San Juan de la Maguana

San Juan de la Maguana is a city and municipality in the western region of the and capital of the . It was one of the first cities established on the island; founded in 1503, it was given the name of "San Juan de la Maguana" by San Juan Bautista, with Maguana being the Taíno name of the valley.
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  • City with 589,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 406 metres (1,332 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SJM
  • …is also known as “San Juan”
  • Description: place in San Juan, Dominican Republic

San Juan de la Maguana

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Latitude
18.8068° or 18° 48′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.2277° or 71° 13′ 40″ west
UN/LOCODE
DO SJM
Open location code
77CCRQ4C+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“San Juan de la Maguana” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳን ሁዋን ዴ ላ ማጓአና”
  • Arabic: “سان خوان دي لا ماغوانا”
  • Asturian: “San Juan”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Bengali: “সান জুয়ান ডে লা মাগুয়ানা”
  • Bengali: “সান হুয়ান দে লা মাগুয়ানা”
  • Catalan: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Catalan: “San Juan”
  • Cebuano: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安德拉马瓜纳”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安德拉馬瓜納”
  • Danish: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Dutch: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Dutch: “San Juan”
  • Finnish: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • French: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Galician: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • German: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χουάν ντε λα Μαγουάνα”
  • Gujarati: “સાન જુઆન દે લા મગુઆના”
  • Hausa: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Hebrew: “סן חואן דה לה מגואנה”
  • Hindi: “सैन जुआन डे ला मागुआना”
  • Hindi: “सैन हुआन दे ला मगुआना”
  • Hungarian: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Indonesian: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Italian: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン・デ・ラ・マグアーナ”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン・デ・ラ・マグアナ”
  • Javanese: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜುವಾನ್ ಡೆ ಲಾ ಮಗುವಾನಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Сан-Хуан-де-ла-Магуана”
  • Kirghiz: “Сан-Хуан-де-ла-Магуана”
  • Korean: “산후안데라마과나”
  • Latvian: “Sanhuana de la Maguana”
  • Lithuanian: “San Chuan de la Maguana”
  • Lithuanian: “San Chuan de la Magvana”
  • Malay: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Marathi: “सान जुआन दे ला मॅगुआना”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Huan de la Maguana”
  • Norwegian: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Oromo: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੈਨ ਜੁਆਨ ਦੇ ਲਾ ਮਾਗੁਆਨਾ”
  • Persian: “سان خوان دلا ماغوانا”
  • Persian: “سن خوان ده لا ماگوانا”
  • Polish: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Pushto: “سان جوان دی لا ماګوانا”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хуан-де-ла-Магуана”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත ජුවන් ඩි ලා මගුආනා”
  • Slovenian: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Somali: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Spanish: “San Juan (municipio)”
  • Spanish: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Spanish: “San Juan de Maguana”
  • Spanish: “San Juan”
  • Swahili: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Swedish: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Tajik: “Сан-Хуан-де-ла-Магуана”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஜுவான் டீ லா மகுவானா”
  • Tatar: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Telugu: “శాన్ జుయాన్ డి ల మగుఆన”
  • Thai: “ซานฮวนเดลามากัวนา”
  • Turkish: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Хуан-де-ла-Магуана”
  • Urdu: “سان جوان ڈی لا ماگوانا”
  • Urdu: “سان خوان دے لا ماغوانا”
  • Uzbek: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan de la Maguana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Juan de la Maguana”

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