Puerto Rico National Cemetery
Puerto Rico National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in the city of Bayamón, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It encompasses 108.2 acres of land, and at the end of 2005, had 44,722 interments.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bayamón Museum of Art and Parque de las Ciencias.
Bayamón Museum of Art
Museum
The Bayamón Museum of Art is a museum located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting works of art from Puerto Rico. Bayamón Museum of Art is situated 670 metres east of Puerto Rico National Cemetery.
Parque de las Ciencias
Park
Parque de las Ciencias Luis A. Ferré is an educational and recreational park located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, owned by the Municipality of Bayamón, focused on STEAM education.
Colegio De La Salle
School
Colegio De La Salle is a Lasallian educational institution located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It is the only De La Salle institution open on the island. The other was located in Añasco but it is now closed. Colegio De La Salle is situated 670 metres north of Puerto Rico National Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cataño and San Juan.
Cataño
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.
Cataño is a small municipality and town in the Northern Coast region of Puerto Rico, across from Old San Juan in the Bay of San Juan.
San Juan
Photo: Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico and its largest city, with 342,000 inhabitants in the municipality and 2,203,000 in the metropolitan area. Founded in 1521 by the Spanish conquistadors, San Juan is the oldest city under the jurisdiction of the United States.
San Juan
Quarter
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Old San Juan is a historic district or quarter located at the "northwest triangle" of San Juan Islet in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. San Juan is situated 8 km northeast of Puerto Rico National Cemetery.
Puerto Rico National Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: U.S. military cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Categories: military cemetery, United States national cemetery, and burial
- Location: Hato Tejas Barrio, Bayamón, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.41206° or 18° 24′ 43″ northLongitude
-66.16735° or 66° 10′ 3″ westElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
77CMCR6M+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 57898684OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Puerto Rico National Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة بورتوريكو الوطنية”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Tombejo de Porto-Riko”
- Spanish: “Cementerio nacional de Puerto Rico”
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