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Puerto Rico

; abbreviated PR; , ), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of the United States with official Commonwealth status. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 millio…

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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan
Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" of the islet of San Juan. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios (sub-districts) of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Old San Juan is the oldest settlement within Puerto Rico and the historic colonial district of the city of San Juan. This historic district is a National Historic Landmark…
wikipedia/Old_San_Juan
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Castillo San Felipe del …
San Juan
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, also known as El Morro, is a citadel built between 16th and 18th centuries in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Development Lying on the northwesternmost point of the islet of Old San Juan, Castillo San Felipe del Morro is named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. The fortification, also referred to as el Morro or 'the promontory,' was designed to guard the entrance to the San Juan Bay, and defend the Spanish colonial port city of San Juan from seaborne enemies. In 1983, the…
wikipedia/Castillo_San_Felipe_del_Morro
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Capitol of Puerto Rico
Capitol of Puerto Rico
San Juan
The of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitolio de Puerto Rico) is located on the Islet of San Juan just outside the walls of Old San Juan. The building is home to the bicameral Legislative Assembly, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate. The building is located in the Puerta de Tierra sector of San Juan. The Capitol is also commonly referred to as the Palace of the Laws (Spanish: Palacio de las Leyes). History Prior to the establishment of the Capitol, the Legislative Assembly used the Pr…
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Castillo de San Cristóbal
Castillo de San Cristóbal
San Juan
Castillo San Cristóbal is a fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was built by the Spanish to protect against land-based attacks on the city of San Juan. It is part of San Juan National Historic Site. Castillo San Cristóbal is the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. When it was finished in 1783, it covered about 27 acres of land and partly encircled the city of San Juan. Entry to the city was sealed by San Cristóbal's double gates. After close to a hundred years of relat…
wikipedia/Castillo_San_Cristóbal_(San_Juan)
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BLM Law Enforcement assist with Hurricane Maria efforts
BLM Law Enforcement assi…
Guajataca Lake, or Lago Guajataca, is a reservoir of the Guajataca River created by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in 1929. It is located between the municipalities of San Sebastián, Quebradillas, and Isabela in Puerto Rico, and receives most of its water from the Rio Guajataca and Rio Chiquito de Cibao rivers. The lake primarily functions as a water reservoir as well as for recreational activities such as boating and fishing. Various species of fish such as peacock bass, largemouth ba…
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Arecibo Observatory
Arecibo Observatory
Campamento Radley
The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, i an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The observatory's main instrument was the Arecibo Telescope, a spherical reflector dish built into a natural sinkhole, with a cable-mount steerable receiver and several radar transmitters for emitting signals mounted above the dish. Comple…
wikipedia/Arecibo_Observatory
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Passifloraceae
Passifloraceae
The San Juan Botanical Garden, officially known as the Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico, is located in the Caribbean city of San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico. This lush “urban garden” of native and exotic flora serves as a laboratory for the study, conservation and enrichment of plants, trees, flowers, grasses and many other plants. Seventy-five acres are landscaped and open to the general public as well as researchers. The entrance is located off the south side of the inters…
wikipedia/San_Juan_Botanical_Garden
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Cueva Ventana
Cueva Ventana
Las Cántaras
Cueva Ventana () is a large cave situated atop a limestone cliff in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, overlooking the Río Grande de Arecibo valley. It is visible from the PR-123 but is accessible from a trail that begins adjacent to a Puma gas station located along PR-10 on kilometer 75. The cave and surrounding land are privately owned. Tourism The cave is a popular tourist attraction for Puerto Ricans as well as tourists visiting from outside Puerto Rico. An initial admittance fee for Saturday and Sunday …
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The feminist in me said no. The thirteen year old in me said YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
The feminist in me said …
El Yunque National Forest (Spanish: Bosque Nacional El Yunque), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (or Bosque Nacional del Caribe), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is the only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest System and the United States Forest Service. El Yunque National Forest is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains, encompassing more than 28,000 acres (43.753 mi2 or 113.32 km2) of land, making it the largest block o…
wikipedia/El_Yunque_National_Forest
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This is a list of lakes in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is an archipelago composed by an eponymous main island, the isle municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, as well as several cays. Lake Surface Area Maximum Depth Elevation Coordinates MunicipalityBaño Grande Pool(18°18' -65°47')Río GrandeBoca de la ZanjaAguadaCaño Boquerón(18° -67°10')Cabo RojoCharco Azul(18°5' -66°2')PatillasEl Salto(18°23' -66°27')ManatíLasen el sector de Joyuda Damas Pool(18°19' -65°45')LuquilloLago Bronce(18°2' -66°34')Ponce…
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Dos Bocas Lake is a lake located in the municipalities of Arecibo and Utuado on the island of Puerto Rico. The lake was created from 1937 until it was completed in 1942 with the construction of the Dos Bocas Dam, by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority for a hydroelectric power plant. The building of the dam was a New Deal project. It also serves as one of the island's potable water reservoirs. In recent years, silt has accumulated in the lake causing capacity to shrink. Silt has also made s…
wikipedia/Dos_Bocas_Lake
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My mighty steed for this weekend's adventures in Puerto Rico
My mighty steed for this…
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín) is a joint civil-military international airport located in suburban Carolina, Puerto Rico, southeast of San Juan. It is named for Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rico's first democratically elected governor, and was known as Isla Verde International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Isla Verde) until it was renamed in February 1985. It is the busiest airport in the Caribbean region by passenger traffic. Ove…
wikipedia/Luis_Muñoz_Marín_International_Airport
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The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras; UPR-RP, or informally La IUPI) is a public land-grant research university in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the largest campus in the University of Puerto Rico system in terms of student population and it was Puerto Rico's first public university campus. The university serves more than 18,000 students, 20% of whom are graduate students, and grants an average of over 3,000 degrees a year.…
wikipedia/University_of_Puerto_Rico,_Río_Piedras_Campus
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Camuy River Cave Park
Camuy River Cave Park
Quebrada
The Parque Nacional de las Cavernas del Río Camuy (English: Camuy River Cave National Park) is a cave system in Puerto Rico. It is located between the municipalities of Camuy, Hatillo, and Lares in northwestern Puerto Rico, but the main entrance to the park is located in Quebrada, Camuy. The caverns are part of a large network of natural limestone caves and underground waterways carved out by the third-largest underground river in the world, the Río Camuy (Camuy River). The cave system was "disc…
wikipedia/Parque_Nacional_de_las_Cavernas_del_Río_Camuy
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San Juan - Paseo de la Princesa (8)
San Juan - Paseo de la P…
The Dr. Pedro Rosselló González Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC) (or Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico Dr. Pedro Rosselló González in Spanish), or simply Puerto Rico Convention Center, is a convention center located in Isla Grande (recently named the Convention Center District), in San Juan, Puerto Rico owned by the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority, a government agency of Puerto Rico, and managed by ASM Global https://www.asmglobal.com/. With a total space of 600,000-sq…
wikipedia/Puerto_Rico_Convention_Center
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IMG_8617
The Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot (English: José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum of Puerto Rico) is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment. It is located at the Golden Mile of San Juan, the island capital. It is usually referred by Puerto Ricans as the Choliseo, which is a portmanteau of the words "Coliseo" and "Cholito", in reference to Don Cholito, one of José Miguel Agrelot's characters and Agrelot's own adopted nickname. The coliseum opened on September 4, 20…
wikipedia/José_Miguel_Agrelot_Coliseum
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Another #historic #landmark of #puertorico . On top of the hill from one of the most beautiful #city #Ponce you can find this #observatory that look down toward the #landscape (#cityscape ). Made originally to spot boats and vessels heading to the #seapor
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Castillo Serrallés (English: Serralles Castle) is a mansion located in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, overlooking the downtown area (Ponce Pueblo). It was built during the 1930s for Juan Eugenio Serrallés, son of businessman Juan Serrallés, founder of Destilería Serrallés. The structure sits on a exceedingly manicured property. Nowadays, the structure functions as a museum, Museo Castillo Serrallés, with information about the sugar cane and rum industries and its impact in the economy of Puert…
wikipedia/Castillo_Serrallés
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Forest top
Forest top
The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site (often referred to as Caguana Site) is an archaeological site located in Caguana, Utuado in Puerto Rico, considered to be one of the most important Pre-Columbian sites in the West Indies. The site is known for its well-preserved ceremonial ball courts and petroglyph-carved monoliths. Studies estimate the in-situ courts to be over 700 years old, built by the Taíno around 1270 AD. Overview Approximately 13 ball courts and plazas (bateyes) have been identifie…
wikipedia/Caguana_Ceremonial_Ball_Courts_Site
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Copamarina Vaca Puerto Rico 125 of 143
Copamarina Vaca Puerto R…
The Guánica State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Guánica), popularly known as the Guánica Dry Forest (Spanish: Bosque seco de Guánica) is a subtropical dry forest located in southwest Puerto Rico. The area was designated as a forest reserve in 1919 and a United Nations Biosphere Reserve in 1981. It is considered the best preserved subtropical dry forest and the best example of dry forest in the Caribbean. With approximately 10,000 acres, it is the largest of the 20 state forests of Puerto Ri…
wikipedia/Guánica_State_Forest
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Outside the Old City Wall
Outside the Old City Wall
La Fortaleza (lit., "The Fortress" ) is the official residence of the governor of Puerto Rico. It was built between 1533 and 1540 to defend the harbor of San Juan. The structure is also known as Palacio de Santa Catalina (Saint Catherine's Palace). It is the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the New World. It was listed by UNESCO in 1983 as part of the World Heritage Site "La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site". During the 1640 reconstruction, the chapel of Santa Catalina,…
wikipedia/La_Fortaleza
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servias de maria convent
servias de maria convent
Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda. It is operated by the municipal government of the city of San Juan. Its name honors the first Puerto Rican to play in the major leagues, Hiram Bithorn, who first played with the Chicago Cubs in 1942. Built in 1962, under the mayoral administration of Felisa Rincón de Gautier, replacing Estadio Sixto Escobar, the stadium is home to…
wikipedia/Hiram_Bithorn_Stadium
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Rosa de Triana
Rosa de Triana
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (Spanish: Coliseo Roberto Clemente) is a sports and concert arena located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and remains one of the largest. General information The Coliseum is named after baseball hall of famer Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash off Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina in 1972, while flying with relief articles to be given to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake. Construc…
wikipedia/Roberto_Clemente_Coliseum
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Lago Carite is a lake located in the municipality of Guayama on the island of Puerto Rico. The lake was created in 1913 and serves as a reservoir for irrigation and potable water. The lake receives flow from the La Plata River and can be used for fishing and recreation. The name of the lake comes from the area where it is located. External links • USGS Real-Time Water Data Carite Lake • Lago Carite USGS Patillas Quad, Puerto Rico, Topographic Map • Proyecto Salon Hogar.
wikipedia/Carite_Lake
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Vieques - Esperanza view
Vieques - Esperanza view
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is a public airport on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. Because a large amount of Vieques's yearly revenue comes from the tourism industry, this airport plays an important part in the Vieques economy. For decades, the airport has been the hub of Vieques Air Link, and also a destination for a number of small airlines. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport …
wikipedia/Antonio_Rivera_Rodríguez_Airport
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