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San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan Bautista (Municipality of the Capital City, Saint John the Baptist), is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of theUnited States. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 658,304 making it the 42nd-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521,who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.[3] Severalhistorical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executivemansion in continuous use in the Americas.
Today, San Juan is one of Puerto Rico's most important seaports,[4] and is the island's manufacturing, financial, cultural, and tourism center. The populationof the Metropolitan Statistical Area, including San Juan and the municipalities of Bayamón, Guaynabo, Cataño, Canóvanas, Caguas, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Carolina and Trujillo Alto, is about 2 millioninhabitants; thus, about half the population of Puerto Rico now lives and works in this area.[5] San Juan is also a principal city of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area. The city hasbeen the host of numerous important events within the sports community, including the 1979 Pan American Games, 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics, theCaribbean Series and the Special Olympics and MLB San Juan Series in 2010.
Flag of the Municipality of the Capital City, Saint John the Baptist
C:\Users\Lunnita\Downloads\flagsj.jpg
"Coat of Armsgiven to Puerto Rico by the Catholic Kings in the year 1511 being Procurator a neighbor named Pedro Moreno. They are: a white lamb with its red flag, on top of a book, and everything above a green...
San Juan Bautista (Municipality of the Capital City, Saint John the Baptist), is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of theUnited States. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 658,304 making it the 42nd-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521,who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.[3] Severalhistorical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executivemansion in continuous use in the Americas.
Today, San Juan is one of Puerto Rico's most important seaports,[4] and is the island's manufacturing, financial, cultural, and tourism center. The populationof the Metropolitan Statistical Area, including San Juan and the municipalities of Bayamón, Guaynabo, Cataño, Canóvanas, Caguas, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Carolina and Trujillo Alto, is about 2 millioninhabitants; thus, about half the population of Puerto Rico now lives and works in this area.[5] San Juan is also a principal city of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area. The city hasbeen the host of numerous important events within the sports community, including the 1979 Pan American Games, 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics, theCaribbean Series and the Special Olympics and MLB San Juan Series in 2010.
Flag of the Municipality of the Capital City, Saint John the Baptist
C:\Users\Lunnita\Downloads\flagsj.jpg
"Coat of Armsgiven to Puerto Rico by the Catholic Kings in the year 1511 being Procurator a neighbor named Pedro Moreno. They are: a white lamb with its red flag, on top of a book, and everything above a green...
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