Boquerón Bay
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Boquerón Bay (
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
: ''Bahía de Boquerón'') is a
bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
of the
Mona Passage The Mona Passage ( es, Canal de la Mona) is a strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The Mona Passage connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and is an important shipping route between the Atlantic and the Panam ...
located on the coast of
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Cabo Rojo (, ) is a city and municipality situated on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and forms part of the San Germán–Cabo Rojo metropolitan area as well as the larger Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area. Histo ...
. El Poblado de Boquerón, or just Boquerón for short, located in the ''
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'' of the
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, is the main settlement located along the bay. The bay is a major tourist destination as it hosts the Boquerón Beach (''Balneario de Boquerón'') and Los Pozos Beach. The Boquerón Lagoon (part of the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge) and the Boquerón Iris Alameda Wildlife Refuge (part of the Boquerón State Forest) are located immediately to the east of the bay next to Boquerón Beach.


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Tourism in Puerto Rico Tourism in Puerto Rico attracted 3.7 million visitors in 2019 and 1.0 million visitors in 2015, a notable increase from the average of 2010–2014 at 3.1 million. Tourism has been a very important source of revenue for Puerto Rico for a number of ...


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{{CaboRojoPR-geo-stub Bays of Puerto Rico Bodies of water of Puerto Rico Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico