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14-783: In a clockwise direction, the valley is bound by the Altos de La Mesa and Altos de San Luis mountain ridges to the north, the Sierra de Luquillo in the northeast, the San Lorenzo Batholith in the east and southeast, the Sierra de Cayey in the south, and the foothills of the Cordillera Central in the west. This valley is fed mainly by the Río Grande de Loíza , the largest hydrological basin in Puerto Rico, and numerous tributaries such as

28-522: A critical habitat of the Puerto Rican plain pigeon ( Patagioenas inornata wetmorei ), locally known as the paloma sabanera , which until the 1970s was on the brink of extinction . This pigeon has been observed to nest, roost and feed on the habitat created by the secondary forest found here. 18°16′04″N 66°01′36″W  /  18.26778°N 66.02667°W  / 18.26778; -66.02667 This Caguas, Puerto Rico location article

42-582: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bairoa, Caguas, Puerto Rico Bairoa is a barrio or district in the municipality of Caguas, Puerto Rico . Its population in 2020 was 18,197. There are close to 60 sectors in Bairoa. The barrio of Bairoa gets its name from the Bairoa River which crosses the area from west to east and flows into the Loíza River . There are numerous theories about

56-563: Is an 886 feet (270 m) high and two-mile-long prominent mountain ridge located on the northern edge of the Caguas Valley , in the barrio of Bairoa in Caguas, Puerto Rico . The ridge is bordered by the Loíza River to the north and the east, and it forms part of a larger system of mountain ridges that extends from the southwestern end of the Sierra de Luquillo in Gurabo to the northeastern end of

70-711: The Cagüitas , along which the contemporary settlement of Caguas was built. The name Valle del Turabo ("Turabo Valley") comes from the Turabo River , which is another tributary that flows from the south. The Gurabo River , another major tributary, feeds into the Grande de Loíza at a region where the valley narrows into a rift valley , often called the Gurabo Valley, that runs from west to east and ends in Las Piedras and Humacao in

84-609: The Cordillera Central in Aguas Buenas . Other mountains and hills along this system include the Altos de La Mesa and Cerro La Marquesa . These ridges are shaped by the Great Northern Puerto Rico fault zone (GNPRfz), an active fault zone which crosses the island diagonally from southeast to northwest. The forested area on the mountain ridge, known as Finca Longo , is protected by the municipality of Caguas as

98-529: The Gurabo River, have eroded most alluvial deposits within the fluvial flood zones. The climate of the Caguas-Juncos Valley is rainy, with areas receiving up to 100 inches of precipitation annually. Rain varies throughout the year with the dry period lasting from January to April, the rainiest period being from May to June, the driest period from July to August, and the period of heavy rains lasting until

112-627: The colonial municipal budget documents of 1821 as Bairoa Abajo and Bairoa Arriba (modern day Bairoa, Aguas Buenas ). During this time the economy of the barrio was primarily the cultivation of sugarcane and minor fruits , and cattle raising . Bairoa was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of

126-542: The end of the year. La India Dormida (Spanish for "the sleeping Indian [woman]") is a famous geographical landmark for locals in the Valley of Caguas. Although often called a mountain, this is actually a group of mountains that through forced perspective (when seen from the north) form the shape of a sleeping woman. According to legend, the Taíno cacique Caguax had a niece called Taina (or Tayana ) who sacrificed herself and

140-2082: The name meaning of Bairoa . The word bairoa is most likely of Taíno origin and it possibly comes from the word baira , which is either the native name for the tree Chrysophyllum cainito , or a native word meaning "forest", "wood" or "tree bark", or from the word paira meaning " bow ". Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions ) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores ( sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial , among others. The following sectors are in Bairoa: Alto Monte, Altos de San Luis, Antigua Planta de Tratamiento, Antigua Vía, Apartamentos Los Pinos, Arbolada, Bairoa I, Bairoa II, Bairoa La 25, Bairoa Park Bairoa, Bairoa Shopping Center, Barrio Bairoa, Caguas Milenio I, Caguas Milenio II, Caribbean Containers Bairoa, Cementerio Monte Calvario, Chalets de Bairoa, Ciudad Jardín, Ciudad Jardín - La Cima, Colinas de Bairoa, Centro Comercial San Antonio, Diamond Village, El Retiro, Estancias de Bairoa, Estancias de Santa Teresa Bairoa, Estancias del Turabo, Golden Gate I, Golden Gate II, Jardines de Condado Moderno, La Serranía, La Serranía - Lomas de La Serranía, La Serranía - Rincón de La Serranía, Las Carolinas, Las Carolinas - Urbanización Las Carolinas, Los Cajones, Los Curas, Los Reyes, Mansiones de Bairoa, Mirador de Bairoa, Monte Altos de San Luis, Monticelo, Obras Públicas Municipal, Parque Industrial Angora, Parque Industrial Bairoa, Parque Industrial Santa Elvira, Planta de Tratamiento, La 25, Plaza Centro, Santa Juana Apartments, Santa Juana I y II, Santa Juana III, Santa Juana IV, Telefónica, Valle Verde Bairoa, Valley View Park, Villa Blanca Apartments, Bairoa Walmart, and Wind Gate. The area of Bairoa

154-581: The southeastern coast of the island. The Caguas Valley, from Caguas to Juncos , is formed by Holocene alluvial deposits that lay on top of hardened rock of volcanic origin, lava , and intrusive and metamorphic rocks that date from the Late Cretaceous to the Tertiary period. There are also small deposits of limestone. Except for the alluvium zone, the rocks in the basin do not generate large aquifers due to their low permeability . The alluvium in

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168-449: The valley includes non-uniform mixtures of sand , gravel , silt and mud , varying in thickness from 0 feet in with consolidated rocks to 160 feet in Caguas and Gurabo. In the area towards Gurabo and Juncos the alluvium contains more sand and gravel than in the area of Caguas; these alluvial deposits form the main aquifer in the area. The flows of the Loíza River and its tributaries, mainly

182-494: Was originally inhabited by the Taíno people. At the time of the Spanish arrival the area was under control of cacique (tribal chief) Caguax , from whom the city of Caguas gets its name. The first European settlement in the area was the Hato de Bairoa , a cattle farm established and developed between the years 1525 and 1600. The first mention of Bairoa as a district of Caguas comes from

196-491: Was turned into the mountain during the Spanish conquest of Borinquen (or Boriken , the native name for Puerto Rico). The best way to observe this optical illusion is from Altos de San Luis, Altos de La Mesa and on expressway PR-52 and highway PR-1 when driving from north to south through the valley. Altos de San Luis Altos de San Luis , also known as Monte Altos de San Luis ( Spanish for '' San Luis heights''),

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