Mayagüez (pronounced /maɪaˈɡwɛs/, Spanish pronunciation: [maʝaˈɡwes]) is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" (The Sultaness of the West), "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" (City of Pure Waters) or "Ciudad del Mangó" (City of Mangoes)"Ciudad de Dios" (City of God), on April 6, 1894 the Spanish crown gave it the formal title of "Excelente ciudad de Mayagüez", Mayagüez is located in the center of the wester...
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Mayagüez (pronounced /maɪaˈɡwɛs/, Spanish pronunciation: [maʝaˈɡwes]) is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" (The Sultaness of the West), "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" (City of Pure Waters) or "Ciudad del Mangó" (City of Mangoes)"Ciudad de Dios" (City of God), on April 6, 1894 the Spanish crown gave it the formal title of "Excelente ciudad de Mayagüez", Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico. It is both a principal city of the Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area.
Mayagüez was officially founded on September 18, 1760 by a group led by Faustino Martínez de Matos, Juan de Silva and Juan de Aponte, at a hill located about one kilometer inland from Mayagüez Bay and the outlet of the Rio Yagüez (Yagüez River). The Spanish Crown granted the founders the right to self-government in 1763, formally separating the town from the larger...
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