San Fernando, Camarines Sur

Infobox Philippine municipality
infoboxtitle = Municipality of San Fernando
sealfile =
locatormapfile = Ph_locator_camarines sur_san fernando.png| caption = Map of Camarines Sur showing the location of San Fernando
region = Bicol Region (Region V)
province = Camarines Sur
districts = 1st district
barangays = 22
class = 4th class municipality; partially urban
mayor =
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areakm2 = 156.13
pop2000 = 27,433
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San Fernando is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 27,433 people in 5,046 households.

History

Ambos Camarines, the old Camarines Sur, included among its "visitas" or barrios the town of San Fernando . The town, however, also remained as a "barrio" of Milaor for more than 230 years.

It was just on the first day of January in the year 1813 when Pueblo de San Fernando separated from Milaor and established its own name as a pueblo.

The residents of this old settlement were noted for their religiosity as manifested by their honor and dedication to San Fernando, the town's patron saint. This patron of San Fernando , according to historical records, was however not the original patron saint for whom the first settlers built the chapel. They actually built a chapel in honor of their beloved patron saint San Fernando . However, for some unusual reasons, the image was lost after it had been transferred into the newly-erected chapel. It was said that efforts were wielded to find the missing icon but it all ended into great frustration as the lost image of San Fernando was not found. One resident from the old site where the image was housed later informed the people of San Fernando that the image returned to its original location. With this incident, the Teniente del Barrio then decided to install the image of another saint, Saint John the Baptist. Their celebration of the town's fiesta is every 24th of June.

Barangays

San Fernando is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.

* Alianza * Beberon * Bical * Bocal * Bonifacio (Pob.) * Buenavista (Pob.) * Calascagas * Cotmo * Daculang Tubig * Del Pilar (Pob.) * Gñaran

* Grijalvo * Lupi * Maragñi * Pamukid * Pinamasagan * Pipian * Planza * Rizal (Pob.) * San Joaquin * Santa Cruz * Tagpocol

ocio-Economic Profile

Industry

Industries include the following:

1. Hat Making

2. Bag Making

Agricultural Sector

1) Main Product: Rice

2) Fishery and Aquatic resources include Hito, dalag, martinico, carps, tilapia,eel

3) Fish and mirapina which thrive in fresh water

4) Backyard poultry and piggery are also being practiced

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
* [http://www.camarinessur.gov.ph Official Site of the Province of Camarines Sur]