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Villalba, Puerto Rico
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| Nickname: "Ciudad de los Avancinos", "Ciudad del Gandul", "Ciudad de los Lagos", "Ciudad del Cooperativismo" | ||||||
| Gentilic: "Villalbeños" | ||||||
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| Founded | 1917 | |||||
| Mayor | Hon. Waldemar Rivera Torres | |||||
| Political party | PPD | |||||
| Senatorial district | 6 Guayama | |||||
| Representative district | 26 | |||||
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| Area | ||||||
| Total | 97.61 km² | |||||
| Land | 96 km² | |||||
| Water | 1.61 km² | |||||
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| Total (2000) | ||||||
| Density | /km² | |||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | |||||
| Anthem – "A las orillas del Río Jacaguas" | ||||||
Villalba (vee-YAHL-bah) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region, northeast of Juana Díaz; south of Orocovis; and west of Coamo. Villalba is spread over 6 wards and Villalba Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
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Villalba was founded in 1917 by José R. Figueroa and Walter Mac K. Jones.
Four horizontal, unequal stripes in width, that from top to bottom have the following order: green, white, green and yellow. In the immediate side to the flagstaff, in the superior stripe, appears, in white color, the star of the shield.
In a green field, in bridge, a Puerto Rican villa of the XIX century, with six houses and one church, in silvera nd red: the church is adorned with the Coat of Arms of the order of "del Carmelo"; and in the upper right hand, a silver star. Gold border with five calabash (higüera, Crescentia cujete L.) leaves. To the top; a three tower gold crown.
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- Guayabal Lake
- Toa Vaca Lake
- Toro Negro Forest Reserve
By Pablo Collazo Pérez
A las orillas del Río Jacaguas
yace mi pueblo bello y gentil.
Por sus encantos y buenas aguas
es de la isla grato pénsil.
Tiene mi pueblo muy pocas calles,
muchas colinas de gran verdor;
la dulce cana crece en sus valles.
Plátanos, chinas de lo mejor.
Y si la suerte me lanza lejos
de los reflejos de mi ideal.
Sepa mi pueblo idolatrado
que será amado por siempre igual.
Aunque pequeño yo no lo olvido
y a los lugares voy a pasear.
Sitio tan bello y tan querido
un villalbeño no olvidará.
- Coffee, Green Pigeon Peas.
- Manufacture of aluminum packaging and electrical & electronic machineries; nutritional products; Medical devices; and others.
- Doña Juana Water Fall
- Guayabal Lake
- La Corona Hill
- Maravilla Hill
- Toa Vaca Lake
- Toro Negro Forest Reserve
- Matron Celebrations - July
- Puerto Rico Marathon - July
- Areyto Festival - November
- Carlos Báez Marathon - December
Julio Oliveiri
- Carlos Mercado - Poet
- Daniel Serrano - Poet
- Doel López- Professor
- Moisés Aponte - Painter
- Maximino Miranda - Senator
- Virgilio Negrón - Poet
- Carlos Báez - Sports
- Eduardo "Hunga" Maldonado - Sports
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