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    barrio of Ponce, around 1597, the bay of Ponce had a small place populated by Christian European settlers that was called Bucaná. In 1800, Bucaná was known...
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    Brook. The Bucaná River springs from Machuelo Arriba ward and runs for 18.5 mi (29.8 km) into the Caribbean Sea. The tributaries of the Bucaná are the San...
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    Bucaná River (Spanish: Río Bucaná) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Bucaná has its origin in barrio Machuelo Arriba where it...
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    Playa de Ponce, Ponce Playa, or La Playa, is one of the thirty-one barrios that comprise the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Bucaná, Canas...
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    (Playa, Bucaná, and Vayas) make up the municipality's five coastal barrios. Ponce has five barrios that face the Caribbean Sea. These are: Bucaná, Canas...
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  • Parque Familiar Julio Enrique Monagas (category Barrio Bucaná)
    Rico's largest passive park. It is located in barrio Bucaná, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on the banks of the Bucaná and Portugués rivers. The park was named after Julio...
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    Rafael Cordero Santiago (category Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    known as "Churumba", was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as "El León Mayor"...
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    municipality of Ponce run into one of four river basins that then empty into the Caribbean Sea. These four river basins are: Río Matilde, Río Bucaná, Río Inabón...
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  • The University of Puerto Rico at Ponce (UPRP or UPR-Ponce) is a public college in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is the only campus of the University of Puerto...
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  • The Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), formerly Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences, is a private, for-profit university in Ponce, Puerto...
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    barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Playa, Bucana, Canas and Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. Together...
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    Parque de Bombas (English: firehouse) is a historic former fire station in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of Puerto Rico's most notable buildings, with some...
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    called Río Portugués. It becomes Río Bucaná (Bucaná River) and divides barrios Playa on its western bank and barrio Bucaná on its eastern bank. From there...
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  • Fiestas patronales de Ponce is an annual cultural celebration held at Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The celebration, which commonly lasts...
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    Puerto Rico) is a private Roman Catholic university with its main campus in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate...
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    Portugués, and Río Bucaná. Puerto Rico Highway 2 in Ponce The road is an 8-lane divided highway in its western approach to Ponce. After its intersection...
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    y Ahorro Ponceño (building) Banco de Ponce Banco de Ponce (building) Baños de Coamo Barrios of Ponce: Anón Bucaná Canas Canas Urbano Capitanejo Cerrillos...
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    Portugués Urbano is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, and San...
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    Capitanejo has the second shortest coastline of all of Ponce's five coastal barrios, after Bucaná. Puerto Rico portal List of communities in Puerto Rico...
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    Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP) is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It houses a collection of European art, as well as...
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    Bayagán River (category Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    the city of Ponce. At that point it feeds into Rio Cerrillos, at an altitude of 42 feet. Rio Cerrillos will, in turn feed, into Río Bucaná further downstream...
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    The Hotel Ponce Intercontinental (also known as "El Ponce") is an abandoned hotel with a still existing structure at Cerro del Vigía in Ponce, Puerto Rico...
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    Ponce (Ponce Tradicional), Central Ponce (Ponce Centro), Historic Ponce (Ponce Histórico), and Ponce Historic District (Distrito Histórico de Ponce)...
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  • the Polideportivo Frankie Colon in Urbanización Los Caobos, Barrio Bucaná, Ponce. It also became a collection center for items for the earthquake homeless...
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    Avenida Los Caobos junction, a connector to PR-578 between Bucaná and Vayas barrios, Ponce PR-52 south at exit 23 to PR-1 in Turabo, Caguas Entrance ramp...
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    Ponce Municipal Band (Spanish: Banda Municipal de Ponce), also known as Centenaria Banda Municipal de Ponce, is the band of the municipality of Ponce...
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    It is bounded on the North by barrio Cerrillos, in the South by barrios Bucaná and Vayas, in the West by barrios Machuelo Abajo and San Anton, and in the...
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  • Ecológico Urbano. The park runs along the Río Portugués and Río Bucaná rivers in the city of Ponce. Funds for the park had already been allocated by the administration...
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    the municipality of Peñuelas. Along with Playa, Bucana, Vayas and Capitanejo, Canas is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. It was founded in 1831....
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  • Albert L. Myer (category Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico)
    soldier in the United States Army from 1865 to 1912, and interim Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1899 starting on 12 September. He filled as interim mayor...
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