Lares
Lares is a municipality and town of Puerto Rico located in the western mountainous Cordillera Central region of the island. The town is most popularly known for the Grito de Lares, a failed 1868 uprising against the Spanish colonial rule which has become a landmark of Puerto Rico's history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Lares
- Type: Suburb with 28,100 residents
- Also known as: “Lares Municipio”
- Category: locality
- Location: Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.2944° or 18° 17′ 40″ northLongitude
-66.8429° or 66° 50′ 35″ westPopulation
28,100Elevation
441 metres (1,447 feet)Abbreviation
“LAR”Open location code
77CM75V4+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 9543375353OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4565910
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