San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan
San Juan Bautista
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Coat of airms o San Juan
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Eik-name(s): 
La Ciudad Amurallada (The Walled City), Ciudad Capital (Capital City)
Location o San Juan in Puerto Rico
Location o San Juan in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′00″N 66°04′00″W / 18.45000°N 66.06667°W / 18.45000; -66.06667Coordinates: 18°27′00″N 66°04′00″W / 18.45000°N 66.06667°W / 18.45000; -66.06667
KintraUnitit States
TerritoryPuerto Rico
Established1509[1]
Named forJohn the Baptist
Govrenment
 • MayorJorge A. Santini Padilla (PNP)
 • Senatorial dist.1 - San Juan/Guaynabo
 • House dist.1,2,3,4,5
Area
 • Municipality199.2 km2 (76.93 sq mi)
 • Laund123.9 km2 (47.82 sq mi)
 • Water75.4 km2 (29.11 sq mi)  37.83%
Population
 (2010)[3]
 • Municipality395,326
 • Density3,192/km2 (8267/sq mi)
 • Urban
381,931
 • Metro
2,478,905
 • Racial groups
(2010 Census)[4]
68.0% White
18.6% Black
0.8% American Indian/AN
0.4% Asie
0.0% Native Hawaiian/PI
8.2% Some ither race
4.0% Two or more races
Demonym(s)Sanjuaneros
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST (nae daylicht savin time))
ZIP codes
00901–02, 00906–17, 00919–21, 00923–31, 00933–34, 00936, 00939–40
Area code787, 939
Websitewww.sanjuan.pr

San Juan (Spaingie pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan], Saunt John; Inglis: /ˌsæn ˈhwɑːn/), offeecially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista (Municipality o the Caipital Ceety, Saunt John the Baptist), is the caipital an maist populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporatit territory o the Unitit States. As o the 2010 census, it haes a population o 395,326 makin it the 42nt-lairgest ceety unner the jurisdiction o the Unitit States. San Juan wis foondit bi Spaingie colonists in 1521, who cried it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port Ceety"). Puerto Rico's caipital is the seicont auldest European-established ceety in the Americas, efter Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.[5] Several historical biggins are locatit in San Juan; amang the maist notable are the ceety's umwhile defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro an Fort San Cristóbal, an La Fortaleza, the auldest executive mansion in conteenous uise in Americae.

  1. San Juan, Ciudad Capital. SanJuan.pr. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  2. "San Juan and its barrios". United States Census Bureau. 2008. Archived frae the original on 12 Februar 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  3. "U.S. Census Bureau Delivers Puerto Rico's 2010 Census Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting - 2010 Census - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau". Census.gov. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  4. American FactFinder
  5. Magaly Rivera. "San Juan Capital City". Welcome to Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2 Mey 2007.

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