Santa Clara Puerto Rico Map

About Santa Clara, Puerto Rico

Santa Clara is a locality in San Juan County, Puerto Rico, United States. Santa Clara is located at 18.3552°N, 66.0907°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Santa Clara, a district within San Juan Municipality, breathes a humid, tropical air tinged with the scent of salt and distant blossoms. It lies 1.3 miles east of Guaynabo, PR (from Guaynabo, PR: bearing 97°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south of San Juan. Its landscape is a gentle undulation of earth, where verdant patches of sugarcane fields, a legacy of generations, meet the encroaching residential sprawl. The sun here possesses a fierce, unwavering gaze, bleaching the corrugated tin roofs to a pale silver and casting sharp, defined shadows that shrink and lengthen with the slow march of the day. Small, brightly painted houses, their windows often flung open to welcome the breeze, cluster along narrow roads, their gardens bursting with hibiscus and bougainvillea, splashes of vibrant color against the muted greens and browns of the terrain. The history of Santa Clara is intrinsically linked to the fertile lands that once dominated its horizons, lands that sustained Puerto Rico's sugar industry for centuries. Though the grand plantations have largely receded, replaced by the hum of modern life, the echoes of that agricultural past linger, whispered in the names of families and the enduring connection many still feel to the soil. The local economy is now a more varied tapestry, woven with small businesses, service industries, and the daily commutes of its residents to the broader metropolitan area. Yet, the character of Santa Clara remains stubbornly distinct, a place where the pace of life, while not entirely arrested, moves with a more deliberate, unhurried grace, a testament to the enduring spirit of its people and the enduring warmth of its sun-drenched days.

About This Santa Clara Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 18.355228, -66.090722. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Santa Clara and San Juan County.

Detailed location data for Santa Clara includes the ZIP code (00703), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of San Juan County, and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Santa Clara is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.