Arecibo
Arecibo is a city of 88,000 people on the north coast of Puerto Rico, and was best known for its giant radio telescope, which collapsed in late 2020. It is one of Puerto Rico's oldest colonial-era settlements, dating from 1616.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cueva Ventana.
Cueva Ventana
Cave
Photo: Tom Vazquez, Public domain.
Cueva Ventana is a large cave situated atop a limestone cliff in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, overlooking the Río Grande de Arecibo valley. It is visible from the PR-123 but is accessible from a trail that begins adjacent to a Puma Energy gas station located along PR-10 on kilometer 75. Cueva Ventana is situated 4 km southwest of Arecibo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bajadero.
Bajadero
Quarter
Bajadero is a community in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,710. Three barrios border each other and each contains a section of the community.
Arecibo
- Location: Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.4041° or 18° 24′ 15″ northLongitude
-66.6746° or 66° 40′ 29″ westPopulation
87,800Elevation
201 metres (659 feet)Abbreviation
“ARE”Open location code
77CMC83G+J5GeoNames ID
4562640
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Urdu—“Arecibo” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “আরেকিবো”
- Chinese: “阿雷西沃”
- Hebrew: “ארסיבו”
- Lithuanian: “Aresibas”
- Macedonian: “Аресибо”
- Serbian: “Аресибо”
- Spanish: “Arecibo”
- Thai: “อาเรซีโบ”
- Ukrainian: “Аресібо”
- Urdu: “اریسیبو، پورٹو ریکو”
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Localities in the Area
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