San Fernando, Bukidnon
| San Fernando | ||
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| Nickname(s): The Gateway to Davao | ||
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| Coordinates: 7°55′N 125°20′E / 7.92°N 125.33°ECoordinates: 7°55′N 125°20′E / 7.92°N 125.33°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Northern Mindanao (Region X) | |
| Province | Bukidnon | |
| District | 2nd district of Bukidnon | |
| Barangays | 24 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Levi C. Edma Sr. | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 705.06 km2 (272.23 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 56,138 | |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 8711 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)88 | |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class | |
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| Electorate | 28,231 voters as of 2016 | |
| Website | www |
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San Fernando is a first class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 56,138 people.
The natives of Bukidnon known as Tigwahanons and Matigsalugs were the original inhabitants of this area. They settled along the fertile river valleys of the Tigwa and Salug rivers. These people were nomadic by nature and subsisted mainly by hunting and eating forest products but they also maintained small plots of corn and root crops in places where they built their temporary shelters. They have a feudal type of government headed by a political chieftain known as “Datu”, who also acted as their religious leader and armed forces chief.
The municipality was formerly a district of the municipalities of Maramag, Dangcagan and Valencia City pursuant to Executive Order No. 347 of President Carlos P. Garcia dated July 29, 1959. During the reign of Gov. Teodoro Oblad and Cong. Cesar Fortich, a proposal was submitted to the defunct Congress for the creation of this district into municipality. On June 18, 1966, San Fernando was created into a municipality under R.A. 4789 and was named in honor of Fernando Damasco, the Father of former Gov. Catalino Damasco. The first set of government was installed at Barangay Namnam, approximately 48 kilometers away from Valencia City.
The government resettlement program for Mindanao during the 1960s and 1970s attracted immigrants from Luzon and the Visayas. The arrival of the migrants, attracted by the town’s rich agricultural potential, created more settlements in the area and contributed much in the development of the area. The original occupants of the town, the Tigwahanon and the Matigsalug, were then replaced by these lowlanders or “dumagats””. Only few natives remained in the lowland and the majority of them settled in the interior and mountainous areas of the municipality.
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