San Simon, Pampanga


', officially the ', is a 3rd class municipality in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.
San Simon is accessible via the North Luzon Expressway via the San Simon current exit.

Barangays

San Simon is politically subdivided into 14 barangays.

Demographics

In the, the population of San Simon, Pampanga, was people, with a density of.

Religion

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando has jurisdiction over the 1771 Virgen del Pilar Parish Church.
Like most Kapampangan people, residents of San Simon retain their Kapampangan language and traditional culture and arts brought about by their Malay ancestors and enriched by Chinese, Spanish, American, Japanese and other ethnic and foreign cultures. Religious affiliations are:
The principal industries in San Simon are farming, fishing and poultry and swine industries. There are two public markets in San Simon, one in the old poblacion area and another one located in the industrial zone area.

Local government

San Simon is governed by a mayor and vice mayor who are elected to three-year terms. The mayor is the executive head and leads the town's departments in executing the ordinances and improving public services. The vice mayor heads a legislative council consisting of councilors from the barangays of barrios.

List of former town executives

Available records at the Municipal Hall list the following town executives from 1898 until present:
YearNameTitle
1898Juan AguloKapitan del Pueblo
1899Solomon IbanezKapitan del Pueblo
1900Diego de los SantosKapitan del Pueblo
1901Macario SantosKapitan del Pueblo
1902Basilio de los SantosKapitan del Pueblo
1903Manuel IbanezKapitan del Pueblo
1904Mariano PanganKapitan del Pueblo
1905Mariano VergaraKapitan del Pueblo
1906–1908Sisenando PinedaPresidente Municipal
1908–1910Pablo CruzPresidente Municipal
1910–1912Teodoro PunsalanPresidente Municipal
1913–1915Macario PerezPresidente Municipal
1916–1918Urbano GuevaraPresidente Municipal
1919–1924Servillano IbanezPresidente Municipal
1925–1927Ramon TuanoPresidente Municipal
1935–1936Catalino IbanezAppointed Mayor
1937–1938Domingo PinedaAppointed Mayor
1938–1939Patrocinio YabutActing Mayor
1939–1941Patrocinio YabutElected Mayor
1941–1942Agustin SeseActing Mayor
1942–1944Ramon IbanezAppointed Mayor by Japanese
1945–1946Felipe AlmarioAppointed Mayor
1946Eusebio FranciscoAppointed Mayor
1947–1949Fernando GalangAppointed Mayor
1949–1952Jose S. Yabut Sr.Elected Mayor
1953–1956Gregorio M. Santillan Sr.Elected Mayor
1957–1960Jose S. Yabut Sr.Elected Mayor
1960Felicisimo PamandananOfficer-In-Charge
1961–1968Cornelio S. SangaElected Mayor
1969–1975Lamberto PunsalanElected Mayor
1976–1979Ruben DagdagAssumed the post being Vice Mayor at the time.
1980–1986Jose Yabut Jr.Elected Mayor
1986–1988Gaudencio PinedaAppointed Mayor
1988–1998Manuel S.BondocElected Mayor
1998–2001Azor L. SitchonElected Mayor
2001–2010Rodrigo Miranda CanlasElected Mayor
2010–2019Leonora Capule WongElected Mayor
2019–PresentAbundio Punsalan Jr.Elected Mayor

Education

For elementary and high school education, residents of San Simon are served by thirteen elementary schools, two barangay public high schools, and three private schools.
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For telecommunications, the town is served by Digitel, PLDT, PILTEL, DATELCOM, SMART, GLOBE and with new copper line CONVERGE ICT.

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