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San Juan

Also known as San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan Bautista, San Juan Municipio, San Juan de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, San Juan PR, San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico

capital of Puerto Rico

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San Juan is the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico, serving as the island's political and economic center. It matters as a major Caribbean hub for commerce, culture, and tourism, and as the seat of Puerto Rico's government.

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Instance of: big city
Named after: John the Baptist
Official name: San Juan
Country: United States
Located in: Puerto Rico
Official language: Spanish
Population: 342259
Area: 120.193947
Elevation: 34
Time zone: UTC−04:00
Head of government: Miguel Romero
Capital of: Puerto Rico
Shares border with: Trujillo Alto
Official website: tramite.sanjuanciudadpatria.com
Image: San Juan, Puerto Rico (2529298606).jpg
Households: 145066
Patron saint: John the Baptist

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twinned administrative body: Honolulu
category for people born here: Category:Births in San Juan, Puerto Rico
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in San Juan
Commons category: San Juan, Puerto Rico
topic's main category: Category:San Juan, Puerto Rico
postal code: 00975
inception: 1521-00-00
category of associated people: Category:People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
located in/on physical feature: Puerto Rico
different from: San Juan County
native label: San Juan
per capita income: 20027
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Encyclopedic overview

San Juan (/ˌsæn ˈhwɑːn/ san WHAHN, Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwan]; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory, and insular area of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port City").

Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, and is the oldest European-established city under United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in the historic district of Old San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive walls, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas. These historic sites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

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