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The Cordillera Central (English: "Central Mountain Range") is the only mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico, consisting of three subranges: the western-central Cordillera Central, the southeastern Sierra de Cayey, and the northeastern Sierra de Luquillo.
Porta Cordillera (Spanish for "dorway to the mountain range"), or simply Central Region (Región Central), [1] is a land-locked tourism region located in the central mountainous area of Puerto Rico. Porta Cordillera was officially launched in July 2012 by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company .
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 24 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico is along the central mountain region, from Las Marías and Maricao in the central-west to Juncos in the central-east, including the slopes of the Cordillera.
The Sierra de Cayey (English: "Cayey Mountains") is one of three subranges of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico.It is demarcated from the eponymous main subrange of Cordillera Central by the San Cristóbal Canyon on the town boundary between the municipalities of Barranquitas and Aibonito.
The Geology of Puerto Rico can be divided into three major geologic provinces: The Cordillera Central, the Carbonate, and the Coastal Lowlands. [1] Puerto Rico is composed of Jurassic to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks .
This is a list of massifs and mountain ranges in Puerto Rico listed alphabetically, and associated landforms. [1] Cerros de San Francisco (San Francisco Hills) Cerros de Santini (Santini Hills) Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico Central mountain range) Cordillera Jaicoa; Cordillera de Sabana Alta; El Carso Norteño (Puerto Rico Northern karst region)
Functional by 1886, Carretera Central was the first highway to cross Puerto Rico's east–west mountain range, the Cordillera Central. In 1886, it was a 134-kilometer (83 mi) route with 13 permanent bridges and 33 casillas de camineros (housing for road maintenance technicians).
This is a list of properties and districts in the southern municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos). It includes places along the southern coast of the island, and on the south slope of Puerto Rico's Cordillera Central.