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Kombucha (also tea mushroom, tea fungus, or Manchurian mushroom when referring to the culture; Latin name Medusomyces gisevii) [1] is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink. Sometimes the beverage is called kombucha tea to distinguish it from the culture of bacteria and yeast . [ 2 ]
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Villalba is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).
PRIDCO was created by the government of Puerto Rico in 1942 along with the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank (GDB) during the governorship of Rexford G. Tugwell.Its purpose was to finance the construction and operational management of industrial parks where stateside manufacturing companies could find low-rent venues for their operations.
The Insular Government of Porto Rico [1] (Spanish: Gobierno Insular de Puerto Rico), known as the Insular Government of Puerto Rico [2] [3] [4] after May 17, 1932, [5] was an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States that was established when the Foraker Act became effective on April 12, 1900.
Carite State Forest is one of 20 forestry units in the territory of Puerto Rico. This forest area was established by a proclamation in 1935 and was formerly listed as a state forest on July 1, 1975, through the Law of Puerto Rican Forests (Law Num. 133). The area was preserved with the intention of developing it for its timber industry.
The Monumento al Jíbaro Puertorriqueño (Monument to the Puerto Rican Countryman) is a monument built by the Government of Puerto Rico to honor the Puerto Rican Jíbaro, located on Puerto Rico Highway 52, km 49.0, Barrio Lapa, Salinas, Puerto Rico. [3] [4] [5] It was sculpted by Tomás Batista. [6]
Pozo de Jacinto (Jacinto's Pit Cave) is a blowhole located at Barrio Bajuras in the northwestern side Puerto Rican municipality of Isabela on Puerto Rico Highway 466. Description [ edit ]
List of nature reserves (reservas naturales) in Puerto Rico No. Nature reserve Image Municipalities Est. Area (acres) Description 1 Abey: Salinas: 2023 6 Forested hydrological and geological basin with designated Specially Protected Rustic Soil (Suelo Rústico Especialmente Protegido or SREP) important for the stability of wetlands and mangrove forests of the Jobos Bay National Estuarine ...