LAJAS, PUERTO RICO

'Lajas' is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in southwestern region, south of San Germán and Sabana Grande; east of Cabo Rojo; and west of Guánica. Lajas is spread over 11 wards and Lajas Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

Contents

History

Flag

Coat of Arms

Anthem

Economic

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

Festivals and events

Notable "Lajeños"

External links

History

Located at the ''Lajas valley'', the town was founded in 1883 by Teodoro Jacome Pagan.

Flag

The flag consists of three (3) horizontal stripes; the superior one green, the center white and the bottom one yellow. A fourth stripe, of equal width forms a cross. In the center of that cross we have two arms united with a ripe yellow pineapple. The cross is surrounded by eleven gold stars; five in the superior (north) part and six in the inferior (south) part of the cross forming a circle.

Coat of Arms

The body is gold with a green band crossing it diagonally right to left; the color gold stands for the wealth of the land and green stands for the beauty of the valley which is a gift from mother nature to Lajas. The band is adorned, at each end, with a pineapple bordered in gold and black. In the center of the band, also in gold, a marine shell. In the left superior side there is a red cardinal's hat and in the inferior a red anchor with a green; the shield has 3 tower castle, each one with two windows and one door. On the bottom, outside the shield, a banner with the inscription "Cardenalicia City" (Cardinality City). The banner and the inscription appear in black.

Anthem

By Hernán Ortiz Noriega (Rola)
Nuestro Lajas, pueblito querido

En mi pecho tienes un altar,

Orgulloso estoy de haber nacido

En tus campos que no he de olvidar.

Faro y luz serás de Puerto Rico

Con tu Estación Experimental,

Con el riego en tu Valle bendito,

La Parguera que no hay otra igual.

Yo te añoro en mi ausencia y suspiro

Por tus piñas de fama mundial....

Y en mis noches de ensueño deliro

con tus montes, tu valle y tu mar.

Economic

Tourism

Lajas is famous for its main touristic attraction, Phosphorescent Bay, a place where luminescent dinoflagellates of different colors appear when the water moves. The origin of the colored lights is the object of many legends. Lajas is also a fishing town.

Landmarks and places of interest

★ Cartagena Lagoon

★ Indian Museum

★ Old Train Station

★ Old Silver Mines

★ La Parguera


★ Lajeño soldier Monument

★ Magueyes Isle

★ Mata la Gata Isle

★ Pineapple Processing Plant Ruins

★ Rosada Beach

Festivals and events

★ Matron Festivities - February

★ International Kite Festival - February

★ Agro Fair- March

★ Pineapple Festival - March

★ E. Ramírez Marathon - March

★ Kite Festival - June

★ Fish Festival - July

★ Cock Fight Festival - October

Notable "Lajeños"

★ Bonoció Tió - Reporter & poet

★ Jacobo Morales Ortiz, actor, writer and film director

★ Jaime Frank Paganacc - Lawyer, judge, writer & athlete

★ José "Purro" Basora - Boxer

★ Luis Aponte Martinez, archbishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico and first Puerto Rican Cardinal.

★ Juan Cancio Ortiz de la Renta y Lugo - Philanthropist, humanist & farmer

★ Teodoro Jácome Pagán - Founder of the town

★ Mons. Ulises Casiano Vargas, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez

External links

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