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Borinquen, Caguas, Puerto Rico. / 18.170086°N 66.040571°W / 18.170086; -66.040571. Borinquen is a barrio in the municipality of Caguas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2020 was 7,251.
caguas.gov.pr. Caguas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɣwas], locally [ˈkawaʔ]) 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 barrios and subbarrios, [2] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others. [3][4][5][6][7] [8] The 11 barrios of the municipality of Caguas are ...
Borinquen was in Spain's gazetteers [6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of ...
The Caguas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Caguas), or the Caguas-Juncos Valley, [1] and popularly referred to as the Turabo Valley (Spanish: Valle del Turabo), is a large valley lying between the two mountain subranges of the Cordillera Central, Sierra de Cayey and Sierra de Luquillo, in the eastern region of the main island of Puerto Rico. [2]
Gautier Benítez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico to Rodulfo Gautier and the Puerto Rican poet, Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier. His great-aunt, María Bibiana Benítez, was also a well known Puerto Rican poet. He was mostly influenced by the exponents of the Romantic poetry of the 19th century. [3] His great-great-uncle was José Benítez, mayor ...
Puerto Rico[ i ] (Spanish for 'rich port'; abbreviated PR), [ 21 ] officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, [ b ][ j ] is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of commonwealth.
Carite State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Carite) is a state forest and nature reserve located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range in southeastern Puerto Rico.The forest extends over approximately 2,600 hectares (6,500 acres) and is located in the municipalities of Caguas, Cayey, Guayama, Patillas and San Lorenzo.