Guayama, Puerto Rico
Municipio Autónomo de Guayama | |
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| Autonomous Municipality of Guayama | |
From top, left to right: Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua; Casa Cautiño; Colón Town Square; PR-54; Teatro Guayama; Hacienda Vives | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nicknames: "La ciudad del Guamaní" Spanish for "The City of the Guamaní" "El pueblo de los brujos" Spanish for "The Witch City" | |
 Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Guayama Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′27″N 66°06′36″W / 17.97417°N 66.11000°W[1] | |
| Sovereign state |  United States |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Founded | January 29, 1736 |
| Founded by | Matías de Abadía |
| Barrios | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor 2022 | O'Brian Vázquez Molina |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 106.8 sq mi (277 km2) |
| • Land | 65.0 sq mi (168 km2) |
| • Water | 41.8 sq mi (108 km2) |
| Elevation | 239 ft (73 m) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 36,614 |
| • Rank | 30th in Puerto Rico |
| • Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
| • Metro | 68,442 (MSA) |
| Demonym | Guayameses[4] |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| ZIP Codes | 00784, 00785 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
| Major routes |       |
| GNIS feature ID | 1610860[2] |
| Website | www |
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Guayama (Spanish: [ɡwaˈʝama], locally [waˈʝama]), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama (Spanish: Municipio Autónomo de Guayama), is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the center of the Guayama metropolitan area with a population of 68,442 in 2020.
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ "Nicknames and Demonyms of the Towns of Puerto Rico" Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. (In Spanish). Center of Information Access. Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Ponce. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved January 31, 2008.