

Don Vidal de Arrozal served as its first gobernadorcillo that year.

The municipal tribunal was erected later in the year in front of the town plaza using durable materials and thatched nipa roofing.

The first church was built in 1755 with wooden walls and nipa roofing. The town of San Fernando was founded in 1754 from the towns of Bacolor and Mexico. CNN has hailed the city as 'Asia's Christmas capital.' History Houses along a road in San Fernando, circa pre-1900 Popularly known as the " Christmas Capital of the Philippines", the city holds the annual Giant Lantern Festival every December where large parol are displayed in competition. The city is named after King Ferdinand VI of Spain and placed under the patronage of Saint Ferdinand III of Castile and León, whose feast is celebrated every May 30. It is the regional center of Central Luzon and located 66 kilometres (41 mi) north of Manila, 73 kilometres (45 mi) east of Subic in Zambales, 58 kilometres (36 mi) south of Tarlac City in Tarlac, and 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Clark Air Base in Angeles City. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 354,666 people. San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando ( Kapampangan: Ciudad/Lakanbalen ning San Fernandu Filipino: Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Pampanga, Philippines.
