Guajataca River ( Spanish : Río Guajataca ) is a river in Lares, Puerto Rico . It is located on the northwest coast of the island. It flows from the south and drains into the Atlantic Ocean . The name was given by the original Taino inhabitants prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus .
4-457: Guajataca River has a length of approximately 25.5 miles (41.0 kilometers) with its origin in the Buenos Aires barrio of the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico at an altitude of approximately 1,600 feet (490 meters) above sea level. It crosses the municipalities of Lares , San Sebastián , Quebradillas , and Isabela forming Guajataca Lake on its path. The river also gives name to one of
8-531: A parador, Guajataka Scout Reservation , and kayak excursion company are named for the area as well. This article related to a river in Puerto Rico is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buenos Aires, Lares, Puerto Rico Buenos Aires is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico . Its population in 2010 was 2,291. Buenos Aires was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico
12-559: The principal lodgings in the area, Parador Guajataca . Guajataca, sometimes spelled Guajataka , is also the name of an area in the municipality of San Sebastián. The river also carries the name and the subsequent reservoir, Lago Guajataca , built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a dam owned by the Puerto Rico Electrical Authority. Many schools, businesses, and organizations, including
16-1463: 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 the United States . In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Buenos Aires barrio was 1,449. Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions ) and subbarrios, 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 Buenos Aires barrio: Carretera Acueducto, Finca Magraner, Hacienda Delgado, La Pepa, Sector Alto Grande, Sector Jobos Mario, Sector Jobos, Sector La América, Sector La Gloria, Sector La Matilde, Sector Matías, Sector Miján, Sector Morell, Sector Palmasola, Sector Tostero, Tramo Carretera 128 , and Tramo Carretera 129 . This Lares, Puerto Rico location article
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