Puerto Rico Capital Location. 18 19 n 65 39 w guayama. 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 is the 46th largest city under the jurisdiction of the united states with a population of 395 326. Free associated state of puerto rico and from 1898 to 1932 also called porto rico in english is an unincorporated territory of the united states located in the northeast caribbean sea approximately 1 000 miles.
If compared puerto rico s area is slightly smaller than cyprus or slightly less than three times the size of the us state of rhode island. Latitude longitude absolute locations san juan. 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 is the 46th largest city under the jurisdiction of the united states with a population of 395 326. Boriken borinquen officially the commonwealth of puerto rico spanish.
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Capital city 18 27 n 66 6 w fajardo. Jurisdiction originally the settlement was known as puerto rico and the island as san juan but common usage over the centuries brought about a reversal of the names. Of the total area of the city 37 83 is occupied by water. Puerto rico officially commonwealth of puerto rico spanish estado libre asociado de puerto rico self governing island commonwealth of the west indies associated with the united states the easternmost island of the greater antilles chain it lies approximately 50 miles 80 km east of the dominican republic 40 miles 65 km west of the virgin islands and 1 000 miles 1 600 km southeast. San juan was founded by spanish colonists in 1521 who called.