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Vega Baja was originally known as Vega-baxa del Naranjal de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Vega Baja of the Orange Grove of Our Lady of the Rosary). Cibuco is one of the rivers that goes through Vega Baja, and is a variation of the name Sebuco, who was a chief or Cacique Taíno of the region. These small tribes of Taínos were known to settle in ...
Manatí was founded in 1738 by Don Pedro Menendez Valdes. The Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria church was built in the seventeenth century and is still standing in its original spot. [2] Manati is known as La Ciudad Metropolitana (The Metropolitan City), and also as Las Atenas de Puerto Rico, (The Athens of Puerto Rico). [3]
Vega Baja barrio-pueblo is a barrio and downtown area that serves as the administrative center of Vega Baja, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 816. Its population in 2010 was 816.
Vega Baja Pueblo: Spanish Colonial residence and historic house museum associated with families related to the local sugarcane industry. Now part of the municipally owned Museum of Art, History and Culture. 2: Church Santa María del Rosario of Vega Baja: Church Santa María del Rosario of Vega Baja
Morovis (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈɾoβis], locally [moˈɾoβiʔ]) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, south of Manatí, Vega Baja and Vega Alta; east of Ciales, and west of Corozal.
Laguna Tortuguero Natural Reserve is a natural reservoir located between the municipalities of Vega Baja and Manatí in Puerto Rico.. The lagoon is one of only two natural reservoirs in the island of Puerto Rico (the other being Joyuda Lagoon), and is home to an ample variety of species.
The Puerto Rico municipal police is the group of local police forces of the different municipalities of Puerto Rico. Each municipal police operates independently and autonomously from one another with the mayor of the respective municipality being its commander-in-chief . [ 1 ]
Marcos Cruz is a Puerto Rican politician and the current mayor of Vega Baja. Cruz is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and has served as mayor since 2013. [ 1 ] Marcos Cruz earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus .