La Parguera
La Parguera is a fishing village in the town of Lajas, in the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico, known for its bioluminescent bay, and world class diving.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Suburb with 1,140 residents
- Description: comunidad in Lajas, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “La Parguera comunidad”, “La Parguera Comunidad”, “La Parguera, Lajas”, “La Parguera, Puerto Rico”, and “Parguera”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla Mata la Gata.
Isla Mata la Gata
Islet
Isla Mata la Gata is a mangrove island and tourist attraction, located off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico. Closest access from the island is by boat from the coastal village of La Parguera, in Lajas.
La Parguera
- Categories: comunidad in Puerto Rico and locality
- Location: Parguera, Lajas, Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.9776° or 17° 58′ 39″ northLongitude
-67.0484° or 67° 2′ 54″ westPopulation
1,140Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
779JXXH2+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 4304922093OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4565796Wikidata ID
Q1833442
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“La Parguera” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Parguera”
- Dutch: “La Parguera”
- Ladin: “La Parguera”
- Serbian: “Ла Паргера”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Parguera, Puerto Rico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Parguera”
- Spanish: “La Parguera (Lajas)”
- Spanish: “La Parguera (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “La Parguera”
- Vietnamese: “La Parguera, Puerto Rico”
- Vietnamese: “La Parguera”
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