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Ponce

Puerto Rico

Ponce is a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692 and is named after Juan Ponce de Leon y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon. Ponce is often referred to as La Perla del Sur, La Ciudad Senorial, and La Ciudad de las Quenepas.

31° / 26°

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Practical facts

Local time: UTC-4 · 2 h ahead of Costa Rica
Main language: Spanish
On the map: 18.00° N, 66.62° W

Near Ponce

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San Juan · 75 km away
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More of Puerto Rico

A US territory with a deeply Caribbean soul — Old San Juan's blue cobblestones, the bioluminescent bay of Vieques, and El Yunque rainforest all in a single island.

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