San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan

*Municipio Autónomo de San Juan*
San Juan Municipio Autónomo de San Juan
Municipality
	Autonomous Municipality of San Juan
	Santurce skyline with the Capitol from Castillo San Cristóbal in Old San Juan La Fortaleza, Walls of Old San Juan, and Paseo de la Princesa Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Paseo del Morro Condado Milla de Oro Convention Center Plaza Las Américas Choliseo Puente Teodoro Moscoso
	Flag Coat of arms
	Nicknames: ; La Llave de las Indias (The key to the Indies); La Ciudad Amurallada (The Walled City); Ciudad Capital (Capital City)
	Map of Puerto Rico highlighting San Juan Municipality
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	Coordinates: 18°24′23″N 66°3′50″W / 18.40639°N 66.06389°W
Sovereign state	United States
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Established	1521
Named for	John the Baptist
Barrios	18 barrios Caimito; Cupey; El Cinco; Gobernador Piñero; Hato Rey Central; Hato Rey Norte; Hato Rey Sur; Monacillo; Monacillo Urbano; Oriente; Pueblo; Quebrada Arenas; Sabana Llana Norte; Sabana Llana Sur; San Juan Antiguo; Santurce; Tortugo; Universidad;
Government
• Mayor of San Juan	Miguel Romero Lugo (PNP)
Area
• Municipality	77.0 sq mi (199 km2)
• Land	47.9 sq mi (124 km2)
• Water	29.1 sq mi (75 km2) 37.8%
• Urban	763.60 sq mi (1,977.7 km2)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population (2020)
• Municipality	342,259
• Rank	1st in Puerto Rico; 57th in the United States
• Density	7,147.1/sq mi (2,759.5/km2)
• Urban	1,844,410
• Urban density	2,415.4/sq mi (932.6/km2)
• Metro	2,350,126
Demonym	Sanjuaneros
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Codes	00901, 00907, 00909, 00911-00913, 00915, 00917, 00918, 00920, 00921, 00923-00927
Area codes	787 and 939
Major routes	; ;
Website	sanjuan.pr

San Juan (/ˌsæn ˈhwɑːn/, Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwan]; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for rich port city).

Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496,^[5] and is the oldest European-established city under United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in the historic district of Old San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive walls, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas. These historic sites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.^[6]

Today, San Juan is Puerto Rico's most important seaport^[7] and is the island's financial, cultural, and tourism center. The population of the metropolitan statistical area, including San Juan and the municipalities of Bayamón, Guaynabo, Cataño, Canóvanas, Caguas, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Carolina and Trujillo Alto, is about 2.443 million inhabitants; thus, about 76% of the population of Puerto Rico now lives and works in this area.^[8] San Juan is also a principal city of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area. The city has been the host of events within the sports community, including the 1979 Pan American Games; 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games; events of the 2006, 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics; the Caribbean Series and the Special Olympics and MLB San Juan Series in 2010.

^ ^a ^b "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
^ San Juan, Ciudad Capital Archived October 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. SanJuan.pr. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. July 5, 2015. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
^ Magaly Rivera. "San Juan Capital City". Welcome to Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "the San Juan Port" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Port Authority. 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2007.^{[dead link]}
^ "About Puerto Rico". Puerto Rico Tourism Company. 2007. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2007.

[GR1-1] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2015.

[2] San Juan, Ciudad Capital Archived October 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. SanJuan.pr. Retrieved 2010-12-22.

[GR3-3] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. July 5, 2015. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[4] "PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.

[SJCOPRI-5] Magaly Rivera. "San Juan Capital City". Welcome to Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2007.

[:1-6] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "the San Juan Port" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Port Authority. 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2007.^{[dead link]}

[8] "About Puerto Rico". Puerto Rico Tourism Company. 2007. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2007.

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