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Cerro de Punta or Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, rising to 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) above sea level. [note 1] The mountain is part of the Cordillera Central and is located on the town boundary between the municipalities of Ponce and Jayuya in the central region of the main island of Puerto Rico.
Ponce (US: / ˈ p ɔː n s eɪ, ˈ p oʊ n-/ PAWN-say, POHN-, UK: / ˈ p ɒ n-/ PON-, Spanish: ⓘ) is a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. [25] The most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692 [note 1] [26] [20] [27] [17] and is named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, [28] the great-grandson of Spanish ...
At 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) on the town line between Ponce and Jayuya, Cerro de Punta is the summit of the Cordillera Central and the highest point in Puerto Rico. [1] [2] General physiographic map of Puerto Rico, with mountainous terrain in green, karst in orange, and plains in yellow
Rio Bayagan (Bayagan River) running alongside Puerto Rico Highway 505 in Barrio Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Machuelo Arriba is a rural barrio located in the central section of the municipality, just north of the Ponce city limits at latitude 18.043976N, and longitude -66.597924W.
This interchange also connects to PR-504, which leads to downtown Ponce and to the northern areas of barrio Portugués. The road then enters barrio Portugués Urbano where it intersects the northern terminus of PR-9, which leads to PR-2 in Ponce's barrio Canas. At this point PR-10 turns sharply north and heads into the mountains of barrio Tibes.
Puerto Rico Highway 52 (PR-52), a major toll road in Puerto Rico, is also known as Autopista Luis A. Ferré.It was formerly called Expreso Las Américas.It runs from PR-1 in southwest Río Piedras and heads south until it intersects with highway PR-2 in Ponce. [3]
The current port, named the Port of Ponce, is located [note 1] in the southern tip of the city of Ponce, 1.5 miles south of the intersection of PR-52 and PR-12. The port was created on 28 February 1789, through the Royal Decree of Spanish King Carlos IV de Borbón. [19] It started operating commercially in 1804. [20]
Plaza Las Delicias is the main plaza in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico.The square is notable for its fountains and for the various monuments it contains. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located within the plaza, which actually consists of two squares: Plaza Muñoz Rivera on the north end, and Plaza Degetau on the southern end.