San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines

San Fernando City Description

San Fernando City is the capital city of La Union and the regional center of Region I in the Philippines. San Fernando belongs to District I in La Union province and is the main hub of financial, industrial and political events in La Union. The fact that San Fernando is situated on/near a peninsula, it has become a world class competitive port and commercial center alongside the likes of other middle-tier world cities.

San Fernando is an urban land, however 3,251 hectares or 48 percent of its land area is still agricultural. While other declared agricultural areas increased in market value due to closeness to the commercial center, Sugarcane and rice utilizes utilizing 44.17 percent and 25.83 percent of the total farm area. Others crops are cassava and vegetables. Other areas in San Fernando were converted to fishpond producing ‘tilapia’. Other farmland is used for livestock and poultry raising.

San Fernando City Attractions

San Fernando City boasts of beautiful beaches and parks. The famous La Union Botanical Garden is a must to see. The Kasay Marine Sanctuary, Children’s Park, Engineered Sanitary Landfill, and the Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone

San Fernando City Location

San Fernando City is bounded by the North by the Municipality of San Juan, on the South by the Municipality of Bauang; on the East by the municipalities of Bagulin and Naguilian and on the west by the South China Sea.

San Fernando City is only 270 kilometers north of Metro Manila (5 to 6 hours of travel by land).The transit point as well as origin-destination of buses plying the Manila-Laoag City route. San Fernando City is only 60 kilometers, about an hour, away by car from Baguio City, the Summer Capital of the Philippines and transit point to the mountain vistas and rich cultural tourist destinations in the highlands of the Cordilleras.