Arecibo is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, about 50 miles west of the capital, San Juan. It is the largest municipality in Puerto Rico by area and the core city of the Arecibo metropolitan statistical area, with a population of 87,754 in 2020.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude18.470556 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1616-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 87,754 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 18.470556, longitude -66.720833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 7 m
P2046 (area)
area 46.4905 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 87754 (2020)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 18.4706,-66.7208
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 6.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -66.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -66.75
18.25 -66.75 Am
View the Source 4. GeoNames: Arecibo - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 4562635, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.58 km)Quote, cities500 record 4562635, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.58 km)
18.47245 -66.71573 P PPLA PR 013 7268205 87754 7 14 America/Puerto_Rico
View the Source Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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