Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico . It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, and is also known as La Sultana del Oeste , Ciudad de las Aguas Puras , or Ciudad del Mangó . On April 6, 1894, the Spanish crown gave it the formal title of Excelente Ciudad de Mayagüez . Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico. It is a principal city of the Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area.
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