Caguas
Caguas (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈkaɣwas]), foondit in 1775, is a ceety an municipality o Puerto Rico locatit in the Central Muntain Range o Puerto Rico, sooth o San Juan an Trujillo Alto, wast o Gurabo an San Lorenzo, east o Aguas Buenas, Cidra, an Cayey.
Caguas | |
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| Eik-name(s): "La Ciudad del Turabo" (Turabo Valley), "La Ciudad Criolla" (Creole Ceety) | |
| Anthem: "Caguas" | |
 Location o Caguas in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°13′53″N 66°2′22″W / 18.23139°N 66.03944°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Territory | Puerto Rico |
| Foondit | 1 Januar 1775 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | William Miranda Torres (PPD) |
| • Senatorial dist. | 7 |
| • Representative dist. | 31,32 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 153.00 km2 (59.07 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 151.97 km2 (58.68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 643 m (2,110 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 142,893 |
| • Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cagüeños |
| Ethnicity | |
| • White | 84.5% |
| • Black | 0.3% |
| • American Indie/AN | 0.1% |
| • Asie | 0.0% |
| • Native Hawaiian/PI | 6.2% |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Zip code | 00725, 00726, 00727 |
| Website | caguas.gov.pr |
Caguas is locatit 20 mile (32 km) (twinty minutes tae an oor bi caur) frae San Juan an 40 mile (64 km) (an hour and a half by car) frae Ponce. It is kent as El Valle del Turabo (Turabo Valley) or La Ciudad Criolla (The Creole Ceety) an its name oreeginates frae the Taíno cacique Caguax. Caguas is baith a principal ceety o the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Aurie an the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Aurie.