The Barangay Profile contains the existing socio-economic and physical situation of Barangay Sevilla aimed at providing planners, researchers businessmen, private citizens, non-government organizations and government officials concerned in the orderly and speedy socio-economic development of the Barangay, as bird's eye view of the basic data in identifying problems and potentials. This development
al tool also serves as the basis in plan preparation of activities and in assessing future requirements of the different sectors of development.
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Geographic Profile the Fast-growing Barangay is situated about 2.5 kilometers away from the City Proper of the City of San Fernando. It is bounded on the West by Barangay Catbangen, Parian and Madayegdeg, on the East by Barangay Sagayad, Tanqui and Bungro, on the South by Barangay Pagdalagan and on the North by Barangay II and Tanqui. Its northern half starts from the Monument of the Unknown Soldiers, narrowed down by the national road on the west and gentle hills bounding on the east that seems to delay the sunrise until it bursts majestically upon the Capitol Hill, the northern boundary of the Barangay. Like its northern half, the southern half is narrowed down by the national highway at the west and Barangay Pagdalagan at the southwest Boundary.
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Sevilla glides down southward in its domain, the imposing Provincial Capitol, La Union Museum, Central Bank Building, ringed by the different government offices, the new Christ the King College-High School Department building at the seat of the old municipal cemetery. Predominant businesses or products produced in the barangay are Corporations, Hotels, Motor Works, Shops and Retail Centers, Hardware and Construction Shops, Gasoline Stations, Structures of Car Centers, Rows of Multi-storeyed Commercial Buildings, Carinderia's, Bus Terminals and elegant recreations, food establishments, hotels, schools and churches like the Iglesia ni Cristo, Jehova's Witnesses, Church of the Latter Day Saints, and the ๐๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ and members of the Sevilla Pastoral Church Barangay Sevilla got its name from Sevilla, Spain. Its people are mixture of prominent natives of the barangay like the Gurtizas and Quinzons, the Sotos, Villareals, the Pacios, the Sanglays, Nisperos and migrants to the place like the Federicos, the Peraltas, the Balichas, the Milanes and the Fernandezes. The Sevilians are also traders plying between San Fernando to Baguio, San Fernando to Dagupan, San Fernando to Carmen to Urdaneta and vice--versa. some are government and private employees; others are engaged in small sari-sari stores and carinderia. Barangay Sevilla was awarded as the "Most Outstanding Barangay" throughout the Province of La Union and garnered the third place in Region on 1982 by the Ministry of Human Settlement under the leadership of Barangay Captain Baltazar Federico In 2008, the Barangay was awarded as the "๐๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐พ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ" ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. Teniente del Barrio/Barangay Captains who served over the years were Mariano Quinzon, Canuto Sanglay, Marcos Tarape, Fermin Cortez, Gerenio Ochoco, Jaime Ramos, Antonio Nsperos Sr., Felix Carino, Mariano Taluban, Roman Ouinzon, Rogelio Jucutan, Leonardo Nisperos, Rudy B. Pacio. ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ 2005, ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐ช๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. At present, the newly elected Punong Barangay Hon. Rudy B. Milanes whose term of office shall be for three (3) years from 2018-2021. Mercita P. Sulmarin, the 1st Barangay Kagawad is now the Punong Barangay after the death of the late Hon. Milanes on November 6, 2019.