Yauco, Puerto Rico

Infobox Settlement

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image_caption=|Yauco's second town plaza
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States

subdivision_type1 = Territory
subdivision_name1 = Puerto Rico
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map_caption =Location of PAGENAME within Puerto Rico.
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longEW=W| official_name = Yauco, Puerto Rico | nickname = El Pueblo del Café", "Capital Taína", "Los Corsos

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| population_blank1 = Yaucanos|population_blank1_title=Gentilic|
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| map_caption = Location within the island of Puerto Rico
established_date = February 29, 1756|established_title=Founded| leader_title = Mayor | leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Abel Nazario Quiñones
political party = Partido Nuevo Progresista
leader_party = PNP
leader_title1=Senatorial dist.
leader_name1= 5 - Ponce
leader_title2=Representative dist.
leader_name2 = 21,23| area_magnitude = 1 E9 | area_total_km2 = 178.1
area_land_km2 = 176.5| area_water_km2 = 1.6| population_as_of = 2000 | population_note =
population_total = 46384|population_footnotes= | population_density_km2 = 262.8
timezone = AST | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = -4| latitude = ?
longitude = ?| website = www.yauco.com | footnotes = Anthem – "Pueblo de gestas gloriosas" |

Yauco ('yau-"ko) is a city ("ciudad") and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island by the Caribbean Sea, south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grandeand Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. Yauco is spread over 20 wards and Yauco Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

According to the United States Census Bureau estimates, the 2000 population of Yauco was 46,384 persons. Its land area is 176.5 square kilometers with a population density of 262.8 per square kilometer. Its postal zip code is 00698, telephone area code is 787, and it is in the Atlantic time zone.

Yauco is also the name of the principal town ("zona urbana") of the municipality. The town's population in 2000 was 19,609. The town, built on a hillside, has stepped streets and traditional houses, some of which are open for tours.

"Yaucanos" also call their home "la Ciudad del Café" (City of Coffee), "la Capital Taína" (Taino Capital), and "los Corsos" (The Corsicans).

History

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One of the most notable battles during the Puerto Rico Campaign of the Spanish American War occurred between Spanish forces and Puerto Rican volunteers, led by Captain Salvador Meca and Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Puig against the American forces led by Brigadier General George A. Garretson on July 26, 1898. The Spanish forces engaged the 6th Massachusetts in a firefight in what became known as the Battle of Yauco. Puig and his forces suffered 2 officers and 3 soldiers wounded and 2 soldiers dead. The Spanish forces were ordered to retreat. [http://www.spanamwar.com/puertoland2.htm Battle of Yauco] , Retrieved July 30, 2008]

Flag

The flag of Yauco consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, black the superior and gold the inferior one. To the center the official shield of Yauco.

Coat of Arms

Shield divided in quarters by a cross in the center that represents the Christendom.In a silver field a gold and black boiler, with seven necks and heads of black serpents in each handle, three to the right hand, confronted with four to the left-hand side. Bordered by a checkered band in gold and black. The second and third quarter, in a field of gold, two coffee plant flowers of five leaves of silver and four red. The coffee plant flower and the coffee grains, represent their cultivation in the Yauco municipality. The border of the shield represents the beads of the rosary. The three tower crown, establishes its category of town.

Demographics

Barrios (Districts/Wards)

*Aguas Blancas
*Algarrobo
*Almácigo Alto
*Almácigo Bajo
*Barinas
*Caimito
*Collores
*Diego Hernandez
*Duey
*Frailes
*Jácana
*Naranjo
*Palomas
*Quebradas
*Ranchera
*Río Prieto
*Rubias
*Sierra Alta
*Susúa Alta
*Susúa Baja
*Vegas
*Yauco Pueblo [http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/yauco.pdf]

Geo/Topography

*Mount Membrillo, the Rodadero Peak and the Curet Hill.
*Rivers; Chiquito, Duey Loco, Naranjo and Yauco.

Anthem

By M. Ramos Antonmattei

Pueblo de gestas gloriosas
es Yauco ciudad cafetal
sus hijos le escriben la historia
con cantos de gloria inmortal.

Por eso mi pueblo querido
tu emblema y noble pendón
serán por siempre tenidos
en alto con honra y honor.

Tus valles y tus montañas
son ricas en caña y café
tus hijos con amor trabajan
la tierra que les vio nacer.

Por eso mi Yauco querido
te canto con gran emoción
tu corazón se ha prendido
muy dentro de mi corazón.

Economic

Agriculture

Yauco's main crops are coffee, cotton, oranges, sugarcane and tobacco.

Industrial

Yauco also produces textiles and other light manufactured materials.

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

*Mansion NegroniIMG] http://i29.tinypic.com/5wktjt.jpg[/IMG
*Casa Franceschi
*Casa Agre
*Casa Cesari
*Teatro Ideal
*Lucchetti Lake
*Nuestra Señora del Rosario Hermitage Ruins
*Tozza Castle
*Vegas Lake

Festivals and events

*National Coffee Festival - February
*Patron Festivities - October

Notable "Yaucanos"

*Johnny Albino - bolero singer
*Larry "Yako" Calderon - Radio DJ. The most popular DJ currently in the United States
*Benny Ayala - baseball player, New York Mets
*Loida Figueroa - Poet, historian & novelist.
*Brigadier General Mihiel Gilormini - served in the Royal Air Force and in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was the recipient of the Silver Star, the Air Medal with four clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross 5 times. He was also the founder of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.
*Lissette Martinez - the lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility which is part of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
*Colonel Hector Andres Negroni - historian, author and the first Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.
*Julio Victor Ramirez, hijo- Investigative journalist, born in Yauco, but raised in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
*Julio Irving Rodriguez-lawyer & senator of mayaguez
*Rubén del Rosario - Literary critic, linguist and Professor (University of Puerto Rico, Hispanic Studies School.)
*Francisco Lluch Mora - Poet
*Salvador Vassallo a.k.a. "Chiry" - was the president and CEO of Vassallo Industries Inc., a worldwide leader in the production of PVC injection moulded and extruded goods.
*Amaury Veray - Composer

References

ee also

*Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
*Battle of Yauco

External links

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72153&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2&-format=CO-2 Yauco and its barrios, United States Census Bureau]
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* [http://www.yauco.com Yauco's Website]
* [http://www.linktopr.com/yauco_e.html Yauco facts, history, & photos]