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What remains of the Antigua Central La Plata sugar refinery on PR-125 in Guatemala. Guatemala was in Spain's gazetteers [6] 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.
This is a list of lakes in Puerto Rico. ... Lasen el sector de Joyuda Damas Pool: 564 feet (172 m) ... Lagos de Levittown:
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic ...
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 8 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This is a list of properties and districts in the southern municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos).
Diego de Torres Vargas was allowed to circumvent this strict prohibition and in 1647 wrote Descripción de la Ciudad e Isla de Puerto Rico ("Description of the Island and City of Puerto Rico"). This historical book was the first to make a detailed geographic description of the island.
Lake Cerrillos (Spanish: Lago Cerrillos) is a human-made lake located in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. [2] The lake was finished in 1992 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [3] The main purposes of the reservoir are flood control, water supply, and recreation.
Radiocarbon dating of shells found in the hearth indicate a burial date of c. 1900 BCE. This skeleton, popularly known as El Hombre de Puerto Ferro, was buried at the center of a group of large boulders near Vieques's south-central coast, approximately one kilometer northwest of the Bioluminescent Bay. Linear arrays of smaller stones radiating ...
"Descripción de Lagunetas de Guatemala" (PDF). Lagunetas de Centroamérica. OIRSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27; PREPAC (2007-06-06). "Descripción de Embalses de Guatemala" (PDF). Embalses de Centroamérica. OIRSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27; PREPAC (2007-06-06). "Descripción de Lagunas Costeras de ...