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Adjuntas (Spanish pronunciation: [aðˈxuntas]) is a small mountainside town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the central midwestern portion of the island on the Cordillera Central, north of Yauco, Guayanilla, and Peñuelas; southeast of Utuado; east of Lares and Yauco; and northwest of Ponce.
Traditionally, a parador in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries was an establishment where travelers could seek lodging, and usually, food and drink, similar to an inn. In Spain since 1928, a parador is a state-owned luxury hotel , usually located in a converted historic building such as a monastery or castle , or in a modern building ...
Adjuntas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Adjuntas, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 4,406. [1] [4] [5] [6]As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church.
Bosque del Pueblo (People's Forest) is one of the 20 forest units that make up the public forest system of Puerto Rico. The 738-acres forest is located in the municipality of Adjuntas and it comprises a preserved zone which was endangered of being developed as a quarry between the years 1980 and 1995. [ 2 ]
El Gigante Dormido (Spanish for the sleeping giant) is a mountain located in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Its highest peak, Cerro El Gigante, rises to 3,175 feet (968 m) in elevation above sea level. [1] The mountain is famous for its distinctive shape that resembles the silhouette of a reclining man's head.
Casa Pueblo has official policies on many conservation issues. They group these into 17 categories: agriculture, biotechnology, energy, environmental justice, forest and wilderness management, global issues, government and political issues, land management, military issues, nuclear issues, oceans, pollution and waste management, precautionary principle, transportation, urban and land use ...
In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against ...
Maricao (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town and the second-least populous municipality of Puerto Rico; it is located at the western edge of the Cordillera Central.It is a small town set around a small square in hilly terrain, north of San Germán, Sabana Grande and Yauco; south of Las Marías and Lares, southeast of Mayagüez, and west of Adjuntas.