San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando (; ), is a
component city and capital of 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
Pampanga
Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...
, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 354,666 people.
The city is named after
King Ferdinand VI of Spain and placed under the
patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, art patronage refers to the support that princes, popes, and other wealthy and influential people ...
of Saint
Ferdinand III of
Castile and León
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, whose feast is celebrated every May 30. Popularly known as the "
Christmas
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Capital of the Philippines", the city holds the annual
Giant Lantern Festival every December where large ''
parol'' are displayed in competition.
CNN
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has hailed the city as 'Asia's Christmas capital'.
It is one of the two provincial capital cities named San Fernando, the other being
San Fernando, La Union
San Fernando, officially the City of 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 ...
in
Ilocos Region
The Ilocos Region (; ; ), designated as Region I, is an Region of the Philippines, administrative region of the Philippines. Located in the northwestern section of Luzon, it is bordered by the Cordillera Administrative Region to the east, the Ca ...
.
History
The town of San Fernando was founded in 1754 from the towns of
Bacolor and
Mexico
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. 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
Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...
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
Macabebe, officially the Municipality of Macabebe (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 78,151 people.
Etymology
The town was named Macabebe because it is locat ...
, 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
Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (; October 29, 1866 – June 5, 1899) was a Filipinos, Filipino army general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899, at the age ...
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 Maldang 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
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (, , , ; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1 ...
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
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occupied the town and placed the municipal government under its supervision. The following year, thousands of Filipino and American
prisoners of war
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Belligerents hold prisoners of war for a ...
walked from Bataan to the San Fernando Train Station in what will be known as the
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the Death march, forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war (POWs) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp ...
.
In 1952, the town of
Santo Tomas was separated from San Fernando.
On December 16, 1980,
Jose B. Lingad, a lawyer and politician, was shot dead at the gasoline station while sitting alone in the driver's seat of his car in the morning by a lone gunman during the
Martial law
Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties ...
under the President and dictator
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...
.
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. On December 31, 1987, former mayor Armando Biliwang was campaigning in Barangay San Jose to be elected mayor again when communist insurgents from the
New People's Army
The New People's Army (; abbreviated NPA or BHB) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aiming to consolidate political power from what it sees as the present "bourgeo ...
fired gunshots in his direction, narrowly avoiding getting killed while his nephew was fatally wounded.
In 1990, Philippine president
Corazon Aquino
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from Presidency of Corazon ...
inaugurated the Paskuhan Village, the first Christmas village in Asia and the third of its kind in the world. The following year,
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon in the Philippines. Located on the tripoint of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces, most people were unaware of its eruptive history before the pre-eruption volc ...
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.
[Henares, Ivan Anthony S. "A Brief History of San Fernando, Pampanga 1754–2004"]
Cityhood
On January 6, 1997, Mayor
Rey Aquino and Senator
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2001 to 2010 ...
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.
On the morning of April 30, 2022, Barangay Alasas chairman and
PDP-Laban
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city council candidate Alvin C. Mendoza was driving through Brgy. Magliman with his family in an SUV heading to his party's headquarters during the
2022 local election when he was shot sixteen times by motorcycle-riding gunmen. After the incident, his wife Rosalie ran in his stead as "Alvin Mendoza" and won the second-highest number of votes among candidates for councilor. In his investigation,
Lubao, Pampanga police executive Ceazar Dalay regarded a gun-for-hire group leader with the alias Jason Alvarez as a suspect in the assassination.
Geography
It is the regional center of
Central Luzon
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and located north of
Manila
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, east of
Subic in Zambales, south of
Tarlac City
Tarlac City, officially the City of Tarlac (; ; ; ), is a component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 385,398 people, making it the most p ...
in Tarlac, and south of
Clark Air Base
Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base in Luzon, located west of Angeles City, and about northwest of Metro Manila. It was previously operated by the U.S. Air Force and, before that, the U.S. Army, from 1903 to 1991. The base cov ...
in
Angeles City
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A ...
.
The city is in the urban core of
Metro Clark,
also known as Metro Angeles, an urban area in Pampanga. This area is considered the industrial and residential heartland of Central Luzon.
Barangays
San Fernando is politically subdivided into 35 barangays, as shown below. Each barangay consists of
purok
A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...
s and some have
sitios
A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.
* Alasas
* Baliti
* Bulaon
* Calulut
* Del Carmen
* Del Pilar
* Del Rosario
* Dela Paz Norte
* Dela Paz Sur
* Dolores
* Juliana
* Lara
* Lourdes
* Magliman
* Maimpis
* Malino
* Malpitic
* Pandaras
* Panipuan
* Pulung Bulo
* Quebiawan
* Saguin
* San Agustin
* San Felipe
* San Isidro
* San Nicolas
* San Pedro
* San Juan
* Santa Lucia
* Santa Teresita
* Santo Niño
* Santo Rosario
* Sindalan
* Telabastagan
Climate
Demographics
Religions

The
Roman Catholicism
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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 Archbishop
Florentino Lavarias since October 27, 2014. Other religion includes Protestantism and Independent Christianity.The Iglesia Ni Cristo is the largest minority with 4-5% adherence.
Islam
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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
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, 3 cinemas, 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.
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.
Robinsons Starmills Pampanga or Robinsons Starmills, is a shopping mall owned and operated by
Robinsons Malls, the second-largest mall operator in the
Philippines
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. This is the first Robinsons mall in Central
Luzon
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and in
Pampanga
Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...
, 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
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, and has a total floor area of . Beside these malls is the
Azure North Residences with majestic Monaco, Bali and Barbados Towers, a gateway of
Century Properties along
Gapan–San Fernando–Olongapo Road (JASA) in Barangay San Jose.
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
Universal Robina Corporation, abbreviated as URC and also known as Universal Robina, is a Philippine company headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the Philippines, along with San Miguel Corporat ...
, Zuellig Pharma,
Nestlé
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Philippines, Petrophil, Mondragon Industries, JBTEC Flavors and Blends Inc.
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 was originally held in the town of Bacolor until it was transferred to the city in August 1904. This took place in an event called the ''Ligligan Parol'' in the
Kapampangan language
Kapampangan, Capampáñgan, or Pampangan, is an Austronesian language, and one of the eight major languages of the Philippines. It is the primary and predominant language of the entire province of Pampanga and southern Tarlac, on the southern p ...
, 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.
Tourism
Festivals and local events
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 sculpture 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.
;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 height and a diameter of .

;
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
The University of the Assumption (U.A.) is a private archdiocesan Catholic university in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. The University of the Assumption is the first Catholic archdiocesan university in the Philippines and in A ...
, 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.
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
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 (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)
* Angel Y. Datu-Jovita Y. Bundalian House (Barangay Lourdes)
*
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)
*
Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital (formerly Pampanga Provincial Hospital) (Barangay Dolores)
*Virgen de los Remedios Hospital (A. Consunji Street, Barangay San Jose)
Industrial heritage:
*
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)
** Capital Town - a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
development in San Fernando, standing in a land formerly owned by the (PASUDECO) featuring the 17-story Saint-Marcel Residences, with 361 "smart home" units - Chelsea Parkplace
condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...
named after
Chelsea, New York
*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.
Government
Elected officials
Education
Colleges and universities
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
*Gateways Institute of Science and Technology
Secondary schools
Media
The City of San Fernando has four TV stations - UBC Channel 12, Infomax Channel 44, Central Luzon Television Channel 36 (
CLTV36 HD), and
ABS-CBN
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's
TV-46 Pampanga (DWIN-TV). There are three radio stations, the 5 Kilowatt
RW 95.1 FM of the
RadioWorld Broadcasting Corporation of the Philippines,
91.9 Bright FM, owned and Operated by
Archdiocese of San Fernando and the 2.5 kilowatt
92.7 Brigada News FM Central Luzon of the
Brigada Mass Media Corporation.
Newspaper
Several local newspapers are published in the city which includes SunStar Pampanga, The Probe, Coffee Punch, Pampanga Times and the Observer.
Notable personalities
*
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos y Basco (, ; February 19, 1886 – May 1, 1942) was the fifth chief justice of the Philippines, chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He briefly served as the acting president of the Philippines, president of ...
, a former Chief Justice (featured in PHP1000 bill)
*
Nicolasa Dayrit, a revolutionary hero
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Pedro Abad Santos, a former assemblyman and founder of the
Aguman ding Talapagobra ning Pilipinas
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Amando G. Dayrit, a renowned pre-war newspaper columnist
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Vivencio Cuyugan, first Socialist mayor in the Philippines
*Conrado Dayrit, a cardiologist, virgin coconut oil proponent and President of the National Academy of Science and Technology (1992–1999)
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Fernando H. Ocampo, a founder of the UST College of Architecture and Fine Arts
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Zoilo Hilario, poet, playwright, lawmaker and linguist.
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Vicente Abad Santos, 39th
Secretary of the Department of Justice, 96th
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
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Sotero Baluyut
Sotero Julao Baluyut (born Sotero Baluyut y Julao; January 3, 1889 – January 6, 1975), also known as Sotero Baluyot, was a Filipino politician and civil engineer. He served as Governor of Pampanga from 1925 to 1931 and 1938 to 1941, Secretary ...
,
a former senator and cabinet secretary
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Honesto Ongtioco, second Bishop of
Balanga in
Bataan
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(June 18, 1998 – August 28, 2003), current Bishop of
Cubao,
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
(August 28, 2003 – present), and
sede vacante
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Apostolic Administrator
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of
Malolos covering the province of
Bulacan
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and city of
Valenzuela in
Metro Manila
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(May 11, 2018 – August 21, 2019).
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Ruben Enaje, notable Filipino man made famous from crucifying himself in the name of God every year since 1985
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Oscar Albayalde, Police officer who serves as the 22nd chief of the
Philippine National Police
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.
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Brillante Mendoza
Brillante Mendoza (; born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.
Career
Mendoza was born and raised in San Fernando, ...
, award-winning film director
Sister cities
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Angeles City
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A ...
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Mabalacat
References
External links
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City of San Fernando, Pampanga Facebook Community Page*
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Cities in Pampanga
Populated places established in 1754
Provincial capitals of the Philippines
Component cities in the Philippines
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