San Lorenzo (Spanish pronunciation: [san loˈɾenso], Saint Lawrence) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region, north of Patillas and Yabucoa; south of Gurabo; east of Caguas and Cayey; and west of Juncos and Las Piedras. San Lorenzo is spread over twelve wards and San Lorenzo Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Population: 9,373
Latitude: 18° 11' 21.84" N
Longitude: -65° 57' 39.60" W
The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is the main public university system of Puerto Rico and a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico. It consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 58,000 students and 5,300 faculty members.
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 160 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United Stat…
WAPA-TV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 27), is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, a joint venture between InterMedia Partners (which owns a 73% interest) and A…
WKAQ-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 28), is a Telemundo owned-and-operated television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal.
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras), also referred to as UPR-RP, is a public research university located on a 289-acre (1.17 km2) campus in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Río Piedras is a former municipality of Puerto Rico, consolidated with the capital municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico since 1951. Originally founded in 1714, it has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus since 1903, earning …
Pico El Yunque or El Yunque Peak is a mountain that is located fully within the boundaries of the El Yunque National Forest, part of the U.S. Forest Service, which is the only tropical rainforest that belongs to the U.S. Forest Service. The peak its…
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 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…
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.
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 …
This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico covers the eastern region of Puerto Rico, from Loiza in the northeast to Maunabo in the southeast.
WJPX is a full-power television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 24, digital 21, which is the island's affiliate for MundoFox, the Spanish language sister network to the English language network Fox.
The San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSOM) is a private U.S. medical school, located in Caguas, Puerto Rico. It formally opened its doors in 1978. The school grants the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Master in Public Health (M.P.H.) and Bachelor …
WSJU-TV is a full-power television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over channel 30. During most of the 2000s (decade), the station's programming mostly consisted of music videos until it became an affiliate of Spanish Broadcasting Syst…
The San Juan Botanical Garden, also known as the Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico, is located in the Caribbean city of San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico. This lush 300-acre (1.2 km2) “urban garden” of native and exotic flora serves a…
WTCV is a full-service television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 32. The station serves as an owned and operated station of Spanish Broadcasting System's Mega TV network, since September 11, 2014. WVEO is a full-s…
Puerto Rico Highway 53 (unsigned Interstate PR3) is a main tollway that is parallel to Puerto Rico Highway 3, which goes from Fajardo to Salinas. Some segments are still in planning, but when finished it will have about 59 miles (95 km) of length. T…