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Puerto Rico Highway 124
Puerto Rico Highway 124 (PR-124) is a rural road that connects from Lares to Las Marías. Route description It is a curvy road, which crosses the Río Grande de Añasco in barrio Espino (between Lares and Las Marías). Among its intersections are PR-111 (in Lares), PR-120 (to Maricao) and PR-119. Barrio Espino, Lares, Puerto Rico, PR-435 junction with PR-124.jpg, PR-435 at its junction with PR-124 Puerto Rico Highway 124.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 124 Major intersections See also * 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering In 1953, the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works implemented a major renumbering of its insular highways. Before 1953, highway routes were numbered in the 1 to just over 100 range and were distributed randomly throughout th ... References External links * 124 {{PuertoRico-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Planning Board
The Puerto Rico Planning Board ( es, Junta de Planificación) created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the American flag. Its creation was in keeping with Tugwell's New Deal philosophy that Puerto Rico should operate under a highly centralized, all-encompassing territorial government. For decades, the Planning Board was in charge of all economic planning, land use zoning and case-by-case permitting in Puerto Rico. In the 1970s the permitting process was delegated to another government agency, the Rules and Permits Administration (ARPE) and since the late 1990s, major cities have been taking over that role in their own jurisdictions. Organization The Planning Board currently has a Chair and four Associate Members, all appointed by the Governor and requiring the consent of the Puerto Rico Senate. Presidents The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
San Sebastián (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northwestern region of the island, south of Isabela, Quebradillas and Camuy; north of Las Marías; east of Moca and Añasco; and west of Lares. San Sebastián is spread over twenty-four barrios and San Sebastián Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is a principal city of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The permission to found the town was officially granted in 1752, under the leadship of the founder, Captain Cristóbal González de la Cruz, who among other residents had an interest in converting some cow farms into an agricultural village. The foundation of the town from the religious aspect, was consummated in December 1762 by Mariano Martin, the island catholic bishop at that time. At the beginning, by 1700, San Sebastián was a conglomerate of a few cow farms, owned by some residents of the Partido de Aguada. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Prieto, Lares, Puerto Rico
Río Prieto is a Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 567. History The United States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1898), Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Río Prieto barrio was 1,931. Sectors Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios, in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. The following sectors are in Río Prieto barrio: and . See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico * List of barrios and sectors of Lares, Puerto Rico References Barrios of Lares, Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucarabones, Las Marías, Puerto Rico
Bucarabones is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 616. History 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 Bucarabones barrio was 761. Sectors Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. The following sectors are in Bucarabones barrio: , and . See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico * List of barrios and sectors of Las Marías, Puerto Rico Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Las María ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 119
Puerto Rico Highway 119 (PR-119) is a long north-to-south highway in Puerto Rico that goes from Puerto Rico Highway 2 in Hatillo, close to its border with Camuy to the same highway in San Germán. It goes through the municipalities of Camuy, San Sebastián, Las Marías and Maricao before ending in the freeway segment of PR-2. Between Camuy and San Sebastián it passes near Guajataca Lake, the largest artificial lake in western Puerto Rico. Carretera PR-119, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 119 in San Sebastián Major intersections Puerto Rico Highway 119 and 125, San Sebastián.jpg, Sign for intersection of Puerto Rico Highways 119 and 125 in San Sebastián Intersección de Carretera 435 y Carretera 119, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-119 intersection with PR-435 Barrio Perchas 1, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Sign for Perchas 1 barrio on PR-435 leaving PR-119 Related route Puerto Rico Highway 4119 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maricao, Puerto Rico
Maricao () is a Maricao barrio-pueblo, town and the second-least populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico; it is located at the western edge of the Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico, Cordillera Central. It is a small town set around a small square in hilly terrain, north of San Germán, Puerto Rico, San Germán, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, Sabana Grande and Yauco, Puerto Rico, Yauco; south of Las Marias, Puerto Rico, Las Marías and Lares, Puerto Rico, Lares, southeast of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, and west of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, Adjuntas. Maricao is spread over 6 barrios and Maricao barrio-pueblo, Maricao Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). The town borders the Maricao Fish Hatchery, a fish hatchery made up of tanks and pools in a garden setting, where some 25,000 fish are raised yearly to stock farm fishponds and island lakes. The hatchery is part of the Maricao State Forest, also known as Monte del Estado. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 120
Puerto Rico Highway 120 (PR-120) is a main highway connecting Las Marías, Maricao Maricao () is a town and the second-least populous municipality of Puerto Rico; it is located at the western edge of the Cordillera Central. It is a small town set around a small square in hilly terrain, north of San Germán, Sabana Grande and ... and Sabana Grande, and is the main road through the Monte del Estado. Major intersections See also * * References External links * 120 {{PuertoRico-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 111
Puerto Rico Highway 111 (PR-111) is a highway connecting Aguadilla, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 2 and Puerto Rico Highway 115 to Utuado, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 140. Route description It is the main highway to Moca and San Sebastián, being a two-lane highway before turning rural on its way to Lares, where it meets PR-129, which taking north goes to Arecibo and meets PR-2 and PR-22. In Lares, it becomes a divided avenue, replacing an old, narrow segment, but then becomes rural again. It continues to Utuado, crossing PR-10, and merging shortly with PR-123. It ends at PR-140 east of Utuado, near Jayuya. It is one of two long highways going west–east through the center of Puerto Rico (the other being PR-156). It is named the ''Carretera Enrique Laguerre'' through all its length. Aguadilla Pueblo.jpg, PR-111 on the Aguadilla pueblo coast Planta electrica en PR-111, Bahomamey, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Electric plant on PR-111 in Bahomamey Parque de P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Grande De Añasco
The Río Grande de Añasco is a river in western Puerto Rico. Its source is in the Cordillera Central mountain range west of Adjuntas, and it flows about westward to its mouth on the Mona Passage north of Mayagüez. The river flows through the municipalities of Mayagüez, Añasco, San Sebastián and Las Marías. The taínos called it Río Guaorabo. History In the 1898 ''Military Notes on Puerto Rico'' by the U.S. it is written that the "Añasco River is formed by the Lares Mountain ridge. It rises in the eastern extremity of the mountains called Tetas de Cerro Gordo, flowing first northwest, and then west, through the town of its name and thence to the sea." It is spanned by the Puente de Añasco, a bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See also * Puente de Añasco: NRHP listing in Añasco and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico * List of rivers of Puerto Rico A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lares, Puerto Rico
Lares (, ) is a mountain town and municipality of Puerto Rico's central-western area. Lares is located north of Maricao and Yauco; south of Camuy, east of San Sebastián and Las Marias; and west of Hatillo, Utuado and Adjuntas. Lares is spread over 10 barrios and Lares Pueblo (Downtown Lares). It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area. A city adorned with Spanish-era colonial-style churches and small downtown stores, Lares is located on a breezy area that is about 1.5 hours from San Juan by car. Lares was the site of the 1868 ''El Grito de Lares'' (literally, ''The Cry of Lares'', or Lares Revolt), an uprising brought on by pro-independence rebels who wanted Puerto Rico to gain its freedom from Spain. Even though it was soon extinguished it remains an iconic historical event in the history of the island. History Lares was founded on April 26, 1827, by Francisco de Sotomayor and Pedro Vélez Borrero, who named the town after Amador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Marías, Puerto Rico
Las Marías (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located north of Maricao; southeast of Añasco; south of San Sebastián; east of Mayagüez; and west of Lares. Las Marías is spread over 13 barrios and Las Marías Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). History Las Marías was founded on July 1, 1871. Don Benito Recio y Moreno was the acting mayor during the founding of Las Marías. 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 a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Las Marías was 11,279. On September 20, 2017 Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico. In Las Marías, multiple landslides left highways covered in mud, trees and debris. In some areas of Las Marías there were more than 25 landslides per square mile due to the significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Marías Barrio-pueblo
Las Marías barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Las Marías, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 262. 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) ( es, a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors ( es, grandeza proporcionada al número de vecinos). These Spanish regulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
