San Juan (Puerto Rico)
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| Nickname : La Ciudad Amurallada, Los Capitalinos, La Losa | |
 Street in Old San Juan |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1521 |
| State : | United States |
| Outside area : | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates : | 18 ° 27 ′ N , 66 ° 4 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
395,326 (as of 2010) 2,509,007 |
| Population density : | 3,190.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 199.2 km 2 (approx. 77 mi 2 ) of which 123.9 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 7 m |
| Postcodes : | 00901-00975 |
| Area code : | +1 787 |
| FIPS : | 72-76770 |
| GNIS ID : | 1612697 |
| Website : | [1] |
| Mayor : | Carmen Yulín Cruz ( PPD ) (since 2013) |
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San Juan is the capital of the US suburb of Puerto Rico . The city in the northeast of the island itself has 395,326 inhabitants, its agglomeration has 2,478,905 people ( 2010 census ). The largest city of the island state is the industrial, economic, cultural and tourist center of the island and is home to its main seaport.
history
In 1508 a first settlement called Caparra was founded in the area of today's San Juan. A year later the settlement was relocated to a location further east called Puerto Rico . The Roman Catholic diocese of Puerto Rico was founded in 1511 and has existed in the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico since 1960 . In 1521 the settlement was officially named Puerto Rico de San Juan Bautista , and the Cathedral of San Juan , completed in 1540, is the second oldest church in the New World.
In 1951, the city of Rio Piedras was incorporated, which significantly increased the size of the city.
View of the fortress and Old San Juan
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Old town
The old town (English: Old San Juan , Spanish: Viejo San Juan ) is located in the north on the coast on the Isleta de San Juan peninsula and belongs to the municipality of San Juan Antiguo . The area is 94.93 hectares. The western part of the old town with buildings that were mostly built in the 16th and 17th centuries has been a National Historic District ( zona histórica de San Juan ) since October 10, 1972 . On the west coast is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico . In the northwest is the fortress of San Felipe del Morro . In the south is the large industrial and cruise port with origins from the 16th century.
City structure
The city is divided into 18 municipal districts ( barrios ), some of which are divided into sub-barrios :
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Until 1951, the city was limited to the Barrios San Juan Antiguo (old town) and Santurce in the north (15th and 16th on the map). This year the city of Rio Piedras was incorporated with 16 more barrios. As a result, the land area of the city grew from 16.27 to 123.93 km².
education
The largest college in the country, the University of Puerto Rico , is based here.
traffic
The San Juan International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín) is located about five kilometers southeast of downtown Carolina .
Since 2005, the place has had the Tren Urbano, a 17.2-kilometer subway line from Bayamón to Sagrado Corazón.
In the bay of Bahía de San Juan at the northern end of the city there is a large passenger and freight port with 16 piers. Furthermore there is a base of the United States Coast Guard , (USCG Sector San Juan).
Sports
The internationally important road race World’s Best 10K has been taking place over ten kilometers since 1998 .
San Juan competed for the 2004 Olympics but did not make the last five candidates.
sons and daughters of the town
The list contains an overview of important personalities who were born in today's San Juan, regardless of whether the people later had their sphere of activity in San Juan or not. Many moved away after their birth and became known elsewhere.
- José Julián Acosta (1825-1891), journalist
- Felipe Gutiérrez y Espinosa (1825–1899), composer
- Manuel Gregorio Tavárez (1843–1883), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Braulio Dueño Colón (1854–1934), composer
- Juan Tizol (1900–1984), musician
- Fernando Cortés (1909–1979), actor, director and screenwriter
- Mapy Cortés (1910–1998), actress
- Noro Morales (1911–1964), musician
- José Ferrer (1912–1992), actor
- Esy Morales (1917–1950), musician
- Daniel Santos (1916–1992), singer and composer
- Ricardo E. Alegría (1921–2011), archaeologist, anthropologist and writer
- Carlos Pizarro (1921-2000), singer
- Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961), singer, composer and songwriter
- Mario Hernández (1924–2013), musician and composer
- Miguel Ángel Álvarez (1928–2011), actor and director
- Heny Álvarez (1929–2006), composer, percussionist and singer
- Gilberto Monroig (1930–1996), singer
- Paquito Cordero (1932–2009), television producer and actor
- Tito Lara (1932–1987), Puerto Rican singer and actor
- Awilda Carbia (1938–2009), actress
- Mapita Cortés (1938–2006), actress
- Raúl Juliá (1940–1994), actor
- Pedro Rivera Toledo (* 1942), composer, arranger, saxophonist and conductor
- Gladys Rodríguez (born 1943), actress
- Eric Friedlander (* 1944), mathematician
- Danny Rivera (born 1945), singer
- Iris Chacón (* 1950), dancer, singer and entertainer
- Richard Carrión (* 1952), President of Banco Popular, sports official
- Héctor D. Abruña (* 1953), chemist
- Giannina Braschi (* 1953), writer and scientist
- Luis Miranda Rivera (* 1954), Catholic religious, Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao
- Glenn Monroig (* 1957), Cant author
- Lou Briel (* 1962), singer, composer, actor, television presenter and producer
- Giovanni Hidalgo (* 1963), percussionist
- Gigi Fernández (* 1964), tennis player
- Benicio del Toro (born 1967), actor
- John McLellan (* 1968), jazz drummer
- Raúl Papaleo (* 1971), beach volleyball player
- Tego Calderón (born 1972), rapper
- Ramón Hernández (* 1972), beach volleyball player
- Carlos Ponce (born 1972), actor
- Fres Oquendo (born 1973), boxer
- Roselyn Sánchez (* 1973), actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1993 and 1994
- Luis "Funky" Marrero (* 1974), rapper
- Joaquín Raphael Bottom (* 1974), known as Joaquin Phoenix , actor
- Jonny Moseley (* 1975), American freestyle skier and Olympic champion
- Jenniffer González (* 1976), politician
- Miguel Zenón (* 1976), jazz musician
- Daddy Yankee (born 1977), rapper
- Carly Colón (* 1979), wrestler known as Carlito
- Ángel Acosta (* 1990), boxer
- Mónica Puig (* 1993), tennis player
- Bad Bunny (* 1994), singer
- Ulises Blanch (* 1998), American tennis player
Twin cities
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Puerto Rico
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See also
- List of 78 parishes in Puerto Rico
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Puerto Rico
- San Felipe del Morro Fortress
Web links
- National Park Service: San Juan (Puerto Rico) (official site; English)
- San Juan City Council