Ciales, Puerto Rico
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| Ciales, Puerto Rico | |||
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| Nickname: La Ciudada de la Cojoba", "La Tierra del Café", "Pueblo de los Valerosos | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
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| Territory | Puerto Rico | ||
| Founded | June 24, 1820 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Hon. Luis "Rolan" Maldonado Rodríguez (PNP) | ||
| - Senatorial dist. | 3 - Arecibo | ||
| - Representative dist. | 13 | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 66.5 sq mi (172.17 km²) | ||
| - Land | 66.4 sq mi (172 km²) | ||
| - Water | 0.1 sq mi (.17 km²) | ||
| Population (2000) | |||
| - Total | 19,811 | ||
| - Density | 298.9/sq mi (115.4/km²) | ||
| - Gentilic | Cialeños | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| Anthem – "El cantar de tus ríos es mensaje" | |||
Ciales (see-AH-les) is a municipality of Puerto Rico, located on the Central Mountain Range, northwest of Orocovis; south of Florida and Manatí; east of Utuado and Jayuya; and west of Morovis. Ciales is spread over eight wards and Ciales Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
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[edit] History
Ciales was founded on June 24, 1820 by Isidro Rodríguez.
[edit] Flag
The flag is divided into seven unequal stripes described in sequence: yellow, red, yellow, purple, yellow, red, and yellow.
[edit] Coat of Arms
The coat of arms consists of a gold shield with a lion standing on its rear legs and silverplated nails grasping a silver coiled parchment between its front claws. The lion also shows a red tongue. Above the lion in the superior part of the shield are located three heraldic roses arranged horizontally with red petals and green leaves. A golden crown of three towers rests on the shield. The three towers are united by walls, simulating masonry blocks. The shield is surrounded by a crown of coffee tree branches with their berries, all in natural colors.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Barrios (Districts/Wards)[1]
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[edit] Geo/Topography
- Toro Negro Forest Reserve
- Rivers are: Cialitos, Grande de Manatí, Toro Negro, and Yunes.
[edit] Anthem
By Jesús Roure Pérez & Radamés Pagán Pérez
El cantar de tus ríos es mensaje
de tu origen ibero y viril
que orgullosos tus hijos ostentan
en las lides del diario vivir.
Y en tus sendas que adornan luceros
se engalanan con la tradición
que revive en tu historia las huellas
del criollo su fe y su dación.
En tus montes florece el cafeto
y en tus valles se yergue la palma
con su inhiesto penacho hacia el cielo
en ruego por la patria y las almas.
Y en Frontón, Cordillera y Bateyes
aún resuena del indio el tambor
recordando a tus hijos como muere
el boricua con dignidad y honor.
Ciales, Oh pueblo mío
cuna donde nací
de tus hijos orgullo,
de la Patria un jardín
de la Patria un jardín
Ciales, Oh cuna amada
en ti quiero morir
escuchando tus ríos
y el cantar del coquí
y el cantar del coquí
Tu bandera y tu escudo eternizan
los valores que haz dado a la Patria
y tu nombre es sencilla diadema
que en tus hijos el pecho engalana
Y en tu historia hay páginas de oro
que escribieron el blanco y el negro
que en tu nombre juramos honrar
cual cialeños y puertorriqueños.
[edit] Economic
[edit] Agriculture
Agriculture; coffee & cattle
[edit] Tourism
[edit] Landmarks and places of interest
- Hacienda Negrón
- Las Archillas Cavern
- Las Golondrinas Cavern
- Parada del Choferil
- Toro Negro Forest Reserve
- Yuyú cueva
- Las Cabañas de Doña Juana
[edit] Festivals and events
Cantata Corretjer - March Agua Dulce Festival - July Frontón Festival - July San Elías Festival - July Matron Festivities - October
[edit] Sports
Ciales is the home town of Juan "Pachín" Vicens - Puerto Rico's undisputed national basketball star, named Best Player in the World at the 1959 World Basketball Championship, Santiago de Chile (a.k.a., Juan "Pachín" Vicens, "Astro del Balón", "El Jeep"; younger brother of Puerto Rico's National Poet, Nimia Vicens, who also hailed from Ciales). Their middle brother, Jose "Coco" Vicens, a former Puerto Rico Senator, was a track and field athlete in his own right.
[edit] Notable "Cialeños"
- Juan "Pachín" Vicens - National Basketball Star and named Best Player at the World 1959 World Championship, Santiago de Chile (a.k.a., Juan "Pachín" Vicens, "Astro del Balón", "El Jeep"; younger brother of Puerto Rico's National Poet, Nimia Vicens)
- Antonio J. González
- Carmelo Díaz Soler
- Ed Figueroa, Distinguished Major League Baseball (MLB) Pitcher
- Carmen Loreina Santos Silva
- Fernando Sierra Berdecía
- Jorge Luis Morales (1930 - ) - Poet
- Juan Antonio Corretjer (1908-1985)- poet and political activist
- Luis A. Miranda
*Nimia Vicens, National Poet (1908-1998) and older sister of Puerto Rico's greatest basketball star, Juan "Pachin" Vicens, also from Ciales, Puerto Rico.
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Mountain top view of Cialis, Puerto Rico. 18.31777N, 66.46629W. Photograph by Michael j. Richter |
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