemente Ocampo	1910–1912
Unknown	1913–1915
Antonio B. Abad Santos	1916–1921
Jose M. Valencia	1922–1927
Antonio B. Abad Santos	1928–1931
Jose M. Valencia	1932–1934

Philippine Commonwealth

Municipal Mayors	Term
Urbano D. Dizon	1934–1937
Vivencio B. Cuyugan	1938–1942
Vivencio B. Cuyugan	1945

Japanese Occupation

Municipal Mayor	Term
Rodolfo P. Hizon	1942–1945

Republic of the Philippines

Municipal Mayors	Term
Rodolfo P. Hizon	1946–1955
Mariano P. Castro, Sr.	1955
Miguel G. Baluyut	1956–1959
Jose C. Quiwa	1960–1967
Levi Panlilio	1967–1969
Virgilio L. Sanchez	1969–1971
Luis Gopiao	1971
Armando P. Biliwang	1972–1980
Amante S. Bueno	1980–1982
Vicente A. Macalino	1982–1983
Virgilio L. Sanchez	1983–1986
Paterno S. Guevarra (appointed)	1986–1987
Rodolfo P. Canlas (appointed)	1987–1988
Paterno S. Guevarra	1988–1995
Jesus Reynaldo B. Aquino	1995–2001

City Mayors	Term
Jesus Reynaldo B. Aquino	2001–2004
Oscar Samson Rodriguez	2004–2013
Edwin D. Santiago	2013-

Education

Colleges and universities

• Harvadian Colleges
• New Era University - Pampanga Branch
• University of the Assumption
• St. Scholastica's Academy, San Fernando
• East Central Colleges - Our Lady of Fatima University Educational System, San Fernando
• CELTECH College
• City College of San Fernando, Pampanga
• STI College
• AMA Computer College
• RCC Colegio de San Rafael, San Fernando
• Colegio De Sebastian
• Our Lady of Fatima University, San Fernando (2013)
• St. Nicolas College of Business and Technology

Vocational / Technical Schools

• TESDA PEO Training Center
• La Plata Science and Technology, Inc.
• Lorraine Computer & Technical School
• NorthPoint Academy for Culinary Arts - premiere culinary school in Pampanga
• Emmanual John Institute Of Science and Technology

Secondary Schools

• Information and Communication Technology High School
• San Vicente Pilot School for Philippine Craftsmen
• Panipuan Integrated School
• Baliti Integrated School
• Telabastagan Integrated School
• Del Carmen Integrated School
• Magliman Integrated School
• Malpitic Integrated School
• Maimpis Integrated School
• Calulut Integrated School
• City of San Fernando West Integrated School
• Santa Lucia Integrated School
• St. Scholastica's Academy, San Fernando
• San Lorenzo Ruiz Center of Studies and Schools
• University of the Assumption
• Pampanga High School
• Proverbsville School Inc.
• Sindalan National High School
• Potrero National High School
• Christ in You Faith Christian Academy
• Academy of Our Lady of Fatima
• Santa Barbara College of San Fernando
• Infant Jesus Academy
• Mother of Good Counsel Seminary
• Lyndale Academy
• The Magnificat Academy
• Northville 14 High School
• Nasah Montessori Center for Learning, Inc.
• Bright Ways School Systems Inc.

Media

The City of San Fernando has four TV stations - KTV Channel 12, Infomax Channel 8, Central Luzon Television Channel 36 (CLTV36) and ABS-CBN TV-46 Pampanga. There are also two radio stations, the 5 Kilowatt RW 95.1 FM of the RadioWorld Broadcasting Corporation of the Philippines and the 2.5 kilowatt 92.7 Brigada News FM Central Luzon of the Brigada Mass Media Corporation.

Several local newspapers are published in the city which includes SunStar Pampanga, The Probe, Coffee Punch, Pampanga Times and the Observer.[17]

Notable Fernandinos

• Amando G. Dayrit, a renowned pre-war newspaper columnist
• Brillante Mendoza, award-winning film director
• Conrado Dayrit,[18] a cardiologist, virgin coconut oil proponent and President of the National Academy of Science and Technology (1992–1999)
• Fernando H. Ocampo, a founder of the UST College of Architecture and Fine Arts
• José Abad Santos, a former Chief Justice (featured in PHP1000 bill)
• Nicolasa Dayrit, a revolutionary hero
• Pedro Abad Santos, a former assemblyman and founder of the Socialist Party
• Ruben Enaje, notable Filipino man made famous from crucifying himself in the name of God every year since 1985
• Sotero J. Baluyut,[19] a former senator and cabinet secretary
• Vivencio Cuyugan, first Socialist mayor in the Philippines
• Oscar Albayalde, Police officer who serves as the 22nd chief of the Philippine National Police.
• Honesto Ongtioco, first Bishop of the Diocese of Cubao, Quezon City and formerly the second Bishop of the Diocese of Balanga, Bataan.

Sister Cities

• Angeles, Pampanga
• Mabalacat, Pampanga

References

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2. "Province: Pampanga". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
3. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
4. "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
5. Al Gerard de la Cruz (December 24, 2013). "The giant lanterns of San Fernando, Asia's Christmas capital". CNN Travel.
6. Henares, Ivan Anthony S. "A Brief History of San Fernando, Pampanga 1754–2004"
7. "San Fernando: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
8. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
9. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
10. "Province of Pampanga". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
11. "Camiling, Alejandro S. Fernando, Pampanga The Nerve Center of Central Luzon". Archived from the original on August 23, 2001.
12. https://business.inquirer.net/71829/sm-to-open-new-mall-in-pampanga
13. City Information and Communications Technology Office. "History of The City of San Fernando". City of San Fernando - Christmas Capital of the Philippines.
14. "Department of Tourism - The Philippines Ultimate Travel Guide for Tourist". visitmyphilippines.com.
15. "Department of Tourism - The Philippines Ultimate Travel Guide for Tourist". Visitmyphilippines.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
16. "Indung Kapampangan". cityofsanfernando.blogspot.com.
17. Province of Pampanga, A Profile of Region III Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine September 2001.
19. "Senators Profile - Sotero Baluyot". www.senate.gov.ph.

External links

• San Fernando Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Official website
• City of San Fernando, Pampanga Facebook Community Page
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System