San Juan

San Juan is the capital of and its largest city, with 342,000 inhabitants in the municipality and 2,203,000 in the metropolitan area. Founded in 1521 by the Spanish conquistadors, San Juan is the oldest city under the jurisdiction of the United States.
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  • City with about 342,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SJU
  • Description: capital of Puerto Rico
  • Also known as
    “Caparra”
    “Portorico”
    “Prico”
    “Puerto Rico”
    “Saint Iuan”
    “Saint John de Porto Rico”
    “Sainte Jean de Porto-rico”
    “San Ian de Porto Rico”
    “San Ioanni”
    “San Jean de Portorico”
    “San Juan Batista de Puerto Rico”
    “San Juan Bautista”
    “San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico”
    “San Juan Bautistade de Puerto Rico”
    “San Juan de Puerto Rico”
    “San Juan Municipio”
    “San Juan, PR”
    “San Juan, Puerto Rico”
    “The City of Saint John”
    “Ville de Porto-Rico”
    “Ville de Sainte Jean de Porto Rico”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport.
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro, most commonly known…
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Aerodrome
, commonly known…
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is a fortress in the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cataño and Santurce.
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is a small municipality and town in the…
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Suburb
is a highly urbanized, densely populated…
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Quarter
is a historic district or quarter located…

San Juan

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Latitude
18.4653° or 18° 27′ 55″ north
Longitude
-66.1167° or 66° 7′ west
UN/LOCODE
PR SJU
Open location code
77CMFV8M+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 53200527
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4568127
Wiki­data ID
Q41211

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“San Juan” goes by many names.
San JuanAfrikaans
San HuanAlbanian
سان خوانArabic
San JuanAragonese
Սան ԽուանArmenian
San XuanAsturian
San XuanAzerbaijani
San Juan, Puérto RikoBalinese
San JuanBasque
San Juan de Puerto RicoBasque
Сан-ХуанBelarusian
Сан-Хуан (Пуэрта-Рыка)Belarusian
সান হুয়ানBengali
সান হুৱানBishnupriya
সান হুৱান, পুয়ের্তো রিকোBishnupriya
San JuanBosnian
San JuanBreton
Сан ХуанBulgarian
San JuanCatalan
San JuanCebuano
圣胡安Chinese
聖胡安Chinese
San JuanCornish
San JuanCroatian
San Juan, PortorikoCroatian
San JuanCzech
San JuanDanish
San Juan, Porto RikoDimli (individual language)
San JuanDutch
San Juan (Puerto Rico)Dutch
سان خوانEgyptian Arabic
سان خوان پويرتو ريكوEgyptian Arabic
San-JuanoEsperanto
San JuanEstonian
San JuanFinnish
municipalité de San JuanFrench
San JuanFrench
San JuanGalician
San XoánGalician
San Xoán de Porto RicoGalician
San Xoán, Porto RicoGalician
სან-ხუანიGeorgian
San JuanGerman
SanturceGerman
سان خۊآنGilaki
سن خۊآن (پؤرتؤريکؤ)Gilaki
Σαν ΧουάνGreek
સેન જુઆનGujarati
סן חואןHebrew
सैन जुआनHindi
सैन जुआन, प्यूर्टो रिकोHindi
San JuanHungarian
San JuanIcelandic
San JuanIdo
San JuanIndonesian
San Juan de Puerto RicoIndonesian
San Juan, Puerto RikoIndonesian
San JuanIrish
San JuanItalian
サン・フアンJapanese
ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ‍ಉವಾನ್Kannada
Сан Хуан қаласыKazakh
Сан-ХуанKazakh
Сан-Хуан (Пуэрто-Рико)Kazakh
산후안Korean
샌환Korean
San JuanLadin
Urbs Sancti Ioannis de Portu DiviteLatin
SanhuanaLatvian
San JuanLigurian
San Juan (Pòrto Ricco)Ligurian
San ChuanasLithuanian
San JuanLuxembourgish
San Juan, Puerto RicoLuxembourgish
Сан ХуанMacedonian
San JuanMalagasy
San Juan, Puerto RicoMalagasy
San JuanMalay
San Juan, Puerto RicoMalay
സാൻ ഹുവാൻMalayalam
San JuanMaltese
सान हुआनMarathi
सान हुआन, पोर्तो रिकोMarathi
San JuanMin Nan Chinese
სან-ხუანიMingrelian
Сан-ХуанMongolian
सान हुवानNepali
San JuanNorwegian
San JuanNorwegian Bokmål
San Juan på Puerto RicoNorwegian Nynorsk
San JuanOccitan (post 1500)
Sanct Iohnbyrg, Port RīclondOld English (ca. 450-1100)
Сан-ХуанOssetian
ਸਾਨ ਹੁਆਨPanjabi
ਸਾਨ ਹੁਆਨ, ਪੁਏਰਤੋ ਰੀਕੋPanjabi
San JuanPapiamento
سان خوآنPersian
San JuanPiemontese
San JuanPolish
San JuanPortuguese
San Juan, Porto RicoPortuguese
سانجوانPushto
San JuanQuechua
San JuanRomanian
San Juan, Puerto RicoRomanian
Сан-ХуанRussian
San JuanSardinian
San Juan, Puerto RicoScots
San Juan, Puerto RicoScottish Gaelic
San HuanSerbian
Сан ХуанSerbian
San JuanSerbo-Croatian
San JuanSilesian
سان جوآن، پورٽو ريڪوSindhi
سان خوآن، پورٽو ريڪوSindhi
සැන් ජුවන්Sinhala
සැන් ජුවන්, පුවර්ටෝ රිකෝSinhala
San JuanSlovak
San JuanSlovenian
San Juan, PortorikoSlovenian
سان جوان، پورتو ریکوSouth Azerbaijani
Ciudad de Puerto RicoSpanish
Municipio Autónomo de San Juan BautistaSpanish
Municipio de San JuanSpanish
San JuanSpanish
San Juan (Puerto Rico)Spanish
San Juan, Puerto RicoSwahili
San JuanSwedish
San Juan BautistaSwedish
San Juan, Puerto RicoSwedish
San JuanTagalog
San Juan, Puerto RicoTagalog
Сан ҲуанTajik
சான் வான்Tamil
ஸேன் ஹுவான்Tamil
సాన్ హువాన్Telugu
ซานฮวนThai
San JuanTurkish
San Juan, Porto RikoTurkish
San-HuanTurkmen
Сан-ХуанUkrainian
سان جوآنUrdu
سان خوآنUrdu
San JuanUzbek
San XuanUzbek
San JuanVenetian
San HuanVeps
San JuanVietnamese
San Juan BautistaVietnamese
San Juan, Puerto RicoVietnamese
San JuanVolapük
San Juan, Puerto RicoWaray (Philippines)
San JuanWelsh
San JuanWestern Frisian
圣胡安Wu Chinese
圣胡安（波多黎各）Wu Chinese
San Juan, Púẹ́rtò RíkòYoruba
聖環Yue Chinese

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