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Cataño is a small city in northern Puerto Rico, and is one of the smallest towns in Puerto Rico as well as one of the youngest. The city was founded in 1927 as "Hato de Palmas de Cataño", but officially shortened to "Cataño" when it was established. The city is known as "La Antesala de la Capital" (the Prelude of the Capital) because of its location across the bay from the capital of Puerto Rico, the city of San Juan. 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Cataño is bordered to the North and West by San Juan and to the South by Bayamón, and is considered to be a part of the so called metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, or area metropolitana. San Juan, the Spanish for Saint John, is a common toponym in parts of the world where Spanish is or was spoken: Argentina San Juan Province San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province Cuba San Juan Hill Mexico San Juan, Campeche San Juan, Chihuahua San Juan, Coahuila San Juan...
Bayamón (not to be confused with Bayamo, Cuba) is a city in northern Puerto Rico. ...
Cataño is known mostly for four things: Its industry, its trash burning facility, its ferry service that connects old San Juan and its considerable amount of protestant churches and catholic cathedrals.
Cataño has one of the largest groups of manufacturers in Puerto Rico. Bacardi has a rum manufacturing plant there, and many other companies, both Puerto Rican and American, have plants there. The Bacardi logo. ...
On the other hand, Cataño's trash burning facility is the largest in Puerto Rico. Both Cataño's large number of manufacturing plants and Cataño's trash facility have been considerable factors in Cataño's earning of the dirtiest city in Puerto Rico title, a dubious honor, a few times.
Cataño's ferry service is known as La lancha de Cataño, or The ferry of Cataño. Despite what the name might lead to believe, there is actually a number of ferries, not just one, that operate on the five minute ocean route between Cataño and old San Juan and vice-versa daily. There is a large ferry terminal at Cataño, and tourists can enjoy the view of the Castillo de El Morro and the large cruise ships docked at the old San Juan terminal during these trips. La Lancha de Catano (The Catano Ferry) is a ferry service that is widely known by Puerto Ricans and used by tourists that visit Puerto Rico. ...
Aerial view of El Morro. ...
Cataño has a considerable number of Christians among its population, and because of that, a large number of churches that exist there, attracting worshipers from all over town and from area metropolitana cities as well. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ...
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