RíO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO

Río Grande (REE-o GRAHN-de) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Northern Coastal Valley, North of Las Piedras, Naguabo and Ceiba; east of Loíza and Canóvanas and west of Luquillo. Río Grande is spread over 8 wards and Río Grande Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

Contents

History

Flag

Coat of Arms

Demographics

'Barrios' (Districts/Wards)

Geo/Topography

Anthem

Economic

Agriculture

Business

Industrial

Hotels

Landmarks and places of interest

Festivals and events

Transportation

Education

Sports

Notable "Riograndeños"

References

Footnotes

Books about Río Grande

Additional Information

Photo gallery

External links

History

Rio Grande was founded by Desiderio Escobar and Quillimaco in Río Grande was founded in July 25, 1840 by Deriderio Brothers and Quilimaco Escobar. with the approbation of governor Miguel López.
The town is named after a regional river that annexes with a local river called the Espiritu Santo (Holy Spirit), The name of the regional river, is "Rio Grande de Loíza".

Flag

The Río Grande flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal size united by a white triangle placed on the side of the mast. On the white triangle a Puerto Rican parrot.

Coat of Arms

In a silver field, two Puerto Rican parrots(Amazon vitatta vitatta) , accompanied by a waving blue stripe, a green mountain with three peaks. The top portion of the shield is blue, with an opened silver book, accompanied on each side by five gold coins. Topped by a three tower gold crown outlined in black with green openings.

Demographics

'Barrios' (Districts/Wards)

★ Ciénaga Alta - 4,606 ★ Ciénaga Baja - 18,220 ★ Guzmán Abajo - 6,614 ★ Guzmán Arriba - 928

★ Herreras - 839 ★ Jiménez - 2,903 ★ Mameyes II - 2,919 ★ Zarzal - 13,385

★ Rio Grande Estates

★ Alturas De Rio Grande

★ Villas De Rio Grande

★ Carola

★ Hong-Kong

★ El Rayo

★ Coco Beach

★ Los Arboles

★ Colinas Del Yunque

Geo/Topography

★ Rio Grande de Loíza

Anthem

Entre las ondas que juguetean

del Mar Caribe cerca del fin;

brotó una Islita bella y fecunda

exuberante como un jardín.

Aquí en Río Grande de mis amores

sus bellas damas son todo amor,

y son sus niños tiernos capullos

que dan al libro su corazón.

En esa Islita que Puerto Rico

al descubrirla llamó Colón;

existe un pueblo siempre florido

cual es nido de mi ilusión.

En las alturas la suave brisa

llena los aires de grato olor;

y en la sabana la dulce caña

crece y se esparce con gran primor.

Llaman Río Grande al pueblecito

de una belleza pura y sin par;

y suaves trinos en sus follajes

a voz pregonan su bienestar.

Si la desgracia fatal me hiciera

irme muy lejos alguna vez,

desde otros lares a todas horas,

siempre a Río Grande recordaré.

Economic

Agriculture

Fruits, ornamentales plants, sugar cane, vegetables and cattle.

Business

Industrial

Manufacture of textiles.

Hotels

★ Rio Grande Plantation Eco Resort

★ The Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort and Spa

★ The All Inclusive Paradisus Puerto Rico

Landmarks and places of interest

★ Coco Beach

★ El Yunque

★ Indio Cave

★ Las Picúas Beach

Festivals and events

★ Cross Festival - May

★ Patron Celebrations - July

Transportation

Education

Sports

Notable "Riograndeños"

★ Agustin Guerra

★ Anibal Díaz Montero - Story Teller

★ Carmen Reyes Padro

★ Cecilia Arnaldi de Olmeda

★ Enrique Calderon

★ Eugenio Guerra

★ Franciso Mojica

★ Jesus Parilla Calderon

★ José Reymundi

★ Manuel Siaca Rivera

★ Ovidio de Jesus Uriguen

★ Pedro Carlos Timothe Morales - Lawyer, educator

References

★ Río Grande and its barrios, United States Census Bureau

Footnotes

Books about Río Grande

Additional Information

Photo gallery

External links