San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (Template:IPA-es, Saunt John; Template:IPA-en), offeecially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista (Municipality o the Caipital Ceety, Saunt John the Baptist), is the caipital an maist populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporatit territory o the Unitit States. As o the 2000 census, it haes a population o 658,304 makin it the 42nt-lairgest ceety unner the jurisdiction o the Unitit States. San Juan wis foondit bi Spainyie colonists in 1521, who cried it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port Ceety"). Puerto Rico's caipital is the seicont auldest European-established ceety in the Americas, efter Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.[1] Several historical biggins are locatit in San Juan; amang the maist notable are the ceety's umwhile defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro an Fort San Cristóbal, an La Fortaleza, the auldest executive mansion in continuous uise in the Americas.
[edit] References
- ↑ Magaly Rivera. San Juan Capital City. Welcome to Puerto Rico. Retrieved on 2 Mey 2007. .
- Populatit places established in 1508
- 1521 establishments
- Caipitals o poleetical diveesions in the Unitit States
- Caipitals in North Americae
- Populatit coastal places in Puerto Rico
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Caipitals in the Caribbean
- Bermuda Triangle
- Port ceeties in Puerto Rico
- San Juan – Caguas – Guaynabo metropolitan aurie
- Municipalities o Puerto Rico
