Juncos
Juncos is a town and municipality of 37,000 people in the mountainous region of eastern Puerto Rico. Although not necessarily a tourist spot, the town is home to various popular restaurants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,200 residents
- Description: municipality in Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Juncos Municipio”, “Juncos PR”, “Juncos, PR”, “Juncos, Puerto Rico”, and “Los Mulos del Valencianos”
- Postal code: 00777
- Neighbors: Canóvanas, Carolina, Gurabo, Las Piedras, and San Lorenzo
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Lorenzo and Gurabo.
San Lorenzo
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San Lorenzo is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in a small valley on the Cordillera Central region. The town is known for being the source of the Río Grande de Loíza, one of Puerto Rico's most important rivers, and Montaña Santa, an important religious site.
Gurabo
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Gurabo is a municipality and town of Puerto Rico located in the eastern mountainous region of the island. Due to its location it is often considered a suburb of Caguas, and it is famous for the historic stairways and paths in its small downtown area.
Villa sin Miedo
Neighborhood
Villa Sin Miedo is a community near Río Grande, Puerto Rico. It made national headlines in Puerto Rico during a number of raids in the early 1980s, including one in which a policeman was shot to his death. Villa sin Miedo is situated 6 km northeast of Juncos.
Juncos
- Categories: municipality of Puerto Rico and locality
- Location: Eastern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.228° or 18° 13′ 41″ northLongitude
-65.9218° or 65° 55′ 18″ westPopulation
8,200Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)Abbreviation
“JUN”Open location code
77CP63HH+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 1945963638OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Juncos” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Juncos”
- Bishnupriya: “জুঙ্কোস, পুয়ের্তো রিকো”
- Catalan: “Juncos”
- Cebuano: “Municipio de Juncos”
- Chinese: “洪科斯”
- Dutch: “Juncos”
- French: “Juncos”
- French: “municipalité de Juncos”
- Georgian: “ხუნკოსი (პუერტო-რიკო)”
- Georgian: “ხუნკოსი”
- German: “Juncos”
- Gilaki: “خۊنکؤس (پؤرتؤريکؤ)”
- Gilaki: “خۊنکؤس”
- Irish: “Juncos”
- Italian: “Juncos”
- Japanese: “フンコス”
- Ladin: “Juncos”
- Persian: “جونکوس، پورتوریکو”
- Polish: “Juncos”
- Portuguese: “Juncos”
- Russian: “Хункос”
- Serbian: “Juncos, Puerto Rico”
- Serbian: “Хункос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Juncos, Puerto Rico”
- Spanish: “Juncos (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Juncos”
- Spanish: “Municipio Autónomo de Juncos”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Juncos”
- Ukrainian: “Хункос”
- Urdu: “خونکوس، پورٹو ریکو”
- Waray (Philippines): “Juncos, 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 Wikivoyage page “Juncos”. Photo: Ligocsicnarf89, CC BY-SA 4.0.