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Ponce, Puerto Rico

Northern America

Ponce is a city and municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, a few miles inland from the Caribbean Sea. It was founded on August 12, 1692 and named for Juan Ponce de Leon y Loayza, great-grandson of the conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon, gaining villa status in 1848 and city status in 1877. It was the island's largest city at the time of the 1898 United States invasion and became Puerto Rico's first autonomous municipality in 1992. The 2020 census recorded 137,491 residents, making it the most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, and it is known as La Perla del Sur for its Ponce Creole, Rococo and Neoclassical architecture.

Facts
Population
137,491 1
Area (sq km)
118.562 1
Founding Year
1692 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
10 1
Latitude
18.010833 degrees north 1
Longitude
66.613611 degrees west 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 2
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 3
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Club Náutico de Ponce

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Source Club Náutico de Ponce (Wikipedia)Lead
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is a yacht club in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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1. Ponce, Puerto Rico (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1692-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 137,491 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 18.010833, longitude -66.613611
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 10 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 118.562 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 137491 (2020)
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2. 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, -66.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, -66.75
18.25 -66.75 Am
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3. GeoNames: Ponce - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 4566880, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.1 km)
Quote, cities500 record 4566880, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.1 km)
18.01031 -66.62398 P PPLA PR 113 7269005 137491 15 12 America/Puerto_Rico
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Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Ponce, Puerto Rico (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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