San Fernando Postal Code Is 00000

San Fernando is a city and port located in Trinidad and Tobago, in the southeastern West Indies. It is situated at the western end of the Central Range of hills and on the Gulf of Paria, about 35 miles south of Port of Spain. San Fernando was originally a settlement of indigenous Indians and later a Capuchin mission, and was destroyed by fire in 1818. The city was rebuilt and reached its present boundaries by 1846. It became a borough in 1853 and a city in 1988. San Fernando is an administrative and trading center for the southern half of Trinidad, and its economy is based on its central position in the rich oil fields discovered in the early 1900s. The country's largest oil refinery is located in the suburb of Pointe-à-Pierre and there are several large liquefied natural gas plants at sites around the city. The population of San Fernando was 55,419 in 2000 and 48,838 in 2011.