Ponce, Puerto Rico
city and municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ponce is the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area.[1] It is in the southern part of the island. 186,475 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). Its actual mayor is Dr. Luis M. Irizarry Pabón (PPD).
The city of Ponce was founded in 1692 by Spanish people who lived near the Jacaguas river. The city was named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.