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Sabana Grande (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈβana ˈɣɾande]) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located north of Lajas and Guánica; south of Maricao; east of San Germán; and west of Yauco. Sabana Grande is spread over seven barrios and Sabana Grande Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
37 Luis Muñoz Rivera Street Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico Coordinates 18°04′43″N 66°57′34″W / 18.0786111°N 66.9594444°W / 18.0786111; -66.9594444
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The Sabana Grande Masonic Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio Masónico de Sabana Grande), known formally as Cementerio Masónico de la Resp. Logia Igualdad Núm. 23 de Sabana Grande (English: Masonic Cemetery of the Respectable Equality Lodge Number 23 of Sabana Grande), is a historic cemetery in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico.
Sabana Grande barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Sabana Grande, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 1,554. [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.
Joseph B. Aviles Sr. (February 3, 1897 – February 22, 1990), served in the United States Navy and later in the United States Coast Guard. On September 28, 1925, Aviles became the first Hispanic Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard. During World War II he received a war-time promotion to Chief Warrant Officer, becoming the ...
Sabana Grande 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.
His native hometown, Sabana Grande, named a street Calle Félix Rigau Carrera in his honor. On September 14, 2011, he was honored posthumously during the Hispanic Heritage Awards at Cleveland International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. [6] [7] The American Legion Post 36 in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, was named in honor of LTJG Félix Rigau Carrera.