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This is a list of properties and historic districts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Puerto Rico. There are 371 listings in Puerto Rico, with one or more listing in each of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities .
La Perla was established in the 18th century. Initially, the area was the site of a slaughterhouse because the law required the homes of slaves and homeless black and coloured servants – as well as cemeteries – to be established away from the main community center: in this case, outside the city walls. Sometime after, some of the farmers and workers started living around the slaughterhouse ...
As of 2012, the real estate industry in Puerto Rico constituted about 14.8% of the gross domestic product of Puerto Rico, about 1% of all of the employee compensation on the island and, together with finance and insurance ( FIRE ), about 3.7% of all the employment on the jurisdiction.
This is a list of properties and districts in the southern municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( Spanish: Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos ). It includes places along the southern coast of the island, and on the south slope of Puerto Rico's Cordillera Central .
The municipalities of Puerto Rico (Spanish: municipios de Puerto Rico) are the second-level administrative divisions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. There are 78 such administrative divisions covering all 78 incorporated towns and cities.
This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico covers the eastern region of Puerto Rico, from Carolina in the northeast to Arroyo in the southeast. It also includes the islands of Culebra and Vieques.
Map of Puerto Rico showing regional districts, 1886. Under Spanish rule, as of the 1880s, Puerto Rico was subdivided into regional districts (or "departamentos") that contained smaller ayuntamientes (municipalities).
Vega Alta ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeɣa ˈalta]) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico. Vega Alta is on the northern coast of the island, north of Morovis and Corozal; east of Vega Baja; and west of Dorado with an area of 28 square miles (73 km 2 ). Vega Alta is subdivided into seven barrios and Vega Alta barrio-pueblo (the downtown ...