Río Grande
Río Grande is a city in the Eastern Coast region of Puerto Rico founded in July 25, 1840 by Deriderio Brothers and Quilimaco Escobar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Yunque.
El Yunque
Park
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Yunque or El Yunque Peak is a mountain located fully within the boundaries of the El Yunque National Forest, part of the U.S. Forest Service, which is the only tropical rainforest under the U.S. Forest Service jurisdiction. El Yunque is situated 4½ km southeast of Río Grande.
Río Grande
- Also known as: “Rio Grande”, “Rio Grande Municipio”, and “Río Grande Municipio”
- Location: Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.3416° or 18° 20′ 30″ northLongitude
-65.8177° or 65° 49′ 4″ westPopulation
73,100Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)Abbreviation
“RGR”Open location code
77CP85RJ+JWGeoNames ID
4567823
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Río Grande” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Río Grande”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Río Grande”. Photo: Luboš Holič, CC BY-SA 3.0.