Peñuelas (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈɲwelas]) is a municipality in Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Adjuntas, east of Guayanilla, west of Ponce and north of the Caribbean Sea. Peñuelas is spread over 12 wards and Peñuelas Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the Yauco Metropolitan Statistical Area. Peñuelas is known as "La Capital del Güiro" (The Güiro Capital) and "El Valle de los Flamboyanes" (The Valley of the Poinciana Trees).
Population: 6,847
Latitude: 18° 03' 22.86" N
Longitude: -66° 43' 17.62" W
The Ponce massacre was an event that took place on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police shooting that killed 21 Puerto Ricans and wounded over 200 others. Most of the killed where sh…
San Germán (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xerˈman]) is a municipality located in the southwestern region of Puerto Rico, south of Mayagüez and Maricao, north of Lajas, east of Hormigueros and Cabo Rojo, and west of Sabana Grande. San Germán is spread …
WORA-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 29), is a television station located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. On its main subchannel, the station rebroadcasts over 95% of WKAQ-TV's programming under an affiliation agreement. WORA-TV produces some l…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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 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…
The Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), formerly Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences, is a private university located in the city of Ponce in Puerto Rico. It was inaugurated in 1977. It holds nationally accredited graduate programs in th…
Hacienda Mercedita was a 300-acre (120 ha) sugarcane plantation in Ponce, Puerto Rico, founded in 1861, by Juan Serrallés Colón.
WSTE-DT, channel 7, is an independent television station that is licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Univision owned-and-operated station WLII-DT (channel 11) and is also sister…
Plaza del Caribe is an enclosed shopping mall located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is owned by Empresas Fonalledas and it is the largest mall in southern Puerto Rico.
WOLE-DT is a full-power Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 12. The station has its studios in Aguadilla and its main offices are located in the Westernbank Building in downtow…