San Juan de la Maguana

San Juan
Municipality
San Juan de la Maguana
Coat of arms
San Juan
Coordinates: 18°48′36″N 71°13′48″W / 18.81000°N 71.23000°W / 18.81000; -71.23000
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	San Juan
Founded	1503
Municipality since	1844
Municipal Districts	See list
Area [1]
• Total	248.6 km2 (96.0 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	475 m (1,558 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	78,313
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
• Urban	71,494
Demonym(s)	Sanjuanero (female, sanjuanera)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (AST)
Distance	85 km (53 mi) to Azua 120 km (75 mi) to Santo Domingo

The Dominican city of San Juan de la Maguana, or simply San Juan, is the head municipality of the San Juan province, on the west of the country.

It is the largest city of western Dominican and the centre of the region. It was one of the first European city founded in the Hispaniola island.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
2. ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.