Barangay San Fernando
BRIEF HISTORY OF BARANGAY SAN FERNANDO
Upon the establishment of the Local Government under the republic of the Philippines in 1898, it was declared as one of the barrios of the Municipality. It was named after Don Fernando Gamalinda, one of the Gobernadorcillios of the town. Now inhabited by 1,902 residents, it is one of the barrios comprising the “Poblacionâ€
Various establishments could be found in this Barangay including 2 public and 2 private cemeteries, the Tarlac Electric Cooperative I (TARELCO I), Macabulos Memorial High School, two of the major gasoline stations (TOTAL and Petron), and other private-owned businesses and domains. With a total land area of 153.40 hectares, Barangay San Fernando marked a total population of 3,120 (or 5694 households) in 2014.
PROMPT FACTS | |
|---|---|
| Barangay Chairman | RICARDO B. SANCHEZ |
| Land Area | 153. 40 Ha. |
| Population as of 2016* *(PSA Projected population as of 2016) | 3,134 |
| # of House-holds (HH) as of 2016* *(Projected # of HH based on 2016 PSA) | |
| General Source of HH Income | 54 HH depend on their contractual wages; 54 HH engaged in farming/ agricultural activities; 135 HH rely on their regular salaries; some 53 households engaged in small-scale up to wholesale family businesses. |
| # of HH Engaged in Farming/ Agricultural Activities | 54 HH |
| # of HH Heads Undergone Livelihood Training | 119 |
General sources of income are coming from household heads’ contractual wages (54 heads), regular salaries (135 heads), farming activities (54 heads) and some fifty-three (53) households engaged in private businesses. With these figures, there are at least sixty (60) regularly-employed household heads, some 299 self-employed family heads and twenty OFWs.
