Puerto del Rey
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Puerto del Rey | |
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City and Municipality | |
| Gran Ciudad de Puerto del Rey Great City of Puerto del Rey | |
.jpg)   _(cropped).jpg)  .jpg) .jpg) _10.jpg) _(cropped)_(cropped).jpg) Following down left to right: Obrador Square, Puerto Train Station, the Cradle of the Cross, The Fallen of the War Monument, Cityscape of Puerto del Rey, National Auratian Museum, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Tilto Market, New Puerto del Rey | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): "Pro Deo crucem meum fero" (Solarian: For God I do bear my cross ) | |
| Founding as Mursa | 23 B.C. |
| City Status | 188 A.D. |
| Made capital | 8 August 1573 |
| Disinvested | 12 June 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • Mayor | Oriol Jiménez (L) |
| • Chairman of the Government Board | Dario Vaquero Cedillo (L) |
| Area | |
| • City and Municipality | 433.1 km2 (167.2 sq mi) |
| • Land | 400.2 km2 (154.5 sq mi) |
| • Water | 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • City and Municipality | 961,494 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 470,942 |
| • Metro | 1,436,935 |
| Demonym | Reians |
| Postal Code | 1000-100 |
| Area code | +1 |
Puerto del Rey (English: Port of the King), formally the Gran Ciudad de Puerto del Rey (English: Great City of Puerto del Rey), known historical as Mursa or Corona d'Este, is the second-most populous city in Auratia and the most populous city in the state of Saba. The city is home to a population of roughly 961 thousand inhabitants with a metropolitan area population of roughly 1.4 million. The municipality covers roughly 433.1 km2 (167.2 sq mi). Puerto del Rey is the former capital city of Auratia, but lost that distinction to Cienflores in 1965.