Ponce
Ponce is a city in the Porta Caribe region of Puerto Rico. Ponce's draw is its rich history and unique architecture.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center and Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park.
Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center
Museum
Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Sector La Vega de Taní, Barrio Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico, houses one of the most important archaeological discoveries made in the Antilles. Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center is situated 3½ km south of Ponce.
Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park
Park
Photo: Tito Caraballo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park is a park in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Lake Cerrillos Dam recreational area. Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park is situated 4½ km east of Ponce.
Cerrillos State Forest
Nature reserve
Cerrillos State Forest is one of the 21 state forests in Puerto Rico. It is located in barrio Maragüez, in the municipality of Ponce, and covers 200 cuerdas of valleys and mountains in the foothills of the Cordillera Central mountain range. Cerrillos State Forest is situated 4½ km northeast of Ponce.
Ponce
- Also known as: “Ponce Municipio”
- Location: Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.073° or 18° 4′ 23″ northLongitude
-66.6185° or 66° 37′ 7″ westPopulation
137,000Elevation
238 metres (781 feet)Abbreviation
“PON”Open location code
77CM39FJ+6HGeoNames ID
4566886
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Ponce” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ፖንሴ”
- Azerbaijani: “Ponsé”
- Bengali: “পন্স”
- French: “Ponce”
- German: “Ponce”
- Hausa: “Ponsé”
- Japanese: “ポンセ”
- Javanese: “Ponsé”
- Kazakh: “Понсе”
- Kirghiz: “Понсе”
- Malay: “Ponsé”
- Oromo: “Ponsé”
- Panjabi: “ਪੋਂਸ”
- Persian: “پونسه”
- Portuguese: “Ponce”
- Pushto: “پونسه”
- Somali: “Ponsé”
- Spanish: “Ponce”
- Swahili: “Ponsé”
- Tajik: “Понсе”
- Tatar: “Ponsé”
- Uzbek: “Ponsé”
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