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San Juan pueblo (1990 pop. 1,821), Rio Arriba co., N N.Mex., on the Rio Grande; settled 1598 by Juan de Oñate . A Franciscan mission was later established. It was the home of Popé , the medicine man who led the Native Americans in the Pueblo revolt of 1680. The inhabitants are Pueblo who speak a language of the Tanoan family and produce art and handicrafts.

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San Juan, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, USA 1. Argentina: a province and a city founded in 1562 by, and named after, Juan Jufré y Montesa, governor of the captaincy general of Cuyo.2. Puerto Rico: founded in 1508 as Caparra by Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), the Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the island; it was located west of the modern city and renamed ‘St John’ after Juan Ponce de León. In 1521 the settlement was moved to the harbour entrance and renamed Puerto Rico ‘Rich Port’; the island at that time was called San Juan Bautista ‘St John the Baptist’, having been so named by Christopher Columbus^† in 1492. Over time, the names were reversed. It remained under Spanish control until 1898 when the island was ceded to the USA. It is the capital.

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