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Yauco
Yauco () is a town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico. Although the downtown is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco is located south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grande and Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. The municipality consists of 20 barrios and Yauco Pueblo (the downtown and administrative center of the municipality). It is both a principal town of the Yauco Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area. It was founded by Fernando Pacheco on February 29, 1756, and developed for commodity crops of tobacco, sugar cane, and coffee. Yauco became a center for Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico in the 19th century due to its geographical similarity to their homeland. Corsicans have contributed to many areas of life in Yauco, particularly to its coffee industry. This has played a role in the town's nicknames of ''El Pueblo del Café'' (Town of Coffee), and reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsican Immigration To Puerto Rico
Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico resulted in the 19th century from widespread economic and political changes in Europe that made life difficult for the peasant and agricultural classes in Corsica and other territories. The Second Industrial Revolution drew more people into urban areas for work, widespread crop failure resulted from long periods of drought, and crop diseases, and political discontent rose. In the early nineteenth century, Spain lost most of its possessions in the so-called "New World" as its colonies won independence. It feared rebellion in its last two Caribbean colonies: Puerto Rico and Cuba. The Spanish Crown had issued the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 (''Real Cédula de Gracias'') which fostered and encouraged the immigration of European Catholics, even if not of Spanish origin, to its Caribbean colonies. Hundreds of families emigrated from Corsica to Puerto Rico. Corsicans and those of Corsican descent played an instrumental role in the development of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yauco Barrio-pueblo
Yauco barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Yauco, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,091. As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called ''pueblo'' which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the central plaza every year. The central plaza and its church The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The Laws of the Indies, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) (), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casona Césari
The Antonio Mattei Lluberas Residence (Spanish: ''Residencia Antonio Mattei Lluberas''), also known as ''La Casona Césari'' (Spanish for 'the Césari Manor') and the House of the Twelve Doors (''La Casa de las Doce Puertas''), is a historic late 19th-century manor house located in Yauco Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. The house was designed by architect Antonio Mattei Lluberas and built in 1893 by Angelo Cesari Poggi (''Ángel Césari Poggi'' in its localized Spanish spelling) of the Césari Antongiorgi family, a Corsican-Puerto Rican family who was important in the development of the sugarcane industry of Yauco and southwestern Puerto Rico. Architecture The two storey manor house has a distinctive L-shape that borders the corner of the ''Matienzo Cintrón'' and ''25 de Julio'' streets. The main structure is made of thick concrete masonry walls with wooden beams that support a flat brick roof. The wooden window desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barina, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Barina is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,930. Geography Barina barrio is located in the southernmost part of the municipality of Yauco, immediately south of Yauco Pueblo (downtown Yauco) and the barrios of Susúa Baja and Jácana. The Yauco River crosses it from north to south, forming a flat valley that is used for agriculture. The rest of the barrio is hilly and forms part of the Southern Karst region of Puerto Rico. Demographics Barina was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Barina barrio was 1,432. Landmarks and attractions The Guánica State Forest is the largest and one of the best-preserved dry forests in Puerto Rico and the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almácigo Alto
Almácigo Alto is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,659. Geography Almácigo Alto is located northwest of Yauco Pueblo (downtown Yauco), and it is bounded by barrios Almácigo Bajo to the south, Diego Hernández to the east, Collores and Algarrobo to the north, and Susúa Alta to the east. Demographics Almácigo Alto was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Almácigo Alto barrio and Jácana barrio was 1,077. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almácigo Bajo
Almácigo Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,443. History Almácigo Bajo was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War, under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898, and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Almácigo Bajo barrio was 793. Geography Almácigo Bajo is located immediately northwest of Yauco Pueblo (downtown Yauco) and is bounded in the north by Almácigo Alto, in the west by Susúa Alta, and in the southeast by Susúa Baja. Demographics See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algarrobo, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Algarrobo is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 419. History Algarrobo was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Algarrobo barrio was 952. Geography Algarrobo barrio is located in central Yauco in the Cordillera Central. It is crossed by the Yauco River which flows from Lake Luchetti in the north towards downtown Yauco in the south. Demographics See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Puerto Rico
The municipalities of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''municipios de Puerto Rico'') are the second-level List of administrative divisions by country, administrative divisions defined with geographic Border, boundaries and governmental authority in the Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island of Puerto Rico. Amounting to 78 municipal corporation, incorporated towns and cities equivalent to List of United States counties and county equivalents, U.S. counties, only two of which are outside the main island, namely the smaller islands of Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, each municipality is governed by an elected Mayor–council government#Strong-mayor government form, strong mayor and a Unicameralism, unicameral municipal council, legislature. The municipalities are divided into 902 Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrios, the third-level administrative divisions under the political leadership of the municipal government. As a Territories of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguas Blancas, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Aguas Blancas is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 231. History Aguas Blancas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Aguas Blancas barrio was 1,170. Geography Aguas Blancas is located in the Cordillera Central in northern Yauco, and the highest point of the municipality, at 2,864 ft (873 m) above sea level. It is partially located in the boundary with the Duey and Sierra Alta barrios. Duey River also runs through and originates in this barrio. Demographics See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susúa Alta
Susúa Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,719. History Susúa Alta was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Susúa Alta and Diego Hernández barrios was 1,171. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisions. Barrios are s ... References Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico {{YaucoPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jácana, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Jácana is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,690. Demographics Jácana was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Almácigo Alto barrio and Jácana barrio was 1,077. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisions. Barrios are s ... References Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico {{YaucoPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Alta
Sierra Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,063. History Sierra Alta was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Sierra Alta barrio was 1,411. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisions. Barrios are s ... References Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico {{YaucoPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
