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| name = San Fernando

| official_name = City of San Fernando

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| nicknames = ''Sando''

| named_for = [[Ferdinand III of Castile|Saint Ferdinand III of Castile]]

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| motto = ''Sanitas Fortis'' <br /> In a Healthy Environment We Will Find Strength.

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| image_caption = Independence Avenue in Downtown San= Fernando

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| subdivision_name1 = City of San Fernando

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| governing_body = San Fernando City Corporation

| leader_title1 = Mayor

| leader_name1 = Councillor Robert Parris, [[People's National Movement|PNM]]

| leader_title2 = Deputy Mayor

| leader_name2 = Alderman Patricia Alexis, [[People's National Movement|PNM]]

| government_blank1_title = City Corporation seats

| government_blank1 = 9 electoral districts

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| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1595

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| established_date2 = 19 August 1853

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| established_date3 = 18 November 1988

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| population_rank = [[List of cities and towns in Trinidad and Tobago|2nd]]

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| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Elevation of San Fernando,Trinidad and Tobago Elevation Map, Topo, Contour |url=http://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=3573738 |publisher=floodmap.net |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

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| postal_code = 60xxxx, 61xxxx, 65xxxx<ref name="List of Postal Districts San Fernando, La Romain & Marabella ">{{cite web |url=https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ah9R_euidiIG4hXQNGbbrWQMtpIC |title=List of Postal Districts |date=29 July 2018 |publisher=TTPOST |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref>

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| area_code = [[Area code 868|(868)]]

|postal_code = 60xxxx, 61xxxx, 65xxxx<ref name="List of Postal Districts San Fernando, La Romain & Marabella ">{{cite web |url=https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ah9R_euidiIG4hXQNGbbrWQMtpIC |title=List of Postal Districts |date=29 July 2018 |publisher=TTPOST |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref>

|area_code iso_code = [[Area code 868{{mono|(868)]]TT-SFO}}

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'''San Fernando''', officially the '''City of San Fernando''', is the most populous city and second most populous municipality in [[Trinidad and Tobago]], after [[Chaguanas]]. '''Sando''', as it is known to many local Trinidadians, occupies 19&nbsp;km² and is located in the southwestern part of the island of [[Trinidad]]. It is bounded to the north by the [[Guaracara River]], the south by the [[Oropouche River]], the east by the [[Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway]], and the west by the [[Gulf of Paria]]. The former [[borough]] was elevated to the status of a city corporation on 18 November 1988. The motto of San Fernando is: ''"Sanitas Fortis"'' - ''In a Healthy Environment We Will Find Strength''. San Fernando is called Trinidad and Tobago's "industrial capital" because of its proximity to the [[Pointe-à-Pierre]] oil refinery and many other petrochemical, [[LNG]], iron and steel and aluminium smelters in places such as [[Point Lisas]] in [[Couva]], [[Point Fortin]], and [[La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago|La Brea]].

==Geography Of Trinidad and Tobago==

[[File:STAPP 022 San Fernando San Fernando Hill.jpg|thumb|right|San Fernando Hill]]

San Fernando is a coastal city. It is bounded by the [[Guaracara River]] to the north, the [[Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway]] to the east, the [[Southern Main Road]] to the southeast, and the Oropouche River to the south. The city proper is located on the flanks of two hills – San Fernando Hill (formerly known as Naparima Hill) and Alexander Hill. Several mansions on the pinnacle of Alexander Hill house belong to some of the more prominent San Fernandian families. The Cipero, Vistabella, Marabella and Godineau Rivers all enter the sea within the city limits.

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* [[Che Lovelace]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Che Lovelace & Marsha Pearce in Conversation at Various Small Fires |url=https://curate.la/event.php?id=21068 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=curate.la}}</ref> Artist

* [[Clement Ligoure]], Doctor

* [[Patrick Manning]] (1946–2016), [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (1991–1995, 2002–20102001–2010)

* Sir [[Trevor McDonald]] (born 1939), news reporter

* [[Lord Melody]], Calypsonian