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Orocovis, Puerto Rico
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| Nickname: "Corazón de Puerto Rico", "El Centro Geográfico de Puerto Rico" | ||||||
| Gentilic: "Orocoveños" | ||||||
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| Founded | May 22, 1772 | |||||
| Mayor | Hon. Jesús E. Colón Berlingeri | |||||
| Political party | PNP | |||||
| Senatorial district | 5 - Ponce | |||||
| Representative district | 26 | |||||
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| Area | ||||||
| Total | 184.17 km² | |||||
| Land | 184 km² | |||||
| Water | .17 km² | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| Total (2000) | 24,516 | |||||
| Density | 145.5/km² | |||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | |||||
| Anthem – "Mi patria es una bella isla" | ||||||
Orocovis (o-ro-KO-vis) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Villalba and Coamo; south of Morovis and Corozal; southeast of Ciales; east of Jayuya; and west of Barranquitas. Orocovis is spread over 15 wards and Orocovis Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
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Orocovis was founded in 1825 by Juan Rivera de Santiago. Derives its name from a local Taino Indian Chief Orocobix (Orocovis) and his yucayeque or tribe were known as the Jatibonicu Taino.
The flag of Orocovis is formed by five vertical stripes: Two green at the ends and a blue one in the center divided by two narrower stripes.
The oval is symbol of the letter "o", initial of the name of the town. In each quadrant appear representative elements of the town. In the left superior quadrant an Indian bust, symbol of the great "Chief Orocovix", in silhouetted in gold on a silver-plated background. The Indian bust faces towards the star or sun that appears in the superior right quadrant, which is in gold on a blue background and represents the territorial municipality with its seventeen rays or demarcations. In the inferior quadrant a plantain plant is observed, silhouetted in gold on a silver-plated background. A bridge also silhouetted in gold on a blue background, above the river appears in the left inferior quadrant.
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- Central Mountain Range
- Gorges are: Doña Juana, Palmar y Cacao
- Rivers are: Toro Negro, Sana Muertos, Orocovis, Matrullas, Bauta
By Celestino Avilés, hijo
Mi patria es una bella isla
y Orocovis su corazón
y a ese pueblo que me dio la vida
hoy le canto con todo mi amor.
Rodeado de verdes montañas
vigilado por un árbol de mangó
centinela y fiel testigo de su historia,
de su gente, de su honra y su valor
Fue en tu suelo que nació
el gran Cacique Orocobix
y muchos hombres que le han
dado tanta gloria a mi país.
Y es por eso que hoy
doy gracias al Señor
de nacer en este suelo...
¡Que orgulloso estoy!
De poder levantar tu escudo
y tu bandera y gritar a donde vaya...
¡Orocoveño soy!
¡Orocoveño soy!
Cattle, coffee, fruits and tobacco.
Several small nutritional product industries
- Indian Cave
- Matrullas Lake
- Orocovis Museum
- Taíno Refuge
- Mirador Orocovis - Villalba
- Bosque Toro Negro (Toro Negro Rain Forest)
- Cerro La Guaira
- Chorro Doña Juana (Doña Juana Water Fall)
- Infant Theater Festival - April
- Patron Festivities, Saint John - June
- Festival del Camaron - July --> This is a Festival where the participants capture "river lobsters".
- Arts Craft Fair (Festival de Artesanías) - September
- Youth Festival - October
- National Festival of The Puerto Rican Pastel - November
- Don Celestino Avilés - Artisan
- Don Pedro Torres - Taino Chief
- Antonio Ortiz Hernández - Professor
- Efraín Rodríguez Otero - Priest
- Jenaro Collazo Collazo - Doctor
- Andres Jimenez - Puerto Rican folk singer
- Bobby Valentin -salsa band leader, musician, arranger, bass and trumpet player
- Manny Manuel - merengue singer
- Pedro Orlando Torres - stage actor
- Angel Virella - Makeup Artist for Fashion, Film and Theater
- Rafael Santo Domingo - Major League Baseball Player
- Efrain Colón Zayas - Cuatro Player
- Ramon Rodriguez - Salsa Musician
For more information on Orocovis, you can visit the folowing Internet sites:
http://www.gobierno.pr/GPRPortal/StandAlone/MunicipalityInformation.aspx?Filter=60
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/city/oroco.shtml
http://travelandsports.com/espanol/oro.htm
http://www.jibaraeducada.com/orocovis.html
http://www.allstates-flag.com/fotw/flags/pr-or.html
