Rail transport in Puerto Rico currently consists of a 10.7-mile (17.2 km) passenger metro system in the island's metropolitan area of San Juan. Its history can be traced back to the mid-19th century with the construction of a limited passenger line …
Mercedita Airport (IATA: PSE, ICAO: TJPS, FAA LID: PSE) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The airport covers 270 cuerdas (approx. 262.2 acres) of land and has one…
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (IATA: SIG, ICAO: TJIG, FAA LID: SIG), also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is a small airport in Miramar, which is a district in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by the Puerto Rico …
Cerro de Punta or just Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, rising to 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) above sea level.
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel) is a soccer-specific stadium located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It is best known as the home of the Bayamon FC of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico.
Parque de Bombas (literally in English "Park of Pumps") is a historic firehouse building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings, with some considering it "by far the most easily recognized landmark in the Island." I…
Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP), is an art museum located on Las Americas Avenue (PR-163) in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is considered one of the finest art museums in Puerto Rico. It houses a collection of European art, as well as work by Puerto Rican arti…
Desecheo (Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo]) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 21 km from the west coast (Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 50 km northea…
Albizu University is a private non-profit university offering undergraduate and graduate studies in psychology, criminal justice, speech and language therapy and pathology, human services, ESOL, and education. It has three campuses: one in San Juan,…
The Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico (formerly known as Cervecería India) is one of two breweries in Puerto Rico. It is located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (IATA: VQS, ICAO: TJVQ, FAA LID: VQS) is a small public use airport on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. Because a large amount of Vieques' yearly revenue comes from the tourism industry, this small airport plays…
Ciales (Spanish pronunciation: ['sjales]) is a municipality of Puerto Rico, located on the Central Mountain Range, northwest of Orocovis; south of Florida and Manatí; east of Utuado and Jayuya; and west of Morovis. Ciales is spread over eight wards …
WLII-DT, channel 11, is a Univision owned-and-operated television station that is licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Univision Communications, and is sister to independent station WSTE-DT (channel 7) and radio stations WKAQ (58…
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law. The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States; bein…
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is a Roman Catholic university located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees in the areas of education, business administration, science, an…
Caja de Muertos (English: Coffin Island or Dead Man's Chest) is an uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Ponce. The island is protected by the Reserva Natural Caja de Muertos natural reserve, because of its…
Casa Blanca is a house museum located in Old San Juan within the historic colonial section of the capital of Puerto Rico.
The Saint Croix macaw (Ara autocthones) is an extinct species of parrot. The last populations lived on the Caribbean islands Saint Croix and Puerto Rico. It was originally described by Alexander Wetmore in 1937 based on a subfossil limb bone unearth…
The Dr. Pedro Rosselló González, Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC) (or Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico y Dr. Pedro Rosselló González in Spanish) is a convention center located in Isla Grande (recently named the Convention Center District), …
The Humberto Vidal explosion (sometimes also referred to as the Río Piedras explosion) was a gas explosion that occurred on November 21, 1996 at the Humberto Vidal shoe store located in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. The explosion killed 33 and wounded m…
The Cerro Maravilla murders, also known as the Cerro Maravilla massacre, is the name given by the Puerto Rican public and media to describe the events that occurred on July 25, 1978, at Cerro Maravilla, a mountain in Puerto Rico, wherein two young P…
The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center (Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes) in Barrio Portugués, Ponce, Puerto Rico, houses one of the most important archeological discoveries made in the Antilles. The discovery provides an insight as to how the in…
Telemundo of Puerto Rico Studios, LLC is a division of NBC-Telemundo that develops original programming in Spanish for station WKAQ-TV in Puerto Rico.
Roberto Clemente Coliseum (Spanish: Coliseo Roberto Clemente) is a sports and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Isla Palomino is a small island located near to the east of Puerto Rico, near the coast of Las Croabas, Fajardo.
Cayo Santiago, also known as Santiago Island, Isla de los monos (or Island of the monkeys), is located at (18°09′23″N65°44′03″W), 950 m (0.59 mi) 1 km to the east of Punta Santiago, Humacao, Puerto Rico.
San José Church (Iglesia de San José), located in Old San Juan within the historic colonial section of the capital of Puerto Rico, is one of the first significant works of architecture on the island.
Cueva Ventana (English: "Cave Window") is a large cave situated a top a limestone cliff in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, overlooking the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.
WIPR-TV is a non-commercial educational, full-power public television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, transmitting over analog channel 6, digital 43. The station is owned and operated by Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública …
The Teodoro Moscoso Bridge is a bridge in Puerto Rico. It works as an extension of PR-17, also known as the Jesus T. Piñero Expressway, connecting this road with the Román Baldorioty de Castro Expressway (PR-26). It crosses the San José Lagoon there…
This is a list of properties and districts in the Porta del Sol municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents. Construction began in 1863 under the auspices of I…
José Aponte de la Torre Airport (IATA: NRR, ICAO: TJRV, FAA LID: RVR) is a public use airport owned by Puerto Rico Ports Authority and located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from the central business district of Ceiba, a town in Puerto Rico. It is included i…
Caparra is an archaeological site in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It was declared a U.S.
This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico is along the central mountain region, from Lares in the central-west to Gurabo in the central-east, including the slopes of the Cordillera.
Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo (sometimes called Mayaguez Zoo) is a 45-acre (18 ha) zoo located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is the only zoo on the island. It is named in honor of Juan A. Rivero, its first director.