Place:Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

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NameJuana Díaz
Alt namesJuana Díazsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates18.05°N 66.517°W
Located inPuerto Rico
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Juana Díaz
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Juana Díaz is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Jayuya, Ciales, Orocovis and Villalba; east of Ponce; and west of Coamo and Santa Isabel and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Juana Díaz is spread over 13 barrios and Juana Diaz Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the Ponce Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Juana Díaz is known as "La Ciudad del Mabí" (Mabí City). Mabi is a fermented Taíno beverage made out from the bark of the mabi tree Colubrina elliptica.

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