Palo Seco
Palo Seco is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 288.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: barrio of Puerto Rico
- Description: barrio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Palo Seco Barrio”, “Palo Seco, Puerto Rico”, “Palo Seco, Toa Baja”, and “Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fortín San Juan de la Cruz.
Fort San Felipe del Morro
Photo: Madera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, most commonly known as El Morro, is a large fortress and citadel in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico.
Fortín San Juan de la Cruz
Castle
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Fortín San Juan de la Cruz, most commonly known as El Cañuelo, was built on Isla de Cabras in the Palo Seco barrio of the municipality of Toa Baja, at the western end of the entrance to San Juan Bay, in Puerto Rico.
Isla de Cabras
Island
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Isla de Cabras is a small islet in the middle of the mouth of San Juan Bay in northeastern Puerto Rico. Part of the Palo Seco barrio in the Toa Baja municipality, the islet is located at the entrance to San Juan Bay, across from the Old San Juan historic quarter in San Juan Islet in San Juan, the capital municipality of the archipelago and island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan and Cataño.
San Juan
Photo: Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico and its largest city, with 342,000 inhabitants in the municipality and 2,203,000 in the metropolitan area. Founded in 1521 by the Spanish conquistadors, San Juan is the oldest city under the jurisdiction of the United States.
Cataño
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.
Cataño is a small municipality and town in the Northern Coast region of Puerto Rico, across from Old San Juan in the Bay of San Juan.
Bayamón
Bayamón is a municipality in the San Juan metropolitan area and the second largest city in Puerto Rico with about 185,000 residents. It is in the Northern Coast region and has a small historic downtown, numerous parks, malls and family attractions.
Palo Seco
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Palo Seco” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Palo Seco Barrio”
- Slovenian: “Palo Seco”
- Spanish: “Barrio Palo Seco”
- Spanish: “La Trinidad de Palo Seco”
- Spanish: “Palo Seco (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Palo Seco (Toa Baja)”
- Spanish: “Palo Seco”
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Localities in the Area
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