Rincón
Rincón, the Town of Beautiful Sunsets, is in the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico, southwest of Aguadilla. Rincón, well known for its world-class surfing beaches, was the host of the World Surfing Championship in 1968.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Boiling Nuclear Superheater Reactor Facility
The Boiling Nuclear Superheater Reactor Facility, also known to the locals as "Domes", or formally as Museo Tecnologico BONUS Dr. Boiling Nuclear Superheater Reactor Facility is situated 3½ km northwest of Rincón.Point Jiguero Light
Punta Higuero Lighthouse, also known as Faro de Punta Higuero, is an historic lighthouse located in Rincón, Puerto Rico.Domes Beach
18°21′51″N 67°16′13″W / 18.3641129°N 67.2701808°W View of dome on Domes Beach, RincónDomes Beach is on the northwest point of Puerto Rico, in Rincón and known for big wave surfing during the winter. Domes Beach is situated 3½ km northwest of Rincón.Rincón
- Categories: municipality of Puerto Rico and locality
- Location: Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.3397° or 18° 20' 23" northLongitude
-67.2507° or 67° 15' 2" westPopulation
1,500Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open Location Code
77CJ8PQX+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1944571739OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
4567723Wikidata ID
Q1815896Rincón Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Rincón, Puerto Rico
- Bishnupriya: রিঙ্কোন, পুয়ের্তো রিকো
- Catalan: Rincón, Puerto Rico
- Catalan: Rincón
- Cebuano: Rincón (kapital sa munisipyo)
- Cebuano: Rincón Municipio
- Chinese: 林孔
- Dutch: Rincón
- English: Rincon
- English: Rincón, Puerto Rico
- English: Rincón Municipio
- French: Rincon
- French: Rincón
- French: municipalité de Rincón
- Georgian: რინკონი (პუერტო-რიკო)
- German: Rincón
- Hungarian: Rincón
- Irish: Rincón
- Italian: Rincón
- Japanese: リンコン (プエルトリコ)
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rincón
- Persian: رینسون، پورتوریکو
- Portuguese: Rincón
- Russian: Ринкон
- Russian: Ринкона
- Serbian: Rincón, Puerto Rico
- Serbian: Ринкон
- Serbo-Croatian: Rincón, Puerto Rico
- Spanish: Municipio de Rincón
- Spanish: Rincón
- Spanish: Rincón (Puerto Rico)
- Ukrainian: Рінкон
- Urdu: رینکون، پورٹو ریکو
- Waray (Philippines): Rincon, Puerto Rico
- Waray (Philippines): Rincón, Puerto Rico
- Rinon
- Santa Rosa de Rincon
- რინკონი
Other Places Named Rincón
In the Area
- EnsenadaSuburb
- StellaNeighbourhood
- PuntasSuburb
- Sector Los PuentesHamlet
- Río GrandeSuburb
- CrucesSuburb, 3½ km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Rincón. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.