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  2. Yauco, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Yauco was named after the Yauco River, which itself comes from the Taíno word coayuco, meaning "cassava plantation" (also where the word yucca comes from). [2] The city has numerous nicknames such as Pueblo del Café ("coffee town"), due to the high number of coffee plantations in the area, and Pueblo de los Corsos ("Town of Corsicans"), after the large number of Corsican immigrants who ...

  3. Barrios of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rico Act 68 of 7 May 1945 (Ley Num. 68 de 7 de mayo de 1945), ordered the commonwealth's Planning Board to prepare a map of each of the municipalities and each of the barrios within said municipalities and the corresponding barrio names. Said map and list of barrio names constitute the officially established primary legal barrio divisions.

  4. Comerío, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    The History of Tobacco Cultivation in Puerto Rico, 1899—1940. ProQuest. ISBN 9780549267843. Mapa de municipios y barrios - Comerío - Memoria Núm. 41 (PDF). University of Puerto Rico: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Oficina del Gobernador, Junta de Planificacion, Santurce, Puerto Rico. 1955. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9 ...

  5. List of Puerto Rico locations by per capita income - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Puerto Rico locations by per capita income. In 2017, Puerto Rico had a per capita income of $12,081 — lower than any state and one of the lowest in the United States. [ 1 ] In 2017, Puerto Rico had a median household income of $19,775 — the lowest of any state or territory in the United States.

  6. Limones, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Limones 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.

  7. Claro Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Claro Puerto Rico is the largest telecommunications service provider in Puerto Rico. It is headquartered in Guaynabo , Puerto Rico , and has operated for almost a century offering voice, data, long distance, broadband , directory publishing and wireless services for the island residents and businesses.

  8. 2024 United States presidential straw poll in Puerto Rico

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    The Democratic primary was held on April 28, 2024. Incumbent president Joe Biden won all 55 pledged delegates against minor opposition with 89% of the vote. [3] However, following Biden's withdrawal from the race on July 21, the Puerto Rico delegates were instructed to pledge their support for vice president Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention.

  9. List of Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Tomás Blanco (1896–1975), writer and historian; author of Prontuario Historico de Puerto Rico and El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico (Racial Prejudice in Puerto Rico) [68] Juan Boria (1906–1995), Afro-Caribbean poet, also known as the Negro Verse Pharaoh; known for his Afro-Caribbean poetry [69] Carmen Bozello y Guzmán (1856–1885 ...