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Ciales, Puerto Rico
Ciales, Puerto Rico
	Town and Municipality;
; ; Flag;	; ; Coat of arms;
	Nicknames: "La Ciudada de la Cojoba", "La Tierra del Café", "Pueblo de los Valerosos";
	Anthem: "El cantar de tus ríos es mensaje";
	; Location of Ciales in Puerto Rico;
	Coordinates: 18°20′10″N 66°28′08″W / 18.33611°N 66.46889°W / 18.33611; -66.46889Coordinates: 18°20′10″N 66°28′08″W / 18.33611°N 66.46889°W / 18.33611; -66.46889;
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Founded	June 24, 1820
Government ;
• Mayor;	; Luis "Rolan" Maldonado (PNP)
• Senatorial dist.	3 - Arecibo
• Representative dist.	13
Area ;
• Total	; 66.48 sq mi (172.17 km2)
• Land	66 sq mi (172 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (.17 km2)
Population (2010);
• Total	18,782
• Density	280/sq mi (110/km2)
Demonym(s)	Cialeños
Time zone	; UTC−4 (AST)
Zip code	00638

Town and Municipality in Puerto Rico, United States

Ciales (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsjales]) is a municipality of Puerto Rico (U.S.), 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 and Ciales Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Ciales was founded on June 24, 1820 by Isidro Rodríguez.

Geography

Toro Negro Forest Reserve

Rivers are: Río Cialitos, Río Grande de Manatí, Río Toro Negro, and Río Yunes.

Barrios

Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Ciales is subdivided into barrios.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ciales barrio-pueblo^[5]

Cialitos

Cordillera

Frontón

Hato Viejo

Jaguas

Pesas

Pozas

Toro Negro

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

Hacienda Negrón

Las Archillas Cavern

Las Golondrinas Cavern

Parada Choferil

Toro Negro Forest Reserve

Yuyú cueva

El chorro de Doña Juana

Chonchi's Pinchos

Culture

Festivals and events

Cantata Corretjer - March 19

Agua Dulce Festival - August

Frontón Festival - July

San Elías Festival - July

Matron Festivities - October

Sports

Ciales is the home town of Juan "Pachín" Vicens - Puerto Rico's undisputed national basketball star, named Best Player in the World at the 1959 World Basketball Championship, Santiago de Chile (a.k.a., Juan "Pachín" Vicens, "Astro del Balón", "El Jeep"; younger brother of Puerto Rico's National Poet, Nimia Vicens, who also hailed from Ciales). Their middle brother, Enrique "Coco" Vicens, a former Puerto Rico Senator, was a track and field athlete in his own right.

Economy

Agriculture

Agriculture; coffee & cattle

Demographics

Government

All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Ciales is Luis Rolan Maldonado, of the progressive new party (PNP). He was elected at the 2016 general elections.

The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district III, which is represented by two Senators. In 2008, José Emilio González Velázquez and Angel Martínez Santiago were elected as District Senators.^[6]

Symbols

Flag

The flag is divided into seven unequal stripes described in sequence: yellow, red, yellow, purple, yellow, red, and yellow.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of a gold shield with a lion standing on its rear legs and silverplated nails grasping a silver coiled parchment between its front claws. The lion also shows a red tongue. Above the lion in the superior part of the shield are located three heraldic roses arranged horizontally with red petals and green leaves. A golden crown of three towers rests on the shield. The three towers are united by walls, simulating masonry blocks. The shield is surrounded by a crown of coffee tree branches with their berries, all in natural colors.

Notable people from Ciales

Juan Antonio Corretjer - Nationalist

Ed Figueroa - MLB Baseball Player

Juan Figueroa - President of Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

Luis Maldonado - Politician

Ángel Chayanne Martínez - Politician

Mercedes Otero - Politician

José L. Rivera - USMC, recipient of the Navy Cross

Juan José Rodríguez Pérez - Politician

Hiram Rosado - Nationalist

Luis Sánchez Morales - Politician

Adalberto Santiago - Salsa singer

Enrique "Coco" Vicéns - Basketball Player

Juan "Pachín" Vicéns - Basketball Player

References

^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.

^ "Map of Ciales at the Wayback Machine" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-29.

^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

^ Elecciones Generales 2008: Escrutinio General Archived November 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. on CEEPUR

External links

Welcome to Puerto Rico! Ciales

[Pico_1969-1] Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[Law2015-2] Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[2010_Census-3] Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.

[4] "Map of Ciales at the Wayback Machine" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[Barrio-Pueblo-5] "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[6] Elecciones Generales 2008: Escrutinio General Archived November 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. on CEEPUR

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