 It is known as "El Valle del Turabo" ("Turabo Valley"), "La Ciudad Criolla" ("The Creole City") and "La Cuna de los Trovadores" (The Cradle of the Trovadores).Its name originates from the Taíno cacique Caguax.Caguas is a principal city of both the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.