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San Juan de la Maguana
Cathedral of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
Cathedral of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
Official seal of San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana is located in the Dominican Republic
San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18°48′36″N 71°13′48″W / 18.81000°N 71.23000°W / 18.81000; -71.23000
CountrySan Juan de la Maguana Dominican Republic
ProvinceSan Juan
Founded1503; 1733
Area
[1]
 • Total1,876.21 km2 (724.41 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
415 m (1,362 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total169,032
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Sanjuanero(a)
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo

200 km
Municipal Districts
9

San Juan de la Maguana is a city and municipality in the western region of the Dominican Republic and capital of the San Juan province. It was one of the first cities established on the island; founded in 1503, and was given the name of San Juan de la Maguana by San Juan Bautista and the Taino name of the valley: Maguana. The term Maguana means "the first stone, the unique stone".[4]

  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
  3. ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
  4. ^ "ayuntamientosanjuan.gob.do/historia". ayuntamientosanjuan.gob.do.

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