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www.rincon.org. Rincón (Spanish pronunciation: [riŋˈkon]) is a popular beach town and municipality of Puerto Rico founded in 1771 by Don Luis de Añasco, who previously founded Añasco in 1733. It is located in the Western Coastal Valley, west of Añasco and Aguada. Rincón is spread over 9 barrios and Rincón Pueblo (the downtown area and ...
Puerto Rico [note 8] (Spanish for 'rich port'; abbreviated PR), [20] officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, [note 9] is an archipelagic island U.S. territory comprised of the eponymous main island of Puerto Rico and 142 smaller islands, cays, and islets, including Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, Caja de Muertos, Palominos, and Icacos, located between the Greater and Lesser Antilles in ...
Puerto Rico is composed of Jurassic to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks. Most of the caverns and karst topography on the island occurs in the northern Oligocene to recent carbonates. The oldest rocks are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and ...
Cruces 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.
Rincón Bay. Coordinates: 17°57′25″N 66°20′00″W. View of the bay from route PR-1. Rincón Bay ( Spanish: Bahía de Rincón) is the widest bay in the southern coast of Puerto Rico, [1] located along the coasts of the municipalities of Salinas and Santa Isabel. [2] The bay receives the flow of many rivers and creeks such as the Cayures ...
Atalaya 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.
816.1/sq mi (315.1/km 2) Source: 2010 Census. Time zone. UTC−4 ( AST) Puntas is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,575. [3] [4] [5] Puntas is known for great surf and whale watching .
3,796. • Density. 1,482.8/sq mi (572.5/km 2) Source: 2010 Census. Time zone. UTC−4 ( AST) Pueblo barrio is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,796. There is also the administrative center and seat called Rincón barrio-pueblo in this municipality, with a smaller population.