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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.
Adjuntas has several nicknames. One is "La ciudad del gigante dormido" ("The city of the sleeping giant"). This is a reference to one of the mountains of the city, which is compared to a "sleeping giant". [82] Another nickname is "La Suiza de Puerto Rico" ("The Switzerland of Puerto Rico") which is a reference to Adjuntas' relatively low ...
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company established the Paradores de Puerto Rico brand in 1973 [1] under the administration of Governor Luis A. Ferre, who wanted to enhance the tourism sector of the island. The company runs an enterprise known by the same name, Paradores de Puerto Rico , which are typically small, one-of-a-kind, locally owned and ...
The Parador Castillo de Monterrei in Monterrei with 12 rooms for 24 guests, and occupying 994 square metres (10,700 sq ft) of land, is the smallest. [10] [11] The Parador de Las Cañadas del Teide in La Orotava (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), located at 2,146 metres (7,041 ft) above sea level, is the highest. [12]
Crónicas del Reino de Chile, Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 227–562; Biblioteca de Autores Españoles; pp. 569–575; online edition (in Spanish) Diego de Rosales, Historia general de el Reyno de Chile, el Flandes Indiano (General History of the Kingdom of Chile, the Indian Flanders). Valparaíso, 1877–1878, 3 Vols.
Listed at just under $400,000, the property encompasses 200-acres of land on 7190 Buffalo Road, just east of Hueco Tanks State Park.
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 1935, the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (Spanish: Administración de Reconstrucción de Puerto Rico) acquired 3,500 acres in and around Monte Guilarte in the municipality of Adjuntas with the goal of preserving the area as a forest reserve. The reserve was intended to be a wildlife preserve for the conservation of numerous plant ...