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Carolina (/ ˌkæroʊˈliːnə /; Spanish pronunciation: [kaɾoˈlina]) is a city and municipality on the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico, immediately east of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, north of Gurabo and Juncos, and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Part of the San Juan metropolitan area, Carolina is spread over 12 barrios and the ...
Carolina, Puerto Rico. Nationality. Puerto Rican. Known for. Puerto Rico's tallest man. Felipe Birriel Fernández, also known as " El Gigante de Carolina " (Carolina's Giant) (August 16, 1916 – March 15, 1994) is considered to have been the tallest Puerto Rican, with an unconfirmed height of 2.413 meters or nearly 7 feet 11 inches.
Barrazas is a barrio in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 4,301. History. Barrazas was in Spain's gazetteers 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.
Carolina barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Carolina, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 1,201. [1] [4] [5] [6]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.
San Antón 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. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of San ...
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Quebrada Maracuto. Quebrada Maracuto, in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, is a prehistoric rock art site. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [ 1] The site includes seven boulders with petroglyphs. [ 3] Images in the petroglyphs include faces and a carved clockwise spiral. [ 4]
February 3, 2000. The Edificio Alcaldia (Spanish: ''city hall building''), also known as the Antigua Casa Alcaldía de Carolina (Old City Hall of Carolina), [2] is a historic building in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The building was designed by Puerto Rican architect Rafael Carmoega, then an architect of the Department of the Interior, with ...