PoncePuerto Rico
Ponce is a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692 and is named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.
Intro: Wikipedia
About Ponce
Set in the southern part of Puerto Rico, Ponce is a storied little place.
Ponce holds the status of a zona urbana — the urban heart of its Puerto Rico municipio. The community covers 28.35 square miles.
📰 Ponce News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Ponce Unique
- The only place in America named Ponce — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- Positioned in southern Puerto Rico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Puerto Rico — one of 292 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Ponce
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Museo de Arte de Ponce · Museum
- Acueducto Alfonso XII · Attraction
- Casa de la Masacre de Ponce · Museum
- Esquina Tommy Muñiz · Attraction
- Esquina del Propagandista Medico · Attraction
- Faro de Isla Cardona · Attraction
- Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre · Museum
- Museo de la Historia de Ponce · Museum
- Museo de la masacre de Ponce · Museum
- Parque de Bombas · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ponce
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Ponce
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PONCE
- ANDRES GRILLASCA SALAS
- ANGELA CORDERO BERNARD
- ANTONIO PAOLI PONCE
- BELLAS ARTES DE PONCE
- DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA PONCE
- DR. PILA
- EDUARDO NEUMANN GANDIA
- ISMAEL MALDONADO LUGARO
- JAIME L. DREW
- JOSEFINA BOYA LEON
- JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE
- LIBRADO NET
- PONCE HIGH SCHOOL
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila · 24/7 ER
- Hospital Damas Inc · 24/7 ER
- Hospital Episcopal San Lucas Ii · 24/7 ER
- Hospital Menonita Ponce · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.