Caguas, Puerto Rico

Caguas is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded in 1775. The municipality had a population of 127,244 at the 2020 census.Caguas is located 20 miles from San Juan. It is located in the Valle de Caguas or Caguas Valley, at the eastern ranges of the Central Mountain Range. It is known as La Ciudad Criolla, Valle del Turabo and La Cuna de los Trovadores. Its name originates from the Taíno cacique Caguax, who was a regional chief. Caguas is a principal city of both the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.