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Yauco is a town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico. Although the downtown is inland,the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco is located south of Maricao,Lares and Adjuntas;east of Sabana Grande and Guánica;and west of Guayanilla. The municipality consists of 20 barrios and Yauco Pueblo. It is both a principal town of the Yauco Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area.
Dr. Manuel Antonio Alonso Pacheco was a Puerto Rican writer,poet,journalist and physician. He is considered to be the first Puerto Rican writer of notable importance.
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