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The sunrise varies from 5:30 a.m. in summer and 7:00 a.m. in winter. Sunset varies between 5:40 p.m. in winter and 7:10 p.m. in summer. Puerto Rico does not use daylight saving time. The ultraviolet index or UV index varies from 10+ in the summer and a maximum of 7 in winter.
Because of the rich cargoes, San Juan became a target of the foreign powers of the time. [20] San Juan and bay, Puerto Rico, 1766. San Juan underwent attacks from the English led by Sir Francis Drake in 1595 (in what is known as the Battle of Puerto Rico) and by George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, in 1598.
Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve consists mainly of a large peninsula located in the north-westernmost corner of Puerto Rico and its surrounding bodies of water. The reserve is connected to the west to Seven Seas State Park (Parque Nacional Seven Seas) and the Northeast Ecological Corridor, and by sea in the east to La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve, a large protected marine area consisting ...
San Juan Bay (Spanish: Bahía de San Juan) is the bay and main inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico.It is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) in length, [2] [3] the largest body of water in an estuary of about 97 square miles (250 km 2) [4] of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons. [5]
Joggers exercise on a dark street in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after a major power outage hit the island on Dec. 31, 2024. RICARDO ARDUENGO via Getty Images
In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico at Caparra (named after the province of Cáceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean territories Nicolás de Ovando), [6] which today is known as Pueblo Viejo barrio.
San Juan Islet (Spanish: Isleta de San Juan) is a 3-square-mile (7.8 km 2) islet or small island on San Juan Bay in the Atlantic coast of northern Puerto Rico.Home to Old San Juan, it is the site of the oldest permanent European settlement in Puerto Rico (1521), and the second-oldest European settlement in the West Indies after Santo Domingo (1496).
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