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The city hall is located in Old San Juan, in front of the Plaza de Armas and next to the Antiguo Palacio de la Real Intendencia (Palace of the Royal Intendancy), which today hosts the Puerto Rico Department of State. The San Juan City Hall was built in stages from 1604 to 1789. It went through numerous additions and expansions throughout its ...
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 ...
Statistically, the municipality with the largest number of inhabitants is San Juan, with 342,259, while Culebra is the smallest, with around 1,792. Arecibo is the largest in terms of geography, with around 125 mi 2 , and Cataño the smallest, with around 4.8 mi 2 .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Capital city and municipality Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San ...
"Breve Historia del Desarrollo Urbano de la Ciudad de San Juan Bautista, Ciudad Capital de Puerto Rico" [Brief History of Urban Development of the City of San Juan Bautista, City Capital of Puerto Rico] (in Spanish). Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
La Fortaleza from the Bay of San Juan as recorded in the 1671 edition of John Ogilby's America, one of the most influential works of the 17th century. La Fortaleza was the first defensive fortification built in the historic city of Old San Juan, originally known as Ciudad de Puerto Rico (rich port city), and the first of a series of military structures built to protect the city, which included ...
Rafael Diez de Andino 1923–1924 Unionist Party: Roberto H. Todd Wells: 1925–1931 Puerto Rican Republican Party: Jesus Benitez Castaño 1931–1936 Liberal Party: Bolívar Pagán: 1936–1937 Puerto Rican Republican Party: Carlos M. de Castro 1937–1939 Puerto Rican Republican Party: Blas C. Herrero 1939 Puerto Rican Republican Party ...
The San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, most commonly known as the San Juan metropolitan area (Spanish: área metropolitana de San Juan), is the largest and most populous metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Puerto Rico, concentrated in the capital municipality of San Juan and surrounding municipalities, including Bayamón, Caguas, and Carolina, on the northeastern coastal plain ...