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San Fernando, La Union

South-eastern Asia

San Fernando is a component city and the capital of La Union province, in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines. Founded on May 6, 1786 as a renaming of the earlier settlement Pindangan and chartered as a city in 1998, it had a 2024 census population of 124,809 across roughly 103 square kilometers. The city serves as the regional and administrative center of the Ilocos Region and a trade hub for northern Luzon, and is one of two Philippine provincial capitals named San Fernando, the other in Pampanga.

Facts
Population
124,809 1
Area (sq km)
102.72 1
Founding Year
1786 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
101 1
Latitude
16.616667 degrees north 1
Longitude
120.316667 degrees east 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 2
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 3
Sources
1. San Fernando, La Union - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The city also functions as a hub for trade and commerce in northern Luzon and as a center for the culture and heritage of Ilocandia. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 124,809 people with 77,490 registered voters as of 2025.
  • Infobox, Area
    102.72 km2 (39.66 sq mi)
  • Article text
    On May 6, 1786, Pindangan was officially renamed and established as the Ministerio de San Fernando by Father Fernando Rey, in honor of King Ferdinand of Spain.
  • Infobox, Elevation
    Mean elevation: 101 meters (331 feet)
  • Infobox, Coordinates
    16 deg 37 min N
  • Infobox, Coordinates [longitude]
    120 deg 19 min E
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.75, 120.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.75, 120.25
16.75 120.25 Am
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3. GeoNames: San Fernando - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1690033, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.08 km)
Quote, cities500 record 1690033, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.08 km)
16.61591 120.31663 P PPLA2 PH 01 36 013314000 83003 9 Asia/Manila
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Wikidata: San Fernando, La Union
Wikidata Q40584, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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