Caguas is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico,south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto,west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo,and east of Aguas Buenas,Cidra,and Cayey. Caguas was founded in 1775. The municipality had a population of 127,244 at the 2020 census.
Sila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician,businesswoman,and philanthropist who was the governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first woman elected to that office. Prior to her term as governor,Calderón held various positions in the government of Puerto Rico,including the 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico from 1988 to 1989,and Chief of Staff to Governor Rafael Hernández Colón. She was also mayor of San Juan,the capital of Puerto Rico,from 1997 to 2001.
Aibonito is a small mountain town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range,north of Salinas;south of Barranquitas and Comerío;east of Coamo;and west of Cidra,and Cayey. Aibonito is spread over 8 barrios and Aibonito Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Coamo is a town and municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico,located north of Santa Isabel;south of Orocovis and Barranquitas;east of Villalba and Juana Díaz;and west of Aibonito and Salinas. The municipality of Coamo is spread over 10 barrios and Coamo Pueblo –the town or downtown area and administrative center of the city. The Coamo municipality is also a Micropolitan Statistical Area and as such is part of the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area.
Yabucoa 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. Yabucoa is spread over 9 barrios and Yabucoa Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Barranquitas is a small mountain town and municipality located in the Cordillera Central region of Puerto Rico,south of Corozal and Naranjito;north of Coamo and Aibonito;west of Comerío and Cidra;and east of Orocovis. Barranquitas is spread over 6 barrios and Barranquitas Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Aguas Buenas,,popularly known as "La Ciudad de las Aguas Claras" or "The City of Clear Waters",is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range,north of Cidra,south of Bayamón,Guaynabo and San Juan;east of Comerio;and north-west of Caguas. Aguas Buenas is spread over 9 barrios and Aguas Buenas Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cidra is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island,north of Cayey;south of Comerío and Aguas Buenas;east of Aibonito and Barranquitas;and west of Caguas. Cidra is spread over 12 barrios and Cidra Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Comerío is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico in the center-eastern region of island,north of Aibonito;south of Naranjito and Bayamón;east of Barranquitas;and west of Cidra and Aguas Buenas. Comerío is spread over 7 barrios and Comerío Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Las Marías is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located north of Maricao;southeast of Añasco;south of San Sebastián;east of Mayagüez;and west of Lares. Las Marías is spread over 13 barrios and Las Marías Pueblo.
Las Piedras,is a town and municipality in east Puerto Rico located in the central eastern region of the island,north of Yabucoa;south of Canóvanas and Río Grande;east of Juncos and San Lorenzo;and west of Naguabo and Humacao. Las Piedras is spread over 7 barrios and Las Piedras Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Luquillo is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northeast coast,northwest of Fajardo;and east of Rio Grande. Luquillo is spread over 5 barrios and Luquillo Pueblo. It lends its name to the Sierra de Luquillo,where El Yunque National Forest is located. It is part of the Fajardo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Villalba,originally known as Villa Alba,is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region,northeast of Juana Díaz;south of Orocovis;and west of Coamo. Villalba is spread over 6 barrios and Villalba Pueblo. It is part of the Ponce Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pedro Iván "Banchy" Cintrón Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013 representing District 29.
Cidra barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Cidra,a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,064.
Ceiba is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra,Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,850.
Rabanal is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra,Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,228.
The Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development is a government agency of Puerto Rico that manages projects to improve and develop "Special Communities of Puerto Rico",. The agency works with other government agencies,as well as with community members,to improve the infrastructure and economic opportunities of marginalized communities. Its original founding was in 2001 with Law 1-2001 passed by Governor Sila María Calderón. The new entity,employing some of the same people it had under a preceding office,is now responsible for "administering disaster funding".
El Rabanal is a small,protected area consisting of 16 acres of critical secondary forest in the municipality of Cidra,Puerto Rico. The forest tract is located in barrio Rabanal,in a 5,438-acre hydrological basin which is home to 21 species of birds,seven out of which are endemic to the region,including the Puerto Rican plain pigeon. This protected area was established through the Asociación de Pequeños Agricultores de Rabanal Inc. (APARI) and the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust in 2002 with the goal of protecting the area from urban development and developing educational programs related to sustainable agriculture and environmental education.
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