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'Adjuntas' (ahd-HOON-tahs), is a small mountainside municipality in Puerto Rico located central midwest of the island on the Central Mountain range (La Cordillera Central), north of Yauco, Guayanilla and Peñuelas; southeast of Utuado; east of Lares and Yauco; and west of Ponce. Adjuntas is spread over 16 wards and Adjuntas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). Adjuntas is about two hours by car westward from the capital, San Juan.
Adjuntas is nicknamed "the Switzerland of Puerto Rico", because of its relatively chilly weather. Many Puerto Rican mountain towns have colder weather than the rest of the island; Adjuntas is no exception: the average yearly weather is 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool weather attracts a good number of island tourists during the summer months. The town has a small hotel named Monte Rio and a good size ''parador'', or country inn, called Villa Sotomayor. It also has the distinction of being the postal area with the lowest numerical ZIP code in the United States Postal Service (00601).

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History

Demographics

'Barrios' (Districts/Wards)

Geo/Topography

Climate

Economic

Agriculture

Business

Industrial

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

Festivals and events

Transportation

Sports

Notable Adjunteños

References

Footnotes

Books about Adjuntas

Additional Information

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History

Adjuntas was founded August 11, 1815, by Diego Maldonado, gaining administrative independence from Utuado.
After the mid 1800s, Adjuntas welcomed many immigrants from the Mediterranean islands Corsica and Majorca. Some of them established coffee plantations. During the last decades of XIX century, the fine coffee produced in Adjuntas was exported to Europe, United States and even the Vatican.
It was proclaimed "villa", or a first order municipality, by the Spanish Government Monarchy in 1894.
Adjuntas was occupied by the United States Army forces during the Spanish American War of 1898 and was visited by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
The discovery of rich deposits of copper, gold and other minerals during the 1960s, motivated some local community and environmental leaders to opposed the mining. By the 1990s, they convinced the Puerto Rican government to take a stand against the minning industry, on behalf of conservation. Today, instead of mining, with the leadership of
Casa Pueblo, a community organization, Adjuntas leads the preservation of natural resources movement in Puerto Rico.

Demographics

'Barrios' (Districts/Wards)

★ Adjuntas Pueblo ★ Capáez ★ Garzas ★ Guayabo Dulce ★ Guayo ★ Guilarte

★ Juan González ★ Limaní ★ Pellejas ★ Portillo ★ Portuguez ★ Saltillo

★ Tanamá ★ Vegas Abajo ★ Vegas Arriba ★ Yahuecas ★ Yayales

Geo/Topography

Guilarte State Forest between Adjuntas, Peñuelas and Yauco.

Climate

Adjuntas climate is subtropical high elevation with cool temperatures year round, cold nights in the winter. Winter average low temperature is 45°F in the town and 40°F n the forest. Summer is warm (79°-84°F) in the daytime and cool at nighttime (60°-63°F).

Economic

Agriculture

Adjuntas' main industry is the growing of tropical crops such as bananas, coffee and citron and peaches.

Business

Industrial

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

★ Guilarte

★ Hacienda Bareal Ruins

★ Hacienda El Muerto

★ Hacienda La Arbela

★ Hacienda Pietri Ruins

★ Inabon Waterfalls

★ Mirador de Vegas Arriba

★ Poblado Castañer

★ Sotomayor Villa
Casa Pueblo is a local museum and cultural institution called founded by a group of local activists who fought against the copper mine exploitation of the area for decades. Casa Pueblo is responsible for many environmental projects like the preservation of hundred of acres of pristine woods and fresh water bodies.

Festivals and events

★ March - Festival del Gigante

★ March - Festival de la Cidra

★ August - San Joaquín & Santa Ana Patron Festivities

Transportation

The main road is Puerto Rico 10, that connects the cities of Ponce in the south and Arecibo in the north. In addition, there is a small airport that caters to private airplanes.

Sports

The town has a professional volleyball team called Gigantes de Adjuntas.
The team won the title in 1973. They have come to be known as "Los Inmortales" (The Immortals).

Notable Adjunteños

★ Major Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas, DDS, odontologist (dentist), scientist and a Major in the U.S. Army who discovered the

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