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Dorado, Puerto Rico
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| Nickname: "Ciudad Ejemplar", "Ciudad Dorada", "La Más Limpia de Puerto Rico" | ||||||
| Gentilic: "Doradeños" | ||||||
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| Founded | 1842 | |||||
| Mayor | Hon. Carlos A. López Rivera | |||||
| Political party | PPD | |||||
| Senatorial district | 3 - Arecibo | |||||
| Representative district | 11 | |||||
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| Area | ||||||
| Total | 60.16 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| Total (2004) | 34,995 | |||||
| Density | 560/km² | |||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | |||||
| Official website: None | ||||||
| Anthem – "Por fin, en las riberas" | ||||||
Dorado (do-RAH-do) is a small tourist town in the northern coast of Puerto Rico, 15 miles west of San Juan and is located in the norther region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja. Dorado is spread over 5 wards and Dorado Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). The town is probably most known for its Hyatt Hotel.
Dorado has upscale neighborhoods and a small town with a plaza (Spanish town square), as other municipios do.
President Gerald Ford once stayed in Dorado during his presidency, for a 1976 meeting with other heads of state from the Caribbean.
Dorado has been voted Puerto Rico's cleanest town at various times.
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Dorado was established as a municipality in 1842 by Jacinto López Martínez.
The flag is composed of three stripes of equal width: the upper and lower stripes are golden, and the center one is brown. A brown, equal-sided triangle is placed with its base at the hoist.
The crown is gold with brown windows. The three towers mean that Dorado is a town, a properly constituted municipality. Underneath the crown, we can observe five disks that form a "T", which is called Tau.
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- Rivers: Cocal, Lajas, La Plata and Rio Nuevo.
- Mata Redonda lagoon
- Punta Fraile marsh.
By Juan Alegría Rivera
Por fin, en las riberas
del Dorado querido,
las corrientes del Plata,
que corren sin cesar,
traen a sus orillas
sus perlas y corales,
que emergen adornando
desde el fondo de la mar.
Que emergen adornando
desde el fondo de la mar.
Son lindas sus montañas,
que alegran el paseo,
aspirando las brisas
que vienen desde el mar,
y en las noches de calma,
reciben las caricias,
de las pampas alegres
en que duerme el terrenal.
De las pampas alegres
en que duerme el terrenal.
Los días de mi vida
que ufano consagré
al culto del estudio
con incesante afán.
Hoy, son óptimos frutos
que en generoso empeño,
al pueblo doradeño
aquí vengo a brindar.
Al pueblo doradeño
aquí vengo a brindar.
Commerce
manufacture (clothing & medical equipment)
Dorado has long been known as a golf haven. Its tourist industry includes the Dorado Beach Resort and the Hyatt Hacienda del Mar.
- Bazar Park
- Casa de Rey Museum
- Cerro Gordo Beach
- Distinguished Doradeños Plaza
- Juan Boria Theater
- Ojo del Buey Regional Park
- Sardinera Beach
- Patron Festivities - June
- Thanksgiving Fair - November
- Cocolía Festival
- Plata Festival - December
- Infant Theater Festival
- Esteban A. De Coenaga (1882) - Dental Surgeon
- José A. Alegría (1886-1965) - Lawyer, politician and writer
- Juan Boria (1906-1995) - Negro Poetry
- Marcelino Juan Canino Salgado (1942) - Doctor
