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- ↑ Resolucion 042 (1993-1994) Legislative Assembly. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Breviario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Second Edition. 2002. Page 150.
- ↑ Resolucion 042 (1993-1994) [ permanent dead link ] Legislative Assembly. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Breviario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Second Edition. 2002. Page 150.
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