Ponce

Summary

Ponce is a municipality of Puerto Rico^[1]. Ponce ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_puerto_rico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (546 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ponce is located in Puerto Rico^[3].
• Ponce is in the country of United States^[4].
• Ponce is on the body of water Río Portugués^[5].
• Ponce's instance of is recorded as municipality of Puerto Rico^[6].
• Ponce's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Ponce's capital is recorded as Ponce^[8].
• Ponce's shares border with is recorded as Juana Díaz^[9].
• Ponce's shares border with is recorded as Jayuya^[10].
• Ponce's shares border with is recorded as Adjuntas^[11].
• Ponce's shares border with is recorded as Peñuelas^[12].
• Ponce's shares border with is recorded as Utuado^[13].
• Ponce's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zaragoza^[14].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00715^[15].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00716^[16].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00717^[17].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00728^[18].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00730^[19].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00731^[20].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00732^[21].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00733^[22].
• Ponce's postal code is recorded as 00734^[23].
• Ponce's Commons category is recorded as Ponce, Puerto Rico^[24].
• Ponce's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[25].
• 1692 marks the founding of Ponce^[26].
• Ponce's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18.010833333333334, 'lon': -66.61361111111111}^[27].

Body

Geography

Ponce is in the country of United States^[4]. Ponce is located in Puerto Rico^[3]. Ponce is on the body of water Río Portugués^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Ponce covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+118.562045'}^[28]. Ponce sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+166327'}^[30], {'amount': '+149028'}^[31], and {'amount': '+137491'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Puerto Rico^[6] and city^[7].

History and Context

1692 marks the founding of Ponce^[26].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ponce include USS Ponce^[33], an Amphibious Transport Dock^[34].

Why It Matters

Ponce ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_puerto_rico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (546 views/month).^[2] Ponce has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Ponce is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Ponce include USS Ponce^[33], an Amphibious Transport Dock^[34].