Hondo River
The Hondo River is a river of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. It runs through the municipalities of Hormigueros, Mayagüez, and Cabo Rojo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Rio Hondo” and “Río Hondo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Silva Bridge and Mayagüez Mall.
Silva Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Silva Bridge is a Pratt pony truss bridge in Puerto Rico which was built in 1897. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
Mayagüez Mall
Commercial area
Photo: Madrican, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mayagüez Mall is a shopping mall located in the municipalities of Mayagüez and Hormigueros. It is the third largest shopping center in Puerto Rico with a total of 1,050,000 square feet of retail space, and it is the main shopping center in western Puerto Rico.
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
University building
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is a private, Roman Catholic university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is situated 3½ km northeast of Hondo River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mayagüez and Cabo Rojo.
Mayagüez
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Mayagüez is the largest city on the Western side of the island of Puerto Rico, in the Porta del Sol region. It has roughly 90,000 inhabitants, plus a floating population of about 15,000, on weekdays, particularly when the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is not in recess.
Cabo Rojo
Photo: Jerjes Medina Albino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cabo Rojo, named after the red-colored limestone cliffs on its coast, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Porta del Sol tourism region. The city is famous for its pirate legends, its beaches, its nature and its lighthouse.
Hondo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hormigueros, Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Hondo River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Río Hondo”
- Cebuano: “Río Hondo”
- Dutch: “Río Hondo”
- French: “Río Hondo”
- Polish: “Río Hondo”
- Romanian: “Río Hondo”
- Slovenian: “Río Hondo”
- Spanish: “Río Hondo (Hormigueros, Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Río Hondo (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Río Hondo”
- Turkish: “Río Hondo”
- Venetian: “Río Hondo”
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Localities in the Area
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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 Wikipedia page “Hondo River”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.