Place:San Germán, Puerto Rico

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NameSan Germán
Alt namesSan Germánsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates18.083°N 67.05°W
Located inPuerto Rico
Contained Places
Barangays
Rosario
San Germán
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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San Germán is a historic town and municipality located in the Sabana Grande Valley of southwestern region of Puerto Rico, south of Mayagüez and Maricao, north of Lajas, east of Hormigueros and Cabo Rojo, and west of Sabana Grande. San Germán is spread over eighteen barrios plus San Germán Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is both a principal city of the San Germán–Cabo Rojo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area. San Germán is the second oldest city of Puerto Rico, after San Juan, and its historic downtown is preserved as the San Germán Historic District.

The island of Puerto Rico was once split between the San Juan and the San Germán municipalities. The latter covered the western half of Puerto Rico and extended from the western shores of the island to Arecibo in the north and Ponce in the south.

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