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Arecibo
Arecibo · Puerto Rico
City population
87,754
#5
in Puerto Rico
#6,570
worldwide
18.472, -66.716 · 64 km from San Juan
About Arecibo
Arecibo is a city in Arecibo, Puerto Rico with a population of 87,754. It is the 5th largest of the 21 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Puerto Rico, and the 6,570th largest worldwide. It lies 64 km from San Juan.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Arecibo
Elevation
7 m
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
Coordinates
18.472, -66.716
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 21 in Puerto RicoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.