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In 1929, La Playa was the place where Dr. Manuel de la Pila Iglesias worked for the U.S. federal government with such distinction as to earn him the title "physician of physicians." [ 28 ] Today, Playa is a mostly low-income barrio of Ponce, and thus this is where Isolina Ferré founded her "Centro de Orientacion de la Playa" hospital and ...
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Dorado is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).
Guillermo A. Baralt. "La Historia del Desarrollo Urbano de Ponce, 1692 - 1920." Estudio de revitalización integral del Centro Histórico de Ponce. Volumen 2. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica (Puerto Rico) y Comisión Nacional Quinto Centenario (España) Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana. 11v.
Las Piedras is spread over 7 barrios and Las Piedras Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area . Las Piedras has many natural attractions such as Cueva del Indio which contains original Taino caves and paintings that denote some characteristics ...
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]
Sep. 28—If Pueblo West is to keep up with its growth, water and sewer rate increases are a must, a consultant told the Pueblo West Metro District Board on Sept. 27. "The current state of water ...
Yabucoa (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝaβuˈkoa]) is a town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern region, north of Maunabo; south of San Lorenzo, Las Piedras and Humacao; and east of Patillas.
Guaynabo (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwajˈnaβo], locally) is a city and municipality on the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico.Located west of the capital San Juan, east of Bayamón, south of Cataño and San Juan Bay, and north of Aguas Buenas, Guaynabo is spread over 9 barrios and the downtown area and administrative center of Guaynabo Pueblo.