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Puerto Rico is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island but smaller than Connecticut. The maximum length of the main island from east to west is 110 mi (180 km), and the maximum width from north to south is 40 mi (64 km). [132] Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles.
Topographic map of Puerto Rico, 1952. Puerto Rico is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south. The main mountain range is called "La Cordillera Central" (The Central Range). The highest elevation in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta 4,393 feet (1,339 m), is located in this range.
Puerto Rico Highway 10. Puerto Rico Highway 10 ( PR-10) is a major highway in Puerto Rico. The primary [3] state [4] road connects the city of Ponce in the south coast to Arecibo in the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities. [5] Construction on the modern PR-10, a new 68.26-kilometer (42.41 mi) highway, began in 1974.
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. Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios, third-level administrative divisions ...
Isla de Mona. / 18.08667°N 67.88944°W / 18.08667; -67.88944. Mona ( Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, a strait between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the others being ...
The Ruta Panorámica ( Scenic Route ), officially the Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín (Luis Muñoz Marín Scenic Route), is a 167-mile (269 km) network of some 40 secondary roads which traverse the island of Puerto Rico from west to east along its Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). [2] [3] Most of the route consists of three roads ...
Coordinates: 18°28′09″N 66°06′58″W. La Perla is a historical shanty town astride the northern historic city wall of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, stretching about 650 yards (600 m) along the rocky Atlantic coast immediately east of the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery and down the slope from (north of) Calle Norzagaray.
It is about 50 miles (80 km) west of San Juan, the capital city. Arecibo is the largest municipality in Puerto Rico by area, and it is the core city of the Arecibo Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the greater San Juan–Bayamón, PR Combined Statistical Area. [4] It is spread over 18 barrios and Arecibo Pueblo (the downtown area and ...