San Fernando Province
San Fernando Shèng fèi'ěrnánduō | |
|---|---|
Province | |
 Flag | |
| Nickname(s): The Valley | |
| Country | Slokais Islands |
| Establishment | 01 January 1848 |
| Capital and largest city | San Fernando |
| Demonym(s) | San Fernandens |
| Government | |
• Governor | Brendan Chan Centrist Party |
• Premier of Parliament of San Fernando | Johnray Munoz Centrist Party |
| Legislature | Parliament of San Fernando |
| National representation | |
| 57/643 | |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 81,854,286 (2nd) |
| Postal | SF |
San Fernando Province (Slokasian: Shèng fèi'ěrnánduō), is a province in Slokais Islands. The largest province by population and the province with the largest GDP of any province, San Fernando is one of the most influential provinces in all of Slokais Islands. Named for the San Fernando River the province is centered around. The province's capital San Fernando is also the largest city in the province and the second largest city in Slokais Islands by population. San Fernando is an economically diverse state with traditional sugarcane and rice farms as well as major tech companies.
History
San Fernando was named for San Fernando de Salinas, the financer of the Costenan expedition. At the time, much of what would become Slokais, was declared as the Colony of San Fernando. The namesake river, that split's the current day province was soon settled by farmers and planters who utitalized the flat floodplains for the production of rice, sugarcane and dye production. By 1750, San Fernando Province was home to around 120,000 people, including 70,000 enslaved persons primarily from Kolda. As the population of the province grew, so did conflict with Ren who had lived in settlements along the river since the 1200s.