San Juan
San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico, and, at about 318,000, its largest city. San Juan is the oldest city under the control of the United States. San Juan is in the north-east of Puerto Rico, and features distinctly century-old architecture, such as Spanish military forts built from the 1540s to 1800s, an active harbor, and a very active economic area in the Hato Rey district.
Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
El Morro Castle
Tourist attraction
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, also known as El Morro, is a citadel built between 16th and 18th centuries in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo: Madera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport
Aerodrome
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport, also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is an airport in Isla Grande, a district in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo: Jonathan Palombo, CC BY 2.0.
Old San Juan
Tourist attraction
Old San Juan is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" of the islet of San Juan. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castillo San Cristóbal
Tourist attraction
Castillo San Cristóbal, is a fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Cataño
Town
Cataño is a municipality located on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean… Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0.
Santurce
Suburb
Santurce is a barrio in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo: ethorson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
La Perla
Neighborhood
La Perla is a historical shanty town astride the northern historic city wall of Old San Juan… Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Juan
- Type: City
- Description: municipality and capital of Puerto Rico
- Categories: state or insular area capital in the United States, municipality of Puerto Rico and big city
- Location: Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
Latitude 18.4653° or 18° 27' 55.1" north | Longitude -66.1167° or 66° 7' west |
Population 418,000 | IATA airport code SJU |
United Nations Location Code PR SJU | Elevation 7 metres (23 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 53200527 | GeoNames ID 4568127 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: San Juan
- Albanian: San Huan
- Arabic: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Arabic: سان خوان
- Arabic: سان خوان، بورتوريكو
- Aragonese: San Juan
- Armenian: Սան Խուան
- Asturian: San Xuan
- Azerbaijani: San-Xuan
- Azerbaijani: San Xuan
- Basque: San Juan de Puerto Rico
- Belarusian: Сан-Хуан (Пуэрта-Рыка)
- Belarusian: Сан-Хуан
- Bengali: সান হুয়ান
- Bishnupriya: সান হুৱান, পুয়ের্তো রিকো
- Bishnupriya: সান হুৱান
- Bosnian: San Juan, Portoriko
- Bosnian: San Juan
- Breton: San Juan
- Bulgarian: Сан Хуан
- Catalan: San Juan
- Cebuano: San Juan
- Chinese: San Juan
- Chinese: 圣胡安
- Chinese: 聖環
- Chinese: 聖胡安
- Cornish: San Juan
- Croatian: San Juan, Portoriko
- Czech: San Juan
- Danish: San Juan
- Dutch: San Juan (Puerto Rico)
- Dutch: San Juan
- Egyptian Arabic: سان خوان
- English: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- English: San Juan Bautista
- Esperanto: San-Juano
- Estonian: San Juan
- Finnish: San Juan
- French: San Juan
- French: municipalité de San Juan
- Galician: San Juan
- Galician: San Juan de Puerto Rico
- Galician: San Xoán, Porto Rico
- Galician: San Xoán
- Galician: San Xoán de Porto Rico
- Georgian: სან-ხუანი
- German: San Juan
- German: Santurce
- Greek: Σαν Χουάν
- Gujarati: સેન જુઆન
- Hebrew: סן חואן
- Hindi: सैन जुआन
- Hungarian: San Juan
- Icelandic: San Juan
- Ido: San Juan
- Indonesian: San Juan, Puerto Riko
- Indonesian: San Juan
- Irish: San Juan
- Italian: San Juan
- Japanese: サンフアン
- Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಉವಾನ್
- Kazakh: Сан Хуан
- Kazakh: Сан Хуан қаласы
- Korean: 산후안
- Korean: 샌환
- Latin: Urbs Sancti Ioannis de Portu Divite
- Latvian: Sanhuana
- Lithuanian: San Chuanas
- Macedonian: Сан Хуан
- Malagasy: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Malagasy: San Juan
- Malay: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Malay: San Juan
- Malayalam: സാൻ ഹുവാൻ
- Marathi: सान हुआन, पोर्तो रिको
- Marathi: सान हुआन
- Min Nan Chinese: San Juan
- Mingrelian: სან-ხუანი
- Mongolian: Сан-Хуан
- Nepali: सान हुवान
- Norwegian: San Juan
- Norwegian Bokmål: San Juan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: San Juan på Puerto Rico
- Occitan (post 1500): San Juan
- Ossetian: Сан-Хуан
- Panjabi: ਸਾਨ ਹੁਆਨ, ਪੁਏਰਤੋ ਰੀਕੋ
- Panjabi: ਸਾਨ ਹੁਆਨ
- Papiamento: San Juan
- Persian: سان خوآن
- Persian: سان خوان
- Polish: San Juan
- Portuguese: San Juan
- Quechua: San Juan
- Romanian: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Romanian: San Juan
- Russian: Сан-Хуан
- Sardinian: San Juan
- Scots: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Scottish Gaelic: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Serbian: San Huan
- Serbian: Сан Хуан
- Serbo-Croatian: San Juan
- Silesian: San Juan
- Sinhala: සැන් ජුවන්
- Slovak: San Juan
- Slovenian: San Juan, Portoriko
- Slovenian: San Juan
- South Azerbaijani: سان جوان، پورتو ریکو
- Spanish: Municipio Autonomo de San Juan Bautista
- Spanish: Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Bautista
- Spanish: San Juan
- Swahili: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Swedish: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Swedish: San Juan
- Swedish: San Juan Bautista
- Tagalog: San Juan
- Tajik: Сан Ҳуан
- Tamil: சான் வான்
- Tamil: ஸேன் ஹுவான்
- Telugu: సాన్ హువాన్
- Thai: ซานฮวน
- Turkish: San Juan, Porto Riko
- Turkish: San Juan
- Turkmen: San-Huan
- Ukrainian: Сан-Хуан
- Urdu: سان جوآن
- Urdu: سان خوآن
- Uzbek: San Xuan
- Veps: San Huan
- Vietnamese: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Vietnamese: San Juan
- Vietnamese: San Juan Bautista
- Volapük: San Juan
- Waray (Philippines): San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Welsh: San Juan
- Western Frisian: San Juan
- Wu Chinese: 圣胡安
- Yoruba: San Juan, Púẹ́rtò Ríkò
- Yue Chinese: 聖環
- Caparra
- Ciudad de Puerto Rico
- Portorico
- Prico
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Iuan
- Saint John de Porto Rico
- Sainte Jean de Porto-rico
- San-Juan
- San Ian de Porto Rico
- San Ioanni
- San Jean de Portorico
- San Juan Batista de Puerto Rico
- San Juan Bautistade de Puerto Rico
- The City of Saint John
- Ville de Porto-Rico
- Ville de Sainte Jean de Porto Rico
Other Places Named San Juan
- San JuanArgentina
- San JuanArgentina
- Talampaya National ParkArgentina
- San JuanPhilippines
- San Juan BautistaUnited States
- San JuanPhilippines
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- San Juan City HallGovernment office
- Plaza de Baldorioty de CastroPark
- Bajo San AgustinBar
- Plaza de la CatedralPark
- Museo de Bellas ArtesMuseum
- Plazuela Las MonjasPark
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