San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
San Lorenzo
Municipio Autónomo de San Lorenzo | |
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Town and Municipality | |
Hills and valleys in San Lorenzo | |
| Nicknames: "Pueblo de Los Samaritanos", ("Town of Samaritans"), "La Tierra de Leyendas", ("Land of Legends") | |
| Anthem: "Son tus campos de bellísimo verdor" | |
Map of Puerto Rico highlighting San Lorenzo Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′24″N 65°58′7″W / 18.19000°N 65.96861°W | |
| Sovereign state | United States |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Settled | 1811 |
| Founded | September 18, 1894 |
| Founded by | Valeriano Muñoz de Oneca |
| Named after | Saint Lawrence |
| Barrios | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaime Alverio Ramos (PNP) |
| • Senatorial dist. | 7 - Humacao |
| • Representative dist. | 33 |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.3 sq mi (138.07 km2) |
| • Land | 53.3 sq mi (138 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.07 km2) 0% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 37,693 |
| • Rank | 27th in Puerto Rico |
| • Density | 710/sq mi (270/km2) |
| Demonym | Sanlorenceños |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00754 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
| Major routes | |
San Lorenzo (Spanish pronunciation: [san loˈɾenso], locally [ˌsaŋ loˈɾeŋso]; Spanish for "Saint Lawrence") is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region, north of Patillas and Yabucoa; south of Gurabo; east of Caguas and Cayey; and west of Juncos and Las Piedras. San Lorenzo is spread over twelve barrios and San Lorenzo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
San Lorenzo is called "The town of the Samaritans" and "Land of Legends." The patron of the municipality is Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Mercedes). The surrounding areas produce tobacco and sugar cane.