Mayaguez travel guide

Mayagüez redirects here. For the US ship of the same name, see SS Mayagüez. For the 1975 US-Cambodia incident regarding the capture of the ship, see the Mayagüez incident.
Mayagüez (mah-yah-GWES) or maɪaˈgwɛs is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" (The Sultaness of the West) or "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" (City of Pure Waters), the Spanish crown gave it the tittle of "La excelente ciudad de Mayagüez", Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico.
Its land area is. The municipio has an estimated population of just over 100,000 spread over 21 wards (barrios) including Mayagüez Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). One of the wards is Isla de Mona e Islote Monito, which consists of the offshore islands of Mona Island and Monito Island. This is the largest ward by land area, and at the same time the only one without any permanent population. Also, uninhabited Desecheo Island is part of the municipal, as part of Sabanetas barrio.
Mayagüez is located 2 hours by automobile from San Juan. (...) more....