ALASAS

📍 Geographic Profile

Location & Classification:

• One of 35 barangays of San Fernando, Pampanga, in Central Luzon.
  
  

• Population of 7,026 in 2020 (about 1.98% of the city) en.wikipedia.org+15philatlas.com+15sites.google.com+15.
  
  

• Classified as an urban barangay per PSGC .
  
  

Coordinates & Elevation:

• Positioned at approximately 15.0522° N, 120.6510° E, elevation around 28 m (92 ft) above sea level philatlas.com+1sites.google.com+1.
  
  

Adjacent Barangays:
Shares borders with:

• San Isidro (San Fernando)
  
  

• Magliman (San Fernando)
  
  

• San Agustin (San Fernando)
  
  

• San Isidro (Bacolor)
  
  

• Quebiauan (San Fernando) reddit.com+15philatlas.com+15mapcarta.com+15reddit.com+1reddit.com+1en.wikipedia.org+4mapcarta.com+4mapcarta.com+4
  
  

👥 Demographic Profile

Population (2020): 7,026 residents .

Households (2015):

• Total population: 4,089
  
  

• 883 households (avg 4.63 persons/household) citypopulation.de+2philatlas.com+2sites.google.com+2.
  
  

Historical Growth:

• 1990: 966
  
  

• 1995: 1,974
  
  

• 2000: 2,012
  
  

• 2007: 2,612
  
  

• 2010: 3,262
  
  

• 2015: 4,089
  
  

• 2020: 7,026 reddit.com+9philatlas.com+9citypopulation.de+9.
  
  

• Annual growth rate surged to +12.07% between 2015–2020 — an exceptionally strong growth rate.
  
  

Age Distribution (2015):

• Largest cohort: ages 5–9 (448; 10.96%)
  
  

• Smallest: 75–79 (17; 0.42%)
  
  

• Median age: 24.79 years
  
  

• Dependency ratios: youth ~48.0%, elderly ~5.1%, total ~53.1% reddit.com+3reddit.com+3reddit.com+3philatlas.com.
  
  

🌱 Economy & Land Use

PhilAtlas data doesn’t provide detailed economy and land use. However, the urban designation implies mixed residential, commercial, and possibly small-scale agriculture.

🏗 Infrastructure & Community

• Barangay Hall located in Purok 3, San Fernando, accessible and serving local governance philatlas.comzaubee.com.
  
  

• Alasas Elementary School (also known as Alasas Integrated School) provides primary education; K–12 aligned, established around 2000 philatlas.com+2philippinecompanies.com+2businesslist.ph+2.
  
  

• The Barangay Chapel, a local Roman Catholic church, is situated along Barangay Alasas Road mapcarta.com.
  
  

📅 Culture & Other Highlights

• Name origin: derived from the Alásas tree (Ficus ulmifolia), once abundant in a sitio of San Isidro; Alasas was established as an independent barangay in 1959 zonalvaluefinderph.com+15coursehero.com+15mapcarta.com+15.
  
  

• No open data on specific cultural festivals—likely aligned with city-wide events (e.g., Giant Lantern Festival) and Catholic observances.