Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

E69169
city municipality

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is a major city on the island’s west coast known as an important commercial, educational, and cultural center and a key port facing the Mona Passage.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area 1
municipality of Mayagüez 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 787 ⓘ
939 ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevatedToCityStatus May 1877 ⓘ
foundedBy Juan de Aponte ⓘ
Juan de Lugo ⓘ
Juan de Silva ⓘ
foundedOn September 18, 1760 ⓘ
hasAirport Eugenio María de Hostos Airport ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Mona Passage ⓘ
hasDemonym mayagüezana ⓘ
mayagüezano ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Cathedral ⓘ
Plaza Colón ⓘ
Teatro Yagüez ⓘ
hasNickname Ciudad de las Aguas Puras ⓘ
La Sultana del Oeste ⓘ
hasPatronSaint Virgin of Candelaria ⓘ
hasPort Port of Mayagüez ⓘ
hasRiver Yagüez River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Indios de Mayagüez ⓘ
hasUniversity Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ⓘ
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ⓘ
hosted 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games ⓘ
is important commercial center in western Puerto Rico ⓘ
important cultural center in Puerto Rico ⓘ
important educational center in Puerto Rico ⓘ
key port facing the Mona Passage ⓘ
major city on the west coast of Puerto Rico ⓘ
isKnownFor University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez engineering programs ⓘ
coffee trade history ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
mango production ⓘ
role as regional commercial hub for western Puerto Rico ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
locatedOn Mona Passage ⓘ
west coast of Puerto Rico ⓘ
namedAfter Virgin of Candelaria ⓘ
surface form: Our Lady of Candelaria of Mayagüez
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
partOf Mayagüez, Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area
postalCode 00680 ⓘ
region western Puerto Rico ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
utcOffset −4 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isla de San Juan → hasCountrySubdivision → Mayagüez, Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: municipality of Mayagüez
Desecheo Island → locatedNear → Mayagüez, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico → partOf → Mayagüez, Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area