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San Fernando, officially the Municipality of San Fernando (; ), is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of Cebu,
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 72,224 people.


History

The town was established in 1858 following the separation of the barrios of Magsico, Cabatbatan, Balungag, Sangat, Panadtaran, and Pitalo from Naga, with an initial population of nearly 3,000 people. The town was initially named San Isidro Labrador before changing to San Fernando in honor of a well-liked priest, Father Fernando Sanchez and his namesake saint.


Geography

San Fernando is bordered to the north by the City of Naga, to the west is the town of Pinamungajan, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the city of Carcar. It is from
Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu, is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 964,169 people, making ...
. San Fernando lies within
Metro Cebu Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu (; ), is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby island of Mactan. It accounts for 19. ...
.


Barangays

San Fernando is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


Climate


Demographics


Infrastructure

San Fernando is home to the PHIVOLCS
Visayas The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Bisayan languages, Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; Filipino language, Filipino: ''Kabisayaan'' ), are one of the three Island groups of the Philippines, principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, a ...
Cluster Monitoring Center for Earthquake and Tsunami located in Purok 11-Santan, Barangay North Poblacion.


Economy

In July 2024, Secretary Alfredo Pascual and Mayor Mytha Ann B. Canoy graced Taiheiyo Cement Philippines, Inc.'s inauguration of a PHP12.8 billion (US$220) production line in San Fernando. It has a capacity of 3 Mt annually, or 6000 tons per day of cement clinker and features advanced cement kiln renewal technology.


Education

The public schools in the town of San Fernando are administered by one school district under th
Schools Division of Cebu Province
Elementary schools: * Balud Elementary School — Balud * Balungag Elementary School — Balungag * Basak Elementary School — Basak * Bolocboloc Elementary School — Sitio Bolocboloc, Sangat * Greenhills Elementary School — Greenhills * Liburon Elementary School — Liburon * Magsico Elementary School — Magsico * Pitalo Elementary School — Pitalo * San Fernando North Central Elementary School — North Poblacion * South Poblacion Elementary School — South Poblacion * San Isidro Elementary School — San Isidro * Sangat Elementary School — Sangat * Tañañas Elementary School — Tañañas * Tubod Elementary School — Tubod High schools: * Balud National High School — Balud * Balungag National High School — Balungag * Greenhills National High School — Greenhills * Magsico National High School — Magsico * Pitalo National High School — Pitalo * Sangat National High School — Sangat * San Fernando National High School — South Poblacion * San Fernando Open & Night High School — North Poblacion * South Poblacion National High School - Math & Science School — South Poblacion * Tubod National High School — Tubod Integrated schools: * Bugho Integrated School — Bugho * Cabatbatan Integrated School — Cabatbatan * Ciriaco V. Paradela Integrated School — Tinubdan * Ilaya Integrated School — Ilaya * Lantawan Integrated School — Lantawan * Panadtaran Integrated School — Panadtaran * Tabionan Integrated School — Tabionan * Tonggo Integrated School — Tonggo


Notable personalities

* Beatrice Gomez * Jessica Villarubin


References


Sources

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External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code* {{Metro Cebu Municipalities of Cebu Municipalities in Metro Cebu