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UTC−04:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −04:00. It is observed in the Eastern Time Zone (e.g., in Canada and the United States) during the warm months of daylight saving time, as Eastern Daylight Time. The Atlantic Time Zone observes it during standard time (cold months).
San Juan Bautista Alonso Manso (1460 – September 27, 1539) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Puerto Rico (1511–1539), [ 1 ] and first Bishop of Magua (1504–1511), [ 2 ] and as the eighth governor of Puerto Rico.
Plaza del Quinto Centenario (2011) Plaza del Quinto Centenario (Spanish for 'Square of the Fifth Centenary'), also Plaza del V Centenario, popularly referred to as Plaza del Tótem ('Totem Square'), is a modern square in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, inaugurated in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the European discovery and Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico and the Americas and the ...
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. Eastern Standard Time ( EST ) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00 ).
October 12: Pope John Paul II pastoral visit to San juan. 1985 – January 2: Baltasar Corrada del Río becomes Mayor of San Juan. 1986 June: U.S. Conference of Mayors held in San Juan. December 31: Dupont Plaza Hotel arson. San Juan Philharmonic Chorale formed. 1988 – Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de San Juan (historical archives ...
San Juan de Nicaragua has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy rainfall from February to April and very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the remaining months. It is the wettest place in Nicaragua, and its annual rainfall of around 5,700 millimetres or 220 inches rivals Whittier or Little Port Walter in the Alaska ...
Pronounced "Sahwah" by the local people, San Juan is the first major stop along the East–West Corridor for maxi-taxis and buses. It is located 6.6 kilometres (4.1 miles) east of Port of Spain , 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) west of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus and 17 kilometres (11 miles) away from Piarco International ...
Castillo de San Cristóbal located at the northeast corner of the defensive wall system that encircles Old San Juan, it was built to provide protection against land and maritime attacks. El Cañuelo located in Isla de Cabras in the modern-day municipality of Toa Baja across from El Morro, it was built to control the maritime access into the Bay ...