Maricao
Maricao is a small mountain town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the western portion of the Cordillera Central region. The area is home to the Maricao State Forest, popularly known as Monte del Estado, a fish hatchery and numerous paradores and inns housed in former coffee and tobacco plantations.- Town with 740 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 451 metres (1,480 feet)
- …is abbreviated as “MAR”
- Description: municipality in Puerto Rico
- Also known as“Maricao Municipio”“Maricao, PR”“Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iglesia de San Juan Bautista and Torre de Piedra Viewpoint.
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Church
The Iglesia de San Juan Bautista in Maricao, Puerto Rico is a church built during 1890-c.1898.
Torre de Piedra Viewpoint
Scenic viewpoint
The Santa Ana Observation Tower, better known as the… Torre de Piedra Viewpoint is situated 4 km south of Maricao.
Maricao
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Latitude
18.1808° or 18° 10′ 51″ north
Longitude
-66.9798° or 66° 58′ 47″ west
Open location code
77CM52JC+83
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Waray—“Maricao” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ማሪካኦ”
- Azerbaijani: “Maricao”
- Basque: “Maricao”
- Bengali: “মারিকাও”
- Bishnupriya: “মারিকাও, পুয়ের্তো রিকো”
- Breton: “Maricao”
- Catalan: “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Catalan: “Maricao”
- Cebuano: “Maricao Municipio”
- Chinese: “馬里考”
- Dutch: “Maricao”
- French: “Maricao”
- French: “municipalité de Maricao”
- Georgian: “მარიკაო (პუერტო-რიკო)”
- Georgian: “მარიკაო”
- German: “Maricao”
- Gilaki: “ماريکاؤ (پؤرتؤريکؤ)”
- Gilaki: “ماريکاؤ”
- Hausa: “Maricao”
- Irish: “Maricao”
- Italian: “Maricao”
- Japanese: “マリカオ”
- Javanese: “Maricao”
- Kazakh: “Maricao”
- Kirghiz: “Maricao”
- Ladin: “Maricao”
- Malay: “Maricao”
- Oromo: “Maricao”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਿਕਾਓ”
- Persian: “ماریکائو، پورتوریکو”
- Persian: “ماریکائو”
- Portuguese: “Maricao”
- Pushto: “ماریکاو”
- Russian: “Марикао”
- Serbian: “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Serbian: “Марикао”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Somali: “Maricao”
- Spanish: “Maricao (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Maricao”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Maricao”
- Swahili: “Maricao”
- Tajik: “Maricao”
- Tatar: “Maricao”
- Ukrainian: “Марікао”
- Urdu: “ماریکاو، پورٹو ریکو”
- Uzbek: “Maricao”
- Waray (Philippines): “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
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