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پونس، پورتوریکو
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ponce, Puerto Rico, La Perla del Sur, La Ciudad Señorial, La Ciudad de las Quenepas, The Pearl of the South, The Manorial City, Genip City, Autonomous Municipality of Ponce
city and municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United States
- Commonwealth
- Puerto Rico
- Settled
- c. 1500 BC (Non-Europeans)
- Re settled
- 1582 (Europeans)
- Sitio
- 1646 ( Dispersed settlement )
- Partido
- 1670 ( Hamlet )
- Founded
- August 12, 1692 ( Village )
- Villa
- July 29, 1848
- Ciudad
- August 13, 1877
- Named after
- Juan Ponce de Leon y Loayza
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Marlese Sifre ( PPD )
- Council
- Asamblea Municipal de Ponce
- City and municipality
- 193.6 sq mi (501 km )
- Land
- 114.8 sq mi (297 km )
- Water
- 78.8 sq mi (204 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 128,384
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Ponce
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Puerto Rico
- Population
- 137491
- Area
- 118.562045
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Río Portugués
- Shares border with
- Utuado
- Official website
- www.ponceweb.org
- Image
- Ciudad de Ponce, Puerto Rico, vista desde el Hotel Ponce Holiday Inn, mirando al este (DSC02782D).jpg
- Households
- 52439
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- Commons category
- Ponce, Puerto Rico
- topic's main category
- Category:Ponce, Puerto Rico
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ponce, Puerto Rico
- inception
- 1692-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Zaragoza
- native label
- Ponce
- per capita income
- 11680
- P12749
- Trier
- postal code
- 00734
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