# San Fernando, Masbate

San Fernando, officially the Municipality of San Fernando, is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,600 people.
It is located on Ticao Island. The economy of the town is based on fishing, farming, and other trades.

## History

In 1951, the barrios of Batuan, Burgos, Gibraltar, Costa Rica, Panisihan, and Matabao were separated from San Fernando to form the town of Batuan.

## Geography
### Barangays

San Fernando is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
* Altavista
* Benitinan
* Buenasuerte
* Buenavista
* Buenos Aires
* Buyo
* Cañelas
* Corbada
* Daplian
* Del Rosario
* Ipil
* Lahong
* Lumbia
* Magkaipit
* Minio
* Pinamoghaan
* Poblacion (District 1) Baybaydagat
* Poblacion (District 2) Silangan
* Poblacion (District 3) Magsasaka
* Poblacion (District 4) Bayanihan
* Progreso
* Resurreccion/Looc
* Salvacion
* Sowa
* Talisay
* Valparaiso

### Climate

Climate data for San Fernando, Masbate :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) | 34 (1.3) | 42 (1.7) | 36 (1.4) | 73 (2.9) | 109 (4.3) | 118 (4.6) | 108 (4.3) | 129 (5.1) | 136 (5.4) | 112 (4.4) | 89 (3.5) | 1,025 (40.4) |
| Average rainy days | 12.6 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 20.5 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 21.9 | 17.9 | 235 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1903 | 5,338 | — |
| 1918 | 7,862 | +2.61% |
| 1939 | 14,663 | +3.01% |
| 1948 | 17,417 | +1.93% |
| 1960 | 13,221 | −2.27% |
| 1970 | 17,494 | +2.84% |
| 1975 | 18,041 | +0.62% |
| 1980 | 18,766 | +0.79% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1990 | 16,904 | −1.04% |
| 1995 | 18,722 | +1.93% |
| 2000 | 19,179 | +0.52% |
| 2007 | 19,565 | +0.28% |
| 2010 | 21,309 | +3.16% |
| 2015 | 23,057 | +1.51% |
| 2020 | 21,600 | −1.28% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority :
In the 2020 census, the population of San Fernando, Masbate, was 21,600 people, with a density of 280 inhabitants per square kilometre or 730 inhabitants per square mile.

## Economy

Poverty incidence of San Fernando
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 2006 34.60
* 2009 38.13
* 2012 40.51
* 2015 35.95
* 2018 27.20
* 2021 23.29
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

## Archaeological and Ecological Landscape and Seascape of Ticao

The municipality is part of Ticao Island, which is known as an archaeological landscape, possessing thousands of pre-colonial artifacts such as the Baybayin-inscribed Rizal Stone, Ticao gold spike teeth, Burial jars of varying designs and sizes, jade beads, human face rock statues, and the Ticao petrographs. Much of the homes in Ticao Island use these archaeological finds to design their interiors. The island is also an ecological frontier for the conservation of manta rays. The island also possesses a 'rare subspecies' of Visayan warty pig, that is almost near extinction.