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Encyclopedia > Ponce > ,-Puerto-Rico

Ponce is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to:

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Persons

  • Alberto Ponce (1935—), French classical guitarist
  • Camilo Ponce (1912–1976), President of Ecuador 1956–1960
  • Carlos Ponce (1972—), Puerto Rican actor, singer, and composer
  • Daniel Ponce de León (1980—), Mexican professional boxer
  • Domingo Ponce (1890–1972), Filipino Labor Leader and Supreme Head and Founder of Legionarios Del Trabajo
  • Edgar Ponce (1977–2005), Mexican actor and dancer
  • Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (1951—), President of Mexico 1994–2000
  • Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (1889–1956), Guatemalan politician, acting president 1944
  • Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador of the New World
  • Juan Ponce de León II (16th c.), first Puerto Rican to assume the temporary governorship of Puerto Rico
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (1924—), Filipino politician and senator
  • Juan Ponce Sumuroy (17th c.), Filipino rebel leader
  • Luis Ponce de León (1527–1591), Spanish poet and Augustinian friar
  • Manuel Barbachano Ponce (1924–1994), Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, and novelist
  • Manuel Maria Ponce (1882–1948), Mexican composer
  • Manuel María Ponce Brousset (1874–1966), President of Peru for two days in 1966
  • Mariano Ponce (1863–1918), Filipino physician and leader of the Propaganda Movement
  • Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León ([?]–1720), Spanish colonial officer, interim viceroy of Peru 1716
  • Pedro Ponce de León (1520–1584), Spanish Benedictine monk, established a school for the deaf
  • Sergio Amaury Ponce (1981—), Mexican football player

Alberto Ponce Alberto Ponce is a French classical guitarist and renowned teacher of Spanish origin born in 1935 in Madrid, Spain. ... Camilo Ponce Enríquez (January 31, 1912–September 13, Ecuadorian political figure. ... Carlos Augusto Ponce a. ... Daniel Ponce de León (Tarahumara American Indian born July 27, 1980 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a southpaw professional boxer in the junior featherweight (122 lb) division. ... Edgar Ponce (December 27, 1977 – May 5, 2005) was a Mexican actor and dancer. ... Term of office: 1 December 1994 – 1 December 2000 Preceded by: Carlos Salinas de Gortari Succeeded by: Vicente Fox Quesada Date of birth: 27 December 1951 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Economist First Lady: Nilda Patricia Velasco Núñez Political Party: PRI Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born... Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (1889 - 1956) was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. ... Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (c. ... Juan Ponce de León II born in Puerto Rico in the early part of the 16th century, was the first Puerto Rican to assume the temporary governorship of Puerto Rico. ... Juan Ponce Enrile (born February 14, 1924) is a political figure in the Philippines. ... Juan Ponce Sumuroy (also spelled as Sumoroy or Sumudoy) was a Waray hero and leader of a rebellion in Eastern Visayas against the Spaniards from 1649-1650. ... Luis Ponce de León (1527 – 23 August 1591) was a Spanish lyric poet, monk, and mystic. ... Manuel Barbachano Ponce (1924 - 29 October 1994) was a Mexican film producer, director, screenwriter, and novelist. ... Manuel Maria Ponce (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) was a distinguished Mexican composer from the early XXth Century. ... Manuel María Ponce Brousset (*Lima, Peru, April 5, 1874 - † Lima, July 18, 1966. ... Mariano Ponce (March 23, 1863-May 23, 1918) was a Filipino physician who was a leader of the Propaganda Movement that spurred the Philippine Revolution against Spanish in 1896. ... Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León (sometimes Mateo de la Mata y Ponce de León) (b. ... Pedro Ponce de León teaching a pupil. ... Sergio Amaury Ponce (born November 2, 1981) is a Mexican football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Club Toluca. ...

Places

Flag Seal Nickname: Ciudad de los Leones , La Perla del Sur Gentilic: Ponceños Location Location of Ponce, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded 1692 Mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo Political party PPD Senatorial district 5 - Ponce Representative district 24,25 Geographical characteristics Area Total 501. ... Ponce de Leon is a town located in Holmes County, Florida. ... Ponce de Leon is an unincorporated community in Stone County about twenty miles southwest of Springfield. ... Ponce de Leon Bay is a bay on the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern Florida in the United States. ... Ponce Inlet is a town located in Volusia County, Florida. ... Ponce de Leon Springs State Recreation Area is one of Floridas State Parks. ...

Other

  • A British slang term for a snob
  • Grupo Garza Ponce, Mexican construction company
  • USS Ponce (LPD-15), ship of the US Navy
  • PONCE2, Rebranded name of PRINCE2 certification

A snob, guilty of snobbery, is a person that adopts the world-view that other people are inherently inferior for any one of a variety of reasons including supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, etc. ... Grupo Garza Ponce or Grupo GP is a Mexican construction company based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. ... USS Ponce (LPD-15), a Trenton-class amphibious transport dock, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the discoverer of Florida and first...

Florida, USA

Flagler College, formerly the Ponce de León Hotel The Ponce de León Hotel was one of the magnificent hotels built in St. ... The first real lighthouse for what is now the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light was erected near the Mosquito Inlet in 1835. ... Ponce De Leon Middle School is a middle school located in Coral Gables, Florida. ...

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Ponce, Puerto Rico (1119 words)
Ponce is known as "La Perla del Sur" (pearl of the south) and "La Ciudad de los Leones" (city of lions).
Ponce was Spain's capital of the southern region until it fell to the U.S. in 1898.
Ponce is located in the Southern Coastal Plain region, south of Adjuntas, Utuado and Jayuya; east of Peñuelas; and west of Juana Díaz.
Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station (340 words)
The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Florida and one of the tallest lighthouses in the nation.
The lighthouse keepers' dwellings and other historic light station buildings are now home to our lighthouse museum, which features exhibits on lighthouse life, Daytona Beach and Florida history, lighthouse and Fresnel lens restoration, shipwrecks, and the lighthouse keepers and their families.
The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the maritime and social history of the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station.
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