San Fernando

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. 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. CNN has hailed the city as 'Asia's Christmas capital'.

The city is known as the birthplace of José Abad Santos, the 5th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and briefly served as the acting president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.

It is one of the two provincial capital cities named San Fernando, the other being San Fernando, La Union in Ilocos Region.