The New International Encyclopædia/San Fernando (Pampanga)

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2023396The New International Encyclopædia — San Fernando (Pampanga)

SAN FERNANDO. A town of Luzon, Philippine Islands, in the Province of Pampanga (Map: Philippine Islands, E 4). It is situated about four miles northeast of Bacolor, has a telegraph station and is a station on the Manila-Dagupan Railroad. It is an important centre of the sugar industry, and has several sugar mills and large storehouses. Population, estimated, in 1899, 13,266.