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    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...
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    San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts) of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Old San Juan is...
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    from Basque Santurtzi) is a barrio of the capital municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and...
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    Castillo San Cristóbal (English: Saint Christopher Castle) is a fortress in the historic district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as the largest fortification...
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    workplace of the governor of Puerto Rico. Located in the historical district of Old San Juan in the capital city of San Juan, it has served as the residence...
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    The San Juan metropolitan area is a United States Census Bureau defined metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in northeastern Puerto Rico centered around...
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    Manso was named the first bishop of Puerto Rico in 1511 was "about 50 residents". Outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Germán was one of the largest settlements...
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    municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and...
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    Catholic cathedral for the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico. It is one of the oldest buildings in Old San Juan, the oldest cathedral in the United States...
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    Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Latin: Archidiœcesis Sancti Joannis Portoricensis Spanish: Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Puerto Rico) is a Latin Church...
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    populous district of San Juan, and former town and municipality of Puerto Rico, which was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. The district...
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    historical shanty town astride the northern historic city wall of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, stretching about 650 yards (600 m) along the rocky Atlantic coast...
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    The Port of San Juan (Spanish: Puerto de San Juan) is a large seaport facility in and around San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico. Primarily located within the...
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    (1898–1956). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Litografía Real Hermanos, Inc. 1959. Tomo I. p. 15. New Progressive Party (PNP) Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico (PRPR) Commonwealth...
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    coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on August 12, 1692 and is named after Juan Ponce de...
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    Hato Rey Norte, Hato Rey Sur, see above) Puerto Rico portal List of communities in Puerto Rico Old San Juan "US Census definition of "subbarrio"". factfinder...
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    San Juan National Historic Site (Spanish: Sitio Histórico Nacional de San Juan) in the Old San Juan section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a National Park...
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    Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramírez (born march 3,1937) is a Puerto Rican politician, attorney and a candidate for Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rican Independence...
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    northeastern coast of Puerto Rico, bordering the San Juan Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and adjacent to the north and east by San Juan; north of Bayamón and...
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    [baʝaˈmon], locally [baʝaˈmoŋ]) is a city, municipality of Puerto Rico and suburb of San Juan located in the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas...
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    [ɡwajˈnaβo], locally [wajˈnaβo]) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island...
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    municipality located on the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. It lies immediately east of the capital San Juan and Trujillo Alto; north of Gurabo and Juncos;...
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    is a large fortress and citadel in the historic district of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. Commissioned by King Charles I of Spain in 1539, it was first...
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  • of Puerto Rico lived in poverty and wanted a chance to serve travelers from the United States. The creation of the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan in...
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    southern Puerto Rico. August 16, 1508 – Hurricane San Roque is considered to be the first recorded hurricane to affect Puerto Rico. Reported by Juan Ponce...
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    mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico. San Juan is the capitol of Puerto Rico.   New Progressive Party (5)   Popular Democratic Party (5) Puerto Rico portal Politics...
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    early July. He was interred in Puerto Rico; his tomb is located inside the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan. Juan Ponce de León was born in the...
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    Humacao (Spanish pronunciation: [umaˈkao]) is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of...
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  • chairperson. The local affiliate is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The origin of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico can be traced to the aftermath of the Spanish–American...
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    located in suburban Carolina, Puerto Rico, three miles (5 km) southeast of San Juan. It is named for Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rico's first democratically elected...
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