What is Ponce, Puerto Rico?
'''Ponce''' is the second largest city in [[Puerto Rico]] outside of the [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] [[metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.puertorico.com/destinations/ponce/| title=Puerto Rico - Ponce, Puerto Rico| accessdate=2007-06-16| archive-date=2007-08-14| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814051722/http://www.puertorico.com/destinations/ponce/| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is in the southern part of the island. As of 2020, 137,491 people live there. It is also called ''La Perla del Sur'' (The Pearl of the South) and ''La Ciudad Señorial de Puerto Rico'' (Majestic city of Puerto Rico). The city of Ponce was founded in 1692 by Spanish people who lived near the [[Jacaguas River|Jacaguas river.]] The city was named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the grandson of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] [[Juan Ponce de León]]. {{Infobox settlement | name = Ponce | official_name = Autonomous Municipality Of Ponce | settlement_type = Municipality | image_shield = Ponce, Puerto Rico Escudo.svg | image_flag = Bandera de Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg | nickname = “La Ciudad Señorial” | native_name = Municipio Autónomo De Ponce | population_total = 137,491 | unit_pref = metric | population_density_sq_mi = auto | image_skyline = Ponce cathedral, Ponce, Puerto Rico, after the Puerto Rico 2019-2020 earthquakes.jpg | shield_size = 100px | flag_size = 150px | image_map = Ponce barrios map.svg | mapsize = 250px | governing_body = Gobierno De Puerto Rico | leader_party = Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) | leader_name = Hon. Luis M. Irizarry Pabón | leader_title = [[Mayor (Ponce)|Mayor]] | founder = Juan Ponce De Leon y Loayza | elevation_max_ft = 4,390 | elevation_max_m = 1,338 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websi