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Puerto Rico does not have an official bird. In 2001 the legislature passed a bill designating the pitirre (Tyrannus dominicensis), but the governor vetoed the bill because although native to it is not endemic to Puerto Rico. [6] [7]
Corazón de Puerto Rico: Heart of Puerto Rico Orocovis: Centro geográfico de Puerto Rico: Geographic Center of Puerto Rico Patillas: La esmeralda del sur: The Emerald of the South Patillas: Los melones: The Mellons Peñuelas: Valle de los flamboyanes: Valley of Flamboyan Peñuelas: La capital del güiro: Capital of the Güiro: Ponce: Perla del ...
Mayagüez (Spanish pronunciation: [maʝaˈɣwes], locally [maʝaˈweʔ]) is the ninth-largest [4] municipality in Puerto Rico.It was founded as Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Township of Our Lady of Candelaria), and is also known as La Sultana del Oeste (The Sultaness of the West), Ciudad de las Aguas Puras (City of Pure Waters), or Ciudad del Mangó (Mango City).
Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist, while the capital city was named Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). [21] Eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital ...
This image is a derivative work of the following images: USA Puerto Rico location map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 2009-06-19T07:13:05Z NordNordWest 1058x595 ...
The city of Mayagüez, in Western Puerto Rico, was founded by Spanish colonists in 1760. The area had long been settled by indigenous Taínos . Mayagüez became self-governing in 1763 and was made a villa ( chartered town) in 1836.
A massive power outage blanketed most of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.2 million people without electricity. Here's what to know about the blackout and Luma Energy, which handles ...
On May 10, 2012, the General Archive of Puerto Rico opened is doors to the exposition: "The Art of BONZZO Visits the General Archive of Puerto Rico - Big Comic Strips Expo". Over 25 of BONZZO's comic strips and BONZZO's memorabilia will be exposed there until October 31, 2012. It is BONZZO's second big comic strips expo.