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.Photo: Hiramgay, Public domain.
Photo: Jesse Avilés, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Town with 740 residents
- Description: municipality in Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Maricao Municipio”, “Maricao PR”, “Maricao, PR”, and “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Neighbors: Lares, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Sabana Grande, San Germán, and Yauco
Photo: Joseacaraballo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iglesia de San Juan Bautista and Torre de Piedra Viewpoint.
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Church
Photo: Joseacaraballo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iglesia de San Juan Bautista in Maricao, Puerto Rico is a church built during 1890-c.1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.
Torre de Piedra Viewpoint
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Joseacaraballo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Santa Ana Observation Tower, better known as the Stone Tower, is an approximately 30 feet tall observation tower located at the summit of Monte del Estado, Santa Ana Peak, at the boundary between the municipalities of San Germán and Maricao, within the Maricao State Forest in southwestern Puerto Rico. Torre de Piedra Viewpoint is situated 4 km south of Maricao.
Maricao
- Categories: municipality of Puerto Rico and locality
- Location: La Montaña, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.1808° or 18° 10′ 51″ northLongitude
-66.9798° or 66° 58′ 47″ westPopulation
740Elevation
451 metres (1,480 feet)Abbreviation
“MAR”Open location code
77CM52JC+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 1946492602OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Maricao” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Maricao”
- 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”
- Irish: “Maricao”
- Italian: “Maricao”
- Japanese: “マリカオ”
- Ladin: “Maricao”
- Persian: “ماریکائو، پورتوریکو”
- Portuguese: “Maricao”
- Russian: “Марикао”
- Serbian: “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Serbian: “Марикао”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- Spanish: “Maricao (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Maricao”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Maricao”
- Ukrainian: “Марікао”
- Urdu: “ماریکاو، پورٹو ریکو”
- Waray (Philippines): “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
- “Maricao, Puerto Rico”
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