Río Cañas
Río Cañas is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 300.- Type: barrio of Puerto Rico
- Description: barrio in Añasco, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Rio Canas Barrio”, “Río Cañas Barrio”, “Río Cañas, Añasco”, “Río Cañas, Añasco, Puerto Rico”, and “Río Cañas, Puerto Rico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eugenio María de Hostos Airport and Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School.
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Igtampe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport is a public use airport 4 miles north of Mayagüez, a coastal city in Puerto Rico. The airport is named after Mayagüez native Eugenio Maria de Hostos.
Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School
School
The Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School is a bilingual, magnet secondary school located in Añasco, Puerto Rico. Alcides is run by the Puerto Rico Department of Education and falls under its Specialized Schools Unit. Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School is situated 3½ km north of Río Cañas.
Puente de Añasco
Photo: Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Puente de Añasco, also called Puente Salcedo, is a bridge spanning between Añasco, Puerto Rico, and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. Puente de Añasco is situated 4½ km northwest of Río Cañas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mayagüez.
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.
Río Cañas
- Location: Añasco, Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Río Cañas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Río Cañas Barrio (baranggay sa Añasco)”
- Cebuano: “Río Cañas Barrio”
- Spanish: “Barrio Río Cañas”
- Spanish: “Río Cañas (Añasco)”
- Spanish: “Río Cañas (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Río Cañas”
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