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Ponce is a city in the region of . Ponce's draw is its rich history and unique architecture.
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  • Type: City with 108,000 residents
  • Description: city and municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Autonomous Municipality of Ponce”, “Genip City”, “La Ciudad de las Quenepas”, “La Ciudad Senorial”, “La Ciudad Señorial”, “La Perla del Sur”, “Ponce Municipio”, “Ponce PR”, “Ponce Senorial”, “Ponce, PR”, “Ponce, Puerto Rico”, “Porto 4 e Ponce”, “The Manorial City”, “The Pearl of the 54 uth”, “The Pearl of the South”, and “Zona urbana de Ponce”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museo de Arte de Ponce and Estadio Francisco Montaner.

Museum
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is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It houses a collection of European art, as well as works by Puerto Rican artists.

Stadium
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The is a multi-use in Ponce, . It is home to the Leones de Ponce team of the Puerto Rico Baseball League and FC Leones of the Puerto Rico Soccer League.

Museum
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The is a historic former fire station in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings, with some considering it "by far the most easily recognized landmark in the Island." The is located at the town square, directly behind Ponce Cathedral.

Ponce

Latitude
18.0116° or 18° 0′ 42″ north
Longitude
-66.614° or 66° 36′ 50″ west
Population
108,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
PSE
United Nations Location Code
PR PSE
Open location code
77CM296P+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3278462403
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4566880
Wiki­data ID
Q864024
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ponce” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بونس”
  • Armenian: “Պոնսե”
  • Asturian: “Ponce”
  • Basque: “Ponce”
  • Bengali: “পন্স”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোনসে, পুয়ের্তো রিকো”
  • Bulgarian: “Понсе”
  • Catalan: “Ponce”
  • Cebuano: “Ponce Municipio”
  • Chinese: “庞塞”
  • Chinese: “龐塞”
  • Chinese: “蓬塞”
  • Czech: “Ponce”
  • Danish: “Ponce”
  • Dutch: “Ponce”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بونس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پونسى پويرتو ريكو”
  • Esperanto: “Ponce”
  • Finnish: “Ponce”
  • French: “municipalité de Ponce”
  • French: “Ponce”
  • Georgian: “პონსე (პუერტო-რიკო)”
  • Georgian: “პონსე”
  • German: “Ponce”
  • Gilaki: “پؤنس (پؤرتؤريکؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “پؤنس”
  • Greek: “Πόνκε”
  • Gujarati: “પોન્સ”
  • Hebrew: “פונסה”
  • Hindi: “पोन्स”
  • Hungarian: “Ponce”
  • Indonesian: “Ponce”
  • Indonesian: “Puerto Rico”
  • Irish: “Ponce”
  • Italian: “Ponce”
  • Japanese: “ポンセ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೊನ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “폰세”
  • Ladin: “Ponce”
  • Latvian: “Ponse”
  • Lithuanian: “Ponsė”
  • Macedonian: “Понсе”
  • Malay: “Ponce”
  • Marathi: “पोन्से”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Genip City”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Ciudad de las Quenepas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Ciudad Señorial”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Perla del Sur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ponce, Puerto Rico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ponce”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Manorial City”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Pearl of the South”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Genip City”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “La Ciudad de las Quenepas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “La Ciudad Señorial”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “La Perla del Sur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ponce, Puerto Rico”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ponce”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Manorial City”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Pearl of the South”
  • Norwegian: “Ponce”
  • Ossetian: “Понсе”
  • Papiamento: “Ponce”
  • Persian: “پونس، پورتوریکو”
  • Polish: “Ponce”
  • Portuguese: “Ponce”
  • Russian: “Понсе”
  • Serbian: “Понсе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ponce, Puerto Rico”
  • Silesian: “Ponce”
  • Sinhala: “පොන්ස්, පුවර්ටෝ රිකෝ”
  • Sinhala: “පොන්ස්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پونس، پورتوریکو”
  • Spanish: “Municipio Autónomo de Ponce”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Ponce”
  • Spanish: “Ponce (Puerto Rico)”
  • Spanish: “Ponce”
  • Swahili: “Ponce, Puerto Rico”
  • Swedish: “Ponce, Puerto Rico”
  • Swedish: “Ponce”
  • Tamil: “பொன்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “పోన్స్”
  • Thai: “พอนซ์”
  • Turkish: “Ponce”
  • Ukrainian: “Понсе”
  • Urdu: “پونسائی، پورٹو ریکو”
  • Vietnamese: “Ponce”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ponce, Puerto Rico”
  • Welsh: “Ponce”

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