San Fernando Province

San Fernando Provinsi San Fernando Shèng fèi'ěrnánduō
Province
View of San Fernando City
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Nickname(s):  The Great Valley
Country	Slokais Islands
Establishment	01 January 1893
Capital and largest city	San Fernando
Ethnic groups	37% Mezito 24% Rén 18% Costeno 9% Indigenous 4% Salvadoristas 2% Ambonar 5% Blancos 3% Afro-Slokasian 2% Kaijanese 2% Other 1% Daryan 0.5% Haemi
Religion	54% Christian 22% Minjian 11% Folk religion 8% Islam 2% Arikata 1% Celestialism 3% Other 1% Zindism
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
• Slokaisian Legislature	105/643
Population
• 2020 census	10,554,286 (1st)
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, which splits the current-day province was soon settled by farmers and planters who utilized 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.