Fajardo

Fajardo is a and a municipality part of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area in . Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to , , and the U.S. and .
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  • Type: Town with 11,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: Fajardo Municipio”, “Fajardo PR”, “Fajardo, PR”, “Fajardo, Puerto Rico”, “Faxardo”, and “Fayjardo
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Diego Jiménez Torres Airport and Ceiba State Forest.

Aerodrome
was a public use airport owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and located 1 mile south of Fajardo, a city in .

Nature reserve
, also referred to as the Ceiba State Reserve, is a mangrove forest and nature reserve located in the eastern coast of , in the municipalities of and Fajardo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ceiba.

is a small seaside town and municipality of . This small town is the former site of the Roosevelt Roads US Naval Base and the current site of the State Forest, one of the largest mangrove forests in the island.

Fajardo

Latitude
18.3245° or 18° 19′ 28″ north
Longitude
-65.6532° or 65° 39′ 11″ west
Population
11,600
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
FAJ
United Nations Location Code
PR FAJ
Open location code
77CP88FW+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1902299525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4564946
Wiki­data ID
Q542833
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Fajardo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فاخاردو
  • Armenian: Ֆախարդո
  • Bishnupriya: ফাজার্ডো, পুয়ের্তো রিকো
  • Bishnupriya: ফাজার্ডো
  • Catalan: Fajardo
  • Cebuano: Fajardo Municipio
  • Cebuano: Fajardo
  • Chinese: 法哈多
  • Dutch: Fajardo
  • Esperanto: Fajardo
  • French: Fajardo
  • French: municipalité de Fajardo
  • Georgian: ფახარდო (პუერტო-რიკო)
  • Georgian: ფახარდო
  • German: Fajardo
  • Gilaki: فاخاردؤ (پؤرتؤريکؤ)
  • Gilaki: فاخاردؤ
  • Hebrew: פאחרדו
  • Irish: Fajardo
  • Italian: Fajardo
  • Japanese: ファード
  • Japanese: ファハルド
  • Kazakh: Фахардо
  • Ladin: Fajardo
  • Persian: فاجاردو، پورتوریکو
  • Polish: Fajardo
  • Portuguese: Fajardo
  • Russian: Фахардо
  • Serbian: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
  • Serbian: Фахардо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
  • Spanish: Fajardo (Puerto Rico)
  • Spanish: Fajardo
  • Spanish: Municipio Autónomo de Fajardo
  • Spanish: Municipio de Fajardo
  • Spanish: Santiago de Fajardo
  • Tatar: Фахардо
  • Ukrainian: Фахардо
  • Urdu: فاجارڈو، پویرٹو ریکو
  • Waray (Philippines): Fajardo, Puerto Rico
  • Welsh: Fajardo

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