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May 5, 1993 *City official name :Luquillo *Founded date : *Location :Luquillo Municipality *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Luquillo (loo-KEE-yo) is a town of Puerto Rico located in the northeast coast, northwest of Fajardo; and east of Rio Grande. Luquillo is known as "La Capital del Sol" (sun capital) and "La Riviera de Puerto Rico" (Puerto Rico's riviera). Luquillo was founded in 1797 by Cristóbal Guzmán. The town was named after the Indian cacique Loquillo, who died a few years after the last Indian rebellion in 1513. ... read more
Luquillo
Luquillo
Luquillo


May 1, 1993 *City official name :Ceiba *Founded date : *Location :Ceiba Municipality *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Ceiba (sai-EE-bah) is a small town in northeast Puerto Rico. It is named after the famous Ceiba tree. Ceiba is located in the east coast of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Naguabo, south of Fajardo, and east of Río Grande. Ceiba is spread over 7 wards and Utuado Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city) Driving Time from San Juan: 1 hour. Ceiba, situated near Fajardo, used to be home of an American military air-base, the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. Most of the units there were relocated and the base was closed on 2004. Ex-governor Sil... read more
Ceiba
Ceiba

North America » United States » Florida » Orlando April 13th 1993

Apr 13, 1993 *City official name :Orlando *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951 (metropolitan area 1,644,561). A 2005 U.S. Census Estimates population count gave the city population was 213,233 (metropolitan area over 1.8 million). It is the sixth-largest city in Florida, and its largest inland city. It is also at the head of the Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Orlando-Kissimmee MSA is Florida's third-largest metropolitan area, behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. Additionall... read more
Orlando
Orlando
Orlando

North America » United States » Florida March 15th 1993

Mar 15, 1993 *City official name :Orange Park *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, USA. The population was 9,081 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the town had grown to 9,243. The name reflects the hope of its founders for a fruit-growing industry, but their crops were destroyed in the Great Freeze of 1894-95. Despite recovery elsewhere, the crops never came back to Orange Park. Founded in 1877 by the Florida Winter Home and Improvement Company. Following the Civil War, the company purchased several thousand acres of the McIntosh plantation at Laurel Grove, for the purpose of ... read more
Orange Park
Orange Park
Orange Park


Mar 6, 1993 *City official name :Magens Bay *Founded date : *Location :St Thomas Island *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Magens Bay (18.366° N 64.930° W) is a world-famous beach on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, located in the Caribbean. Located on the North (Atlantic) side of the island, Magens Bay is a well-protected white sand beach stretching for more than a mile. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island. With its clear water, soft sand, and palm trees, it is commonly considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and National Geographic has recognized it as such. The beach amenities are managed by a local government agency, the Magens Ba... read more
Magens Bay
Magens Bay
Magens Bay


Mar 6, 1993 *City official name :Charlotte Amalie *Founded date : *Location :St Thomas Island *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Charlotte Amalie is the capital and largest city of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is located on the island of Saint Thomas and as of 2004 had an estimated population of 19,000 (the 2000 U.S. Census found a population of 18,914. The city is named after Charlotte Amelia of Hesse-Cassel (1650-1714), queen consort to King Christian V of Denmark. It is famous as a deep-water harbor that was once a haven for pirates and is now a famed cruise ship port of call, with about 1.5 million cruise ship passengers landing there in 2004. Charlotte Amalie has many buildings of historical import... read more
Charlotte Amalie
Charlotte Amalie
Charlotte Amalie

North America » United States » Florida » Jacksonville March 1st 1993

Mar 1, 1993 *City official name :Jacksonville *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Jacksonville is the most populous city in the state of Florida and the thirteenth most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Duval County.GR6 Since 1968, the city has shared a consolidated government with the county, making it the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States and the eleventh largest in the world. As of 2005, the city proper has an estimated population of 782,623 with a metropolitan population of more than 1.3 million. Jacksonville is located in the First Coast region of northeast Florida. The city is situated on the banks of the St... read more
Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Jacksonville

North America » United States » New Jersey February 20th 1993

Feb20, 1993 *City official name :Bloomfiled *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Bloomfield is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 47,683. The town separated from Newark in 1812, being incorporated as the Township of Bloomfield, taking its name from the Presbyterian parish named for Governor of New Jersey Joseph Bloomfield. The area now known as "Bloomfield' was a part of Newark in 1666 when that town was settled. The land had been bought from the Yantecaw, a subtribe of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. English settlers came from Connecticut to the southern end of town, and Dutch set... read more
Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Bloomfield

North America » United States » Pennsylvania February 1st 1993

Feb 1, 1993 *City official name :Morrisville *Founded date : *Location :Pensylvannia State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is named for Pennsylvania merchant and banker Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution. Morrisville is situated on the Delaware River directly across from Trenton, New Jersey. The population was 10,023 at the 2000 census. Significant attention should be brought to its unique location, apart of the eastern-most piece of land jutting into neighboring New Jersey. ... read more
Morrisville
Morrisville

North America » United States » New Jersey February 1st 1993

Feb 1, 1993 *City official name :Trenton *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Trenton is the capital of New Jersey, a state of the United States of America. As of the United States 2000 Census, the City of Trenton had a population of 85,403. Trenton is also the county seat of Mercer County. Trenton is the home of the Trenton Thunder Eastern League AA minor league baseball team, which is affiliated with the New York Yankees and plays in Mercer County Waterfront Park, and the Trenton Titans (an ECHL minor league hockey affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers) which plays in the Sovereign Bank Arena. The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units an... read more
Trenton
Trenton
Trenton




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