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Humacao, Puerto Rico
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| Humacao, Puerto Rico | |||
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| Nickname: La Perla del Oriente", "La Ciudad Gris", "Roye Huesos | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
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| Territory | Puerto Rico | ||
| Founded | April, 1722 | ||
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| - Mayor | Marcelo Trujillo (Partido Popular Democrático) | ||
| - Senatorial dist. | 7 - Humacao | ||
| - Representative dist. | 35 | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 55.5 sq mi (143.63 km²) | ||
| - Land | 45.2 sq mi (117 km²) | ||
| - Water | 10.3 sq mi (26.63 km²) | ||
| Population (2000) | |||
| - Total | 62,244 | ||
| - Density | 1,306.6/sq mi (504.5/km²) | ||
| - Gentilic | Humacaeños | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| Anthem – "Humacao, hijo de taíno bravío" | |||
Humacao (oo-mah-KAH-oh) is the largest city of Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 10 wards and Humacao Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Humacao has three secondary care hospitals (HIMA-San Pablo Humacao, Dr. Domínguez (Clínica Oriente), and Ryder Memorial). Ryder Memorial, currently under renovations, is the largest hospital complex on the Southeast coast of Puerto Rico.
Humacao is famous all over Puerto Rico for its granitos, a greasy snack food which is composed of a fried rice flour with cheese in its center. People have for years driven to Humacao from other cities just to taste this snack food. Locals joke about this tastiful 'fritura': el granito es EEE: engorda, estriñe y embrutece.
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Humacao was founded on April, 1722 and became autonomous (town) in 1793. Humacao derives its name from a local Indian Chief Jumacao.
It consists of three horizontal stripes: gold that stands for Chief Jumacao's crown, red that symbolizes the Coat of Arms and the green that represents the arrows used by the Taínos.
The coat of arms consists of two colors, gold and green. The gold represents the sun, Humacao is located in the island were the sun rises. Green symbolizes our native Indian heritage as well as the natural tropical valley where the city is located. The shield itself represents Humacao's native and Indian name origin.
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- Rivers are: Antón Ruíz, Candelero and Humacao
- Gulches are: Cataño, Del Obispo, Del Inglés, Frontera and Mariana
- Two islands belong to Humacao:
- Cayo Santiago (Monkey Island) (including Cayo de los Algodones)
- Cayo Batata
By Prof. Miguel Correa López
Humacao, hijo de taíno bravío
antillano por herencia occidental
con los africanos formamos tus hijos,
caribeño en abrazo fraternal.
Humacao, pueblo cuna de artistas y poetas
que has sabido la gloria alcanzar
por tus hijos que han dado fortuna
para hacerte Ciudad Oriental.
Humacao, para ti es el canto taíno
inspirado en una hermosa oración
por tu gente, costumbres y encantos
eres paraíso terreno de Dios.
Humacao, pueblo cuna de artistas y poetas,
que has sabido la gloria alcanzar
por tus hijos que han dado fortuna
para hacerte Ciudad Oriental.
Humacao, Humacao, Humacao.
Palmas del Mar, the island's largest resort, makes Humacao its home. This megaresort is composed of over 3,000 acres (12 km²) of land and occupies the entire south eastern portion of the municipal territory. The resort contains over 20 tennis courts, two world-class golf courses, miles of unspoiled beaches, several restaurants and a world class riding center.
- Astronomical Observatory
- Buena Vista Beach
- Casa Roig
- El Morrillo Beach
- Guzmán Ermit
- Punta Santiago Beach
- Teachers' Monument
- Wildlife Refuge
The Fiesta patronal dedicated to the Immaculate Conception is held at the beginning of December. It has lost most of its religious content to become a popular festival with live music, food, drinks and verbenas.
The Breadfruit Festival (Festival de la Pana) is celebrated during the first weekend of September. It is organized by the Mariana's Recreational and Cultural Association (ARECMA), a community organization of the Barrio Mariana. It's main theme is about the preparation of dishes whose main ingredient is breadfruit. Typical Puerto Rican music, crafts and foods as well as other cultural and sports activities can also be enjoyed. Most years it has been held at one of the highest places of the sector with a spectacular view to Humacao, Las Piedras, Naguabo, Vieques and Yabucoa.
One of Puerto Rico's most important charity fund-raising activities, La Buena Vida Festival, takes place in Palmas del Mar every year. Now in its 11th year, La Buena Vida gathers several hundred good-hearted Puerto Ricans and visitors from abroad, to enjoy fine art, excellent food from our foremost chefs-de-cuisine, and the best wines available in Puerto Rico. A silent art and wine auction is held at the peak of the activity. Lead by businessman Kike Toro-Garratón, this year's LBVF was able to collect close to $100,000.00 for four of our Eastern region service organizations.
Humacao's airport is no longer used for daily flights to Vieques and Culebra as it was in the past. It is now used for charter flights and for skydiving. The skydiving facilities located in Humacao are of the most actively used on the island.
There are various excellent elementary and high school facilities, three of which were recognized by the Middle States Association of Secondary Schools and each has their own National Honor Society chapters.
The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao educates over 4,000 students and is well known for its sciences, producing many of the island's most skilled microbiologists, marine biologists and chemists. It also manages an astronomical observatory where many tourists and locals come visit and view the stars and planets and the Museo Casa Roig were arts expositions and cultural events are celebrated.
The Grises basketball team (Humacao Grays), founded in 2005, belongs to Puerto Rico's National Superior Basketball league. The Grises is a Double A class amateur team that has won one championship (1951) and four sub-championships (1950, 1960, 1965 and 1967).
- Adamari López- actress
- Carlos Ponce - singer
- Emilio E. Huyke - "father of Puerto Rican basketball"
- José Parés - ballet dancer/choreographer
- Luis Antonio Rivera (aka Yoyo Boing) - actor
- Luis Rafael Sánchez - dramatist/novelist
- Osiris Delgado - artist
- Tito Rojas - Singer
- Rita Moreno - Oscar, Tony, Emmy & Grammy-winning actress
- Jerry Rivera - Singer
- Humacao and its barrios, United States Census Bureau
- Map of Humacao Puerto Rico
- Liga de Beisbol Doble A de Puerto Rico
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional de Puerto Rico.
