Back سان خوان دي لا ماغوانا Arabic San Juan de la Maguana Catalan San Juan de la Maguana (munisipyo) CEB San Juan de la Maguana German San Juan (República Dominicana) Spanish سن خوان ده لا ماگوانا Persian San Juan de la Maguana French San Juan de la Maguana Italian 산후안데라마과나 Korean San Chuan de la Magvana Lithuanian
San Juan de la Maguana | |
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 Cathedral of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic | |
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  San Juan de la Maguana San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 18°48′36″N 71°13′48″W / 18.81000°N 71.23000°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | San Juan |
| Founded | 1503; 1733 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,876.21 km2 (724.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2012)[3] | |
| • Total | 169,032 |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Sanjuanero(a) |
| Distance to – Santo Domingo | 200 km |
| Municipal Districts | 9 |
San Juan de la Maguana is a city and municipality in the western region of the Dominican Republic and capital of the San Juan province. It was one of the first cities established on the island; founded in 1503, and was given the name of San Juan de la Maguana by San Juan Bautista and the Taino name of the valley: Maguana. The term Maguana means "the first stone, the unique stone".[4]
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ "ayuntamientosanjuan.gob.do/historia". ayuntamientosanjuan.gob.do.
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