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Aibonito, Puerto Rico
Aibonito () is a small mountain town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range, north of Salinas; south of Barranquitas and Comerío; east of Coamo; and west of Cidra, and Cayey. Aibonito is spread over 8 ''barrios'' and Aibonito Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aibonito is located at a relatively high elevation (its main square is the highest in the island at above sea level), which makes its climate cooler than most of Puerto Rico's towns. Etymology and nicknames The name ''Aibonito'' is possibly a combination of Spanish and Taíno from ''Hatibon'' or ''Jatibon'', which the native name of the Aibonito River. ''Jatibon'' most likely translates to "black river" or "night river", the indigenous name of the river which was later turned into a diminutive in Spanish (''Jatibon-ito''). It is common to have native place names i ...
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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 ...
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Aibonito Barrio-pueblo
Aibonito barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Aibonito, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,539. 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, prote ...
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Cidra, Puerto Rico
Cidra () is a Cidra barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Cayey, Puerto Rico, Cayey; south of Comerío, Puerto Rico, Comerío and Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Aguas Buenas; east of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, Aibonito and Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, Barranquitas; and west of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Caguas. Cidra is spread over 12 barrios and Cidra barrio-pueblo, Cidra Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cidra is known as ''"El Pueblo de la Eterna Primavera"'' ("Spring (season), Town of the Eternal Spring") and ''"El Pueblo de la Paloma Sabanera"'' ("Plain Pigeon, Town of the Plain Pigeon"). History The region of what is now Cidra belonged to the Taíno people, Taíno region of Cubuy, which covered a portion of the center of Puerto Rico. The region was led by cacique Caguax. There are ...
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Coamo, Puerto Rico
Coamo (, ) is a town and municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico, located north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. The municipality of Coamo is spread over 10 barrios and Coamo Pueblo – the town or downtown area and administrative center of the city. The Coamo municipality is also a Micropolitan Statistical Area and as such is part of the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area. The town of Coamo and parts of its barrios are nestled in a valley about east of the town of Ponce (about 40 minutes by car). It was named San Blas Illescas de Coamo by Spanish settlers in 1579. Saint Blaise (''San Blas'') was designated by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of the town, and so it remains presently. '' Illescas'' is the Spanish town where some of the town founders originated (nowadays in Toledo province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). There are severa ...
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Comerío, Puerto Rico
Comerío () is a Comerío barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico in the center-eastern region of island, north of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, Aibonito; south of Naranjito, Puerto Rico, Naranjito and Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Bayamón; east of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, Barranquitas; and west of Cidra, Puerto Rico, Cidra and Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Aguas Buenas. Comerío is spread over 7 barrios and Comerío barrio-pueblo, Comerío Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Comerío was founded on June 12, 1826. Originally named Sabana del Palmar, but later changed to ''Comerío''. In 1854, nearly 1000 acres (1000 ) of land were being used for agriculture. In 1894, there was one sugar and two coffee plantations (Hacienda, estates) in Comerío. In the early 20th century, Comerio residents, had a short but legendary territory war with ...
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Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Barranquitas (, ) is a small mountain Barranquitas barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality located in the Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Cordillera Central region of Puerto Rico, south of Corozal, Puerto Rico, Corozal and Naranjito, Puerto Rico, Naranjito; north of Coamo, Puerto Rico, Coamo and Aibonito, Puerto Rico, Aibonito; west of Comerío, Puerto Rico, Comerío and Cidra, Puerto Rico, Cidra; and east of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, Orocovis. Barranquitas is spread over 6 barrios and Barranquitas barrio-pueblo, Barranquitas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Barranquitas is about one hour by winding roads from San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, the capital. It is nestled amid hills and mountains, and nearby, between Barranquitas and Aibonito, is the San Cristóbal Canyon; one of the deepest canyons in the West Indies. For years, the overlook was ...
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Salinas, Puerto Rico
Salinas (, ) is a Salinas barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, Aibonito and Cayey, Puerto Rico, Cayey; southeast of Coamo, Puerto Rico, Coamo, east of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, Santa Isabel; and west of Guayama, Puerto Rico, Guayama. Salinas is spread over 5 barrios and Salinas barrio-pueblo, Salinas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It has long been a fishing spot for Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, known for its beaches, fish variety and the birthplace of the famous "Mojo (sauce), mojo isleño". Although Salinas doesn't have any commercial airports, there is a military training area there, Camp Santiago, which is one of the training centers of the Puerto Rico National Guard. Army National Guard, Air National Guard, State Guard, U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps, ROTC, United States Army Reserv ...
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Sierra De Cayey
The Sierra de Cayey ( English: "Cayey Mountains") is one of three subranges of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico. It is demarcated from the eponymous main subrange of ''Cordillera Central'' by the San Cristóbal Canyon on the town boundary between the municipalities of Barranquitas and Aibonito. From west to east, it is concentrated in the municipalities of Aibonito, Cayey, Guayama, and Patillas in the southeastern region of the island. The summit of the mountain range is Cerro La Santa at 2,962 ft. (903 m) and its most recognizable peak is Cerro Las Tetas at 2,759 ft. (840 m).' Along with the Sierra de Luquillo in northeastern Puerto Rico, the Cayey mountain range is the smaller subrange of the Cordillera Central. The Rio Grande de Loíza, which is one of the largest rivers in Puerto Rico, has its sources in this range within the municipality of San Lorenzo. The La Plata River flows through the Cayey Valley where the town of ...
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Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth. Located about southeast of Miami, Miami, Florida between the Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands in the Lesser Antilles, it consists of the eponymous main island and numerous smaller islands, including Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Isla de Mona, Mona. With approximately 3.2 million Puerto Ricans, residents, it is divided into Municipalities of Puerto Rico, 78 municipalities, of which the most populous is the Capital city, capital municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, followed by those within the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metro ...
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Ellipse Sign 1
In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focus (geometry), focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant. It generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in which the two focal points are the same. The elongation of an ellipse is measured by its eccentricity (mathematics), eccentricity e, a number ranging from e = 0 (the Limiting case (mathematics), limiting case of a circle) to e = 1 (the limiting case of infinite elongation, no longer an ellipse but a parabola). An ellipse has a simple algebraic solution for its area, but for Perimeter of an ellipse, its perimeter (also known as circumference), Integral, integration is required to obtain an exact solution. The largest and smallest diameters of an ellipse, also known as its width and height, are typically denoted and . An ellipse has four extreme points: two ''Vertex (geometry), vertices'' at the endpoints of the major axis ...
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