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Encyclopedia Britannica



SAN GERMAN

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 150 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR
SAN GERMAN , a city of the department of
Mayaguez
 ,
Porto
  Rico, in the
south
 -western
part
  of the
island
 , about Io m. S.S.E. of the city of
Mayaguez
 . Pop. of the city (1899) 3954; of the municipal
district
  20,246, of whom 10,715 were of mixed races. The city is served by the American railway of
Porto
  Rico. It is situated near the Guanajibo river, in a fertile agricultural region which produces
sugar
 , coffee, fruit, cacao and tobacco,
In one of the public squares is a Dominican
church
  built in 1538
San German was founded in 1517, was plundered by the French in 1528, was destroyed by corsairs in 1554, and was unsuccessfully attacked by the
English
  in 1748. Until 1782 it was the seat of government of the western
district
  of the
island
 . It was made a city in 1877.


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