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San Fernando, La Union. / 16.62°N 120.32°E / 16.62; 120.32. San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando ( Ilocano: Siudad ti San Fernando; Filipino: Lungsod ng San Fernando ), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 125,642 people.
Watchtowers were built for sentry purposes against Moro and Chinese pirates as well as other European colonial powers. [ 1] The fortifications are mostly built using coral blocks held together by lime and egg whites. In the contemporary period, the fortifications fell into disuse and many are in a neglected and damaged state.
2,600 killed [1] : 550. The Battle of Bessang Pass ( Filipino: Labanan sa Pasong Bessang; Ilocano: Gubat ti Paso Bessang) was a major battle during the Philippines Campaign of World War II. It was fought from 9 January through 15 June 1945, Cervantes, a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, located 382 kilometres (237 mi) north of Manila.
Poro Point, also known historically as San Fernando Point ( Spanish: Punta San Fernando ), is a headland and peninsula located in the city of San Fernando, La Union, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It projects northwesterly about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) into the South China Sea. [1] It was named after its location within barangay ...
La Union was formed on March 2, 1850, and became the 34th province of the Philippines. After Cebu became the first provincia in 1565, new provinces have been created by the Spaniards. Three main functions were considered so: political-civil administration, ecclesiastical governance and geographical considerations.
Poverty incidence of Ilocos Region 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 25.95 2009 21.97 2012 18.46 2015 18.81 2018 9.85 2021 11.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Although the economy in the southern portion of the region, especially Pangasinan, is anchored on aquaculture, agro-industrial and service industry akin to its Central Luzon neighbor, the economy in the northern portion of the region is ...
The Saint William the Hermit Cathedral ( Spanish: Catedral de San Guillermo el Ermitaño ), commonly known as the San Fernando Cathedral, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, in the Philippines. The diocese, which comprises the civil province of La Union, was created on January 19, 1970, and canonically erected ...
Although the line was damaged after the First Philippines campaign during World War II, the Japanese briefly extended it to Sudipen near the La Union–Ilocos Sur border, some 41.6 kilometers (25.8 miles) north of San Fernando. After the Second Philippines campaign, the line has been closed.