City
San Fernando, Pampanga
South-eastern Asia
San Fernando is a component city and the capital of Pampanga province, in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Founded on August 16, 1754 and chartered as a city on February 4, 2001, it had a 2024 census population of 377,534 across 67.74 square kilometers. Known as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines for its annual Giant Lantern Festival, the city is the birthplace of Jose Abad Santos, the country fifth chief justice, and is one of two Philippine provincial capitals named San Fernando.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude15.033333 degrees north 1 Longitude120.683333 degrees east 1 Sources
1. San Fernando, Pampanga (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1754-08-16T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 377,534 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 15.033333, longitude 120.683333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 33 m
P2046 (area)
area 67.74 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 377534 (2024)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the SourceWikidata: San Fernando, Pampanga
Wikidata Q55740, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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