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Guánica

Guánica is a and municipality in southern , bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of , east of , and west of . It is part of the Yauco metropolitan statistical area. , also known as Pueblo de Guánica, is the downtown of the municipality.
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  • Type: Town with 4,640 residents
  • Description: municipality in Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Guánica Municipio”, “Guánica PR”, “Guánica, PR”, and “Guánica, Puerto Rico”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guanica Lighthouse.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Guánica Light was a historic lighthouse located in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico in the . It was first lit in 1893 and deactivated in 1950.

Guánica

Latitude
17.9725° or 17° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
-66.9078° or 66° 54′ 28″ west
Population
4,640
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
779MX3CR+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1944635952
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4565090
Wiki­data ID
Q1019645
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bishnupriya to Waray—“Guánica” goes by many names.
  • Bishnupriya: “গুৱানিকা, পুয়ের্তো রিকো”
  • Bishnupriya: “গুৱানিকা”
  • Catalan: “Guánica”
  • Cebuano: “Guánica Municipio”
  • Cebuano: “Guánica”
  • Chinese: “瓜尼卡”
  • Dutch: “Guánica”
  • Esperanto: “Guánica”
  • French: “Guanica”
  • French: “Guánica”
  • French: “municipalité de Guánica”
  • Georgian: “გვანიკა (პუერტო-რიკო)”
  • Georgian: “გვანიკა”
  • German: “Guanica”
  • German: “Guánica”
  • Gilaki: “گۊانيکا (پؤرتؤريکؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “گۊانيکا”
  • Irish: “Guánica”
  • Italian: “Guanica”
  • Italian: “Guánica”
  • Japanese: “グアニカ”
  • Ladin: “Guánica (Puerto Rico)”
  • Ladin: “Guánica”
  • Persian: “گوانیکا، پورتوریکو”
  • Polish: “Guánica”
  • Portuguese: “Guánica”
  • Russian: “Гуаника”
  • Serbian: “Guánica, Puerto Rico”
  • Serbian: “Гваника”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guánica, Puerto Rico”
  • Spanish: “Guánica (Puerto Rico)”
  • Spanish: “Guánica”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Guánica”
  • Ukrainian: “Гваніка”
  • Urdu: “گوانیکا، پورٹو ریکو”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guánica, Puerto Rico”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Guánica”. Photo: Oquendo, CC BY 2.0.