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Fun fact 3 about Ponce

Ciudad de Ponce, Puerto Rico, vista desde el Hotel Ponce Holiday Inn, mirando al este (DSC02782D)
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Ponce has the largest number of barrios of any municipality in Puerto Rico, with 31 barrios.

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Ponce

Puerto Rico

Country
Puerto Rico
Population
166.3K
Coordinates
18.01, -66.61
876th most populous city in the world

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 León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.

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