| LC control no. | n 81086856 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | San Juan (P.R.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Puerto Rico--San Juan |
| Variant(s) | San Juan, P.R. San Juan Bautista (P.R.) San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico (P.R.) Municipality of San Juan (P.R.) Municipio de San Juan (P.R.) |
| Associated country | Puerto Rico |
| Found in | San Juan (P.R.). Cabildo. Actas del Cabildo de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico, 1966- . GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 18°27ʹ59ʺN 066°06ʹ21ʺW) Wikipedia, August 13, 2015 (San Juan, Puerto Rico; Municipality of San Juan; Municipio de San Juan; capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original settlement Caparra (named after the province Caceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean territories Nicolás de Ovando), which today is known as the Pueblo Viejo sector of Guaynabo, just to the west of the present San Juan metropolitan area. A year later, the settlement was moved to a site then called Puerto Rico, Spanish for "rich port" or "good port", after its similar geographical features to the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. In 1521, the newer settlement was given its formal name, San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico, in honor of John the Baptist, following the tradition of christening the town with both its formal name and the name which Christopher Columbus had originally given the island. The ambiguous use of San Juan Bautista and Puerto Rico for both the city and the island led to a reversal in practical use by most inhabitants: by 1746, the name for the city (Puerto Rico) had become that of the entire island, while the name for the Island (San Juan Bautista) had become the name for the city; 18°24ʹ23ʺN 66°3ʹ50ʺW) |
| Geographic area code | nwpr--- |
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