San Juan (/ˌsæn ˈhwɑːn/; Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan], Saint John) is the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-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 capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.
Population: 418,140
Latitude: 18° 27' 58.79" N
Longitude: -66° 06' 20.59" W
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (IATA: SIG, ICAO: TJIG, FAA LID: SIG), also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is a small airport in Miramar, which is a district in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by the Puerto Rico …
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel) is a soccer-specific stadium located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It is best known as the home of the Bayamon FC of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico.
Albizu University is a private non-profit university offering undergraduate and graduate studies in psychology, criminal justice, speech and language therapy and pathology, human services, ESOL, and education. It has three campuses: one in San Juan,…
WLII-DT, channel 11, is a Univision owned-and-operated television station that is licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Univision Communications, and is sister to independent station WSTE-DT (channel 7) and radio stations WKAQ (58…
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law. The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States; bein…
Casa Blanca is a house museum located in Old San Juan within the historic colonial section of the capital of Puerto Rico.
The Dr. Pedro Rosselló González, Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC) (or Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico y Dr. Pedro Rosselló González in Spanish) is a convention center located in Isla Grande (recently named the Convention Center District), …
The Humberto Vidal explosion (sometimes also referred to as the Río Piedras explosion) was a gas explosion that occurred on November 21, 1996 at the Humberto Vidal shoe store located in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. The explosion killed 33 and wounded m…
Telemundo of Puerto Rico Studios, LLC is a division of NBC-Telemundo that develops original programming in Spanish for station WKAQ-TV in Puerto Rico.
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (Spanish: Coliseo Roberto Clemente) is a sports and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
San José Church (Iglesia de San José), located in Old San Juan within the historic colonial section of the capital of Puerto Rico, is one of the first significant works of architecture on the island.
The Teodoro Moscoso Bridge is a bridge in Puerto Rico. It works as an extension of PR-17, also known as the Jesus T. Piñero Expressway, connecting this road with the Román Baldorioty de Castro Expressway (PR-26). It crosses the San José Lagoon there…
Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents. Construction began in 1863 under the auspices of I…
Caparra is an archaeological site in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It was declared a U.S.
This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico covers the eastern region of Puerto Rico, from Loiza in the northeast to Maunabo in the southeast.
The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, abbreviated MAPR) is an art museum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (Spanish: Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico) is a public institution of higher learning located in the historic Miramar section in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Caribe Hilton, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is one of the best-known hotels in the Caribbean.