San Germán, Puerto Rico
San Germán
Municipio Antónomo de San Germán | |
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| Nickname: City Founder of towns (Ciudad Fundadora de Pueblos) | |
| Anthem: "San Germán es mi pueblo querido" | |
Map of Puerto Rico highlighting San Germán Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 18°N 67°W / 18°N 67°W | |
| Sovereign state | United States |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Settled | 1511 1512 (on 2nd site) |
| Founded | September 11, 1570 |
| Founded by | Juan Ponce de León |
| Named after | Germanus of Auxerre |
| Barrios | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council government |
| • Mayor | Virgilio Olivera Olivera (PNP) |
| • Senatorial dist. | Mayagüez |
| • Representative dist. | 20 |
| Area | |
| 54.51 sq mi (141.18 km2) | |
| • Land | 54.51 sq mi (141.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 528 ft (161 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 31,879 | |
| • Rank | 15th in Puerto Rico |
| • Density | 580/sq mi (230/km2) |
| • Metro | 136,212 |
| • CSA | 251,260 |
| Demonym | Sangermeños |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Codes | 00683, 00636 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
| Major routes | |
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San Germán (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xeɾˈman]) 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.
Puerto Rico was, at one time, divided administratively 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.