San Juan

San Juan [saŋ ˈxwan] is Spanish for Saint John. It can also be the short version of San Juan Bautista (John the Baptist). In English, the name most commonly refers to the Puerto Rico's capital city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, or to the various professional sports teams that represent the city. Other topics that share the name include:

Locations

Argentina

• San Juan Province, Argentina
• San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
• San Juan (Iruya), a small village in the Iruya Department of the Salta Province
• San Juan River (Argentina), a river in San Juan province

Chile

• San Juan de la Costa, commune of Chile

Colombia

• San Juan de Arama, a town and municipality in Meta Department
• San Juan de Rioseco, a town and municipality in Cundinamarca Department
• San Juan del Cesar, town and municipality in La Guajira Department

Costa Rica

• San Juan, Costa Rica, in the San José Province

Cuba

• San Juan Hill (Cuba)
• San Juan de los Yeras (Villa Clara Province)

Dominican Republic

• San Juan Province (Dominican Republic)
• San Juan de la Maguana

Honduras

• San Juan, Intibucá
• San Juan, La Paz

Mexico

• San Juan, a village in Palizada Municipality, Campeche
• San Juan Chamula, Chiapas
• San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
• San Juan de Ulúa, a small island near the port of Veracruz
• San Juan del Río, the second city of Querétaro
• Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán
• San Juan River (Veracruz)
• San Juan River (Tamaulipas), a river flowing through the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas

Oaxaca

• San Juan Achiutla
• San Juan Atepec
• San Juan Cacahuatepec
• San Juan Chicomezúchil
• San Juan Chilateca
• San Juan Cieneguilla
• San Juan Coatzospam
• San Juan Colorado
• San Juan Comaltepec
• San Juan Cotzocón
• San Juan del Estado
• San Juan de los Cues
• San Juan del Río
• San Juan Diuxi
• San Juan Guelavia
• San Juan Guichicovi
• San Juan Ihualtepec
• San Juan Juquila Mixes
• San Juan Juquila Vijanos
• San Juan Lachao
• San Juan Lachigalla
• San Juan Lajarcia
• San Juan Lalana
• San Juan Mazatlán
• San Juan Mixtepec, Mixteca
• San Juan Mixtepec, Miahuatlán
• San Juan Ñumí
• San Juan Ozolotepec
• San Juan Petlapa
• San Juan Quiahije
• San Juan Quiotepec
• San Juan Sayultepec
• San Juan Tabaá
• San Juan Tamazola
• San Juan Teita
• San Juan Teitipac
• San Juan Tepeuxila
• San Juan Teposcolula
• San Juan Yaeé
• San Juan Yatzona
• San Juan Yucuita

Nicaragua

• San Juan del Sur
• San Juan River (Nicaragua) and Ecocanal

Panama

• San Juan, Chiriquí
• San Juan, Colón
• San Juan de Dios
• San Juan, Veraguas

Peru

• San Juan District (disambiguation), several districts in Peru

Philippines

• San Juan, Abra
• San Juan, Batangas
• San Juan, Ilocos Sur
• San Juan, La Union
• San Juan, Metro Manila, commonly known as San Juan City
• San Juan, Siquijor
• San Juan, Southern Leyte
• San Juan River (Calamba), a tributary of Laguna de Bay
• San Juan River (Metro Manila), a tributary of the Pasig River

Puerto Rico

• San Juan, Puerto Rico
• San Juan Bay

Spain

• Sant Joan d'Alacant (called San Juan de Alicante in Spanish)
• Sant Joan, Majorca (called San Juan in Spanish)

Trinidad and Tobago

• San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago

United States

• San Juan Bautista, California
• San Juan Capistrano, California
• San Juan, California, former name of North San Juan, California
• San Juan County, Colorado
• San Juan Mountains, Colorado
• San Juan del Puerto, Florida
• San Juan, New Mexico
• San Juan County, New Mexico
• Pueblo de San Juan, in New Mexico
• San Juan, Texas
• San Juan County, Utah
• San Juan County, Washington
• San Juan Islands, an archipelago in Washington
  • San Juan Island, the second-largest of the San Juan Islands
• The San Juan Basin in the Southwestern United States

Venezuela

• San Juan de Manapiare
• San Juan de Payara

People with the surname 'San Juan'

• E. San Juan, Jr., Filipino writer
• Olga San Juan, American actress
• Rossana San Juan, Mexican actress and singer

Miscellaneous uses

• Fiesta de San Juan, the Spanish name for St John's Eve
• San Juan, a Peruvian beer brewed by Backus and Johnston
• San Juan (card game) by Andreas Seyfarth, a card game for two to four players
• San Juan Festival, celebrated in Moyobamba, Peru
• San Juan, the Honduran name of the Gold Tree (Tabebuia donnell-smithii)
• San Juan Express, passenger train on the narrow-gauge Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in Colorado and New Mexico
• San Juan de Silicia, a ship in the Spanish Armada that sunk off the Isle of Mull, in Scotland
• San Juan Bautista (ship), a Japanese-built galleon
• San Juan Airlines, an airline in Washington, United States
• San Juan Airport (Bolivia), Bolivia
• Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, also known as San Juan International Airport, Puerto Rico

See also

• San Juan Bautista (disambiguation)
• San Juan River (disambiguation)
• Saint-Jean (disambiguation)
• Saint John (disambiguation)
• Saint Juan (disambiguation)
• Sant Joan (disambiguation)
• São João (disambiguation)