Rincón

Rincón, the Town of Beautiful Sunsets, is in the region of , southwest of . Rincón, well known for its world-class surfing beaches, was the host of the World Surfing Championship in 1968.
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  • Type: Town with 1,480 residents
  • Description: municipality in Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Rincon”, “Rincón Municipio”, “Rincón PR”, “Rincón, PR”, “Rincón, Puerto Rico”, “Rinon”, and “Santa Rosa de Rincon”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rincon Beach and Boiling Nuclear Superheater Reactor Facility.

Beach
Balneario de Rincón is a public beach in Rincón, Puerto Rico. It hosted the Triathlon events for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.

The , also known to the locals as "", or formally as Museo Tecnologico BONUS Dr. Modesto Iriarte, is a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Rincón, Puerto Rico. is situated 3½ km northwest of Rincón.

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Punta Higüero Light is a historic lighthouse located in the municipality of Rincón on the westernmost point, known as Punta Higüero, in the main island of .

Rincón

Latitude
18.3397° or 18° 20′ 23″ north
Longitude
-67.2507° or 67° 15′ 2″ west
Population
1,480
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
77CJ8PQX+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1944571739
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4567723
Wiki­data ID
Q1815896
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Rincón” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሪንኮን”
  • Arabic: “رينكون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rinkon”
  • Bengali: “রিনকন”
  • Bishnupriya: “রিঙ্কোন, পুয়ের্তো রিকো”
  • Catalan: “Rincón, Puerto Rico”
  • Catalan: “Rincón”
  • Cebuano: “Rincón (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Rincón Municipio”
  • Chinese: “林孔”
  • Dutch: “Rincón”
  • French: “municipalité de Rincón”
  • French: “Rincon”
  • French: “Rincón”
  • Georgian: “რინკონი (პუერტო-რიკო)”
  • Georgian: “რინკონი”
  • German: “Rincon”
  • German: “Rincón”
  • Gilaki: “رينکؤن (پؤرتؤريکؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “رينکؤن”
  • Hausa: “Rincon”
  • Hindi: “रिनकॉन”
  • Hungarian: “Rincón”
  • Indonesian: “Rincon”
  • Irish: “Rincón”
  • Italian: “Rincón”
  • Japanese: “リンコン (プエルトリコ)”
  • Japanese: “リンコン”
  • Javanese: “Rincon”
  • Kazakh: “Ринкон”
  • Kirghiz: “Ринкон”
  • Malay: “Rincon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rincón”
  • Oromo: “Rincon”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਿਨਕੌਨ”
  • Persian: “رینسون، پورتوریکو”
  • Persian: “رینکون”
  • Portuguese: “Rincão”
  • Portuguese: “Rincón”
  • Pushto: “رنکون”
  • Russian: “Ринкон”
  • Russian: “Ринкона”
  • Serbian: “Rincón, Puerto Rico”
  • Serbian: “Ринкон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rincón, Puerto Rico”
  • Somali: “Rincon”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Rincón”
  • Spanish: “Rincón (Puerto Rico)”
  • Spanish: “Rincón”
  • Swahili: “Rincon”
  • Tajik: “Ринкон”
  • Tatar: “Ринкон”
  • Turkish: “Rincon”
  • Ukrainian: “Рінкон”
  • Urdu: “رنکن”
  • Urdu: “رینکون، پورٹو ریکو”
  • Uzbek: “Rincon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rincon, Puerto Rico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rincón, Puerto Rico”

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