Río Grande, Puerto Rico

Río Grande is a municipality in the northeast of the U.S. foreign territory Puerto Rico. It is located north of Las Piedras, Ceiba and Naguabo, east of Loíza and Canóvanas and west of Luquillo. In 2010 there were about 54,000 people in Río Grande.

History

The city was founded on July 16, 1840 by Desiderio Escobar and Escobar Quilimaco and approved by Governor Miguel López. It was named after the Rio Grande, a Puerto Rican river and built where the Rio Grande flows together with the Espírito Santo Rio.

Boroughs

Río Grande is divided into nine different sized municipalities:

  • Cienaga Baja ( 18,220 )
  • Zarzal ( 13,385 )
  • Guzman Abajo ( 6614 )
  • Cienaga Alta ( 4606 )
  • Mameyes II ( 2919 )
  • Jiménez ( 2903 )
  • Guzmán Arriba (928)
  • Herrera ( 839 )
  • Río Grande Pueblo

Economy

Agriculture

Agriculture in Río Grande is on a moderately developed level. Are grown primarily fruits, ornamentals and vegetables, also cattle is grown.

Industrial and commercial

In Río Grande are small, mostly independent textile factories. In addition, there are numerous local businesses. About a shopping center, the city has not, as the shopping district Canóvanas ' is in the immediate vicinity. Nevertheless, there are two medium-sized shopping streets on the 65th and the 956th, but still have many vacancies, since this type of shopping bundling is still relatively new to the city. Together with Casónavas to Río Grande developed into the economic center in the north- east of the island, which is also confirmed by modern hotels and Route 66.

Tourism

The largest economic engine of the city, as well as in the rest of Puerto Rico, tourism. In Rio Grande is one of the largest remote areas with access to the beach ( Coco Beach ) on the island. The town is a few kilometers from the El Yunque National Forest, the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System, removed.

  • Rio Grande Plantation Eco Resort
  • Paradisus Puerto Rico
  • The Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort and Spa
  • Gran Melia Golf Resort
  • St. Regis Beach Resort
  • Coco Beach
  • El Yunqe
  • Indio Cave
  • Las Picúas Beach
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