El Yunque National Forest, formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest, is located on the island of Puerto Rico. It is commonly known as only El Yunque (named after the Taíno Indian spirit Yuquiyú, and meaning "Forest of Clouds") which is the main mountain peak in the forest. It is the only tropical forest in the United States National Forest System. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Map of Puerto Rico. ... Río Grande is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo of the U.S. Forest Service. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 623 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... This article refers to the mountain, for information on the forest typically called El Yunque see Caribbean National Forest. ... Reconstruction of a Taíno village in Cuba The Taíno are pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... This is a list of all the National Forests and National Grasslands in the United States. ...

The forest is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico, and encompasses over 28,000 acres (113 km²) of land, making it the largest block of public land on the island of Puerto Rico. The highest portion of the forest rises 1,078 metres (3,537 ft) above sea level.

The forest covers lands of the municipalities of Canóvanas, Las Piedras, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, and Rio Grande. Can vanas is a city in Puerto Rico, located in the north-east of the island. ... Las Piedras is a municipality in east Puerto Rico. ... Nickname: Capital del Sol, La Riviera de Puerto Rico, Los Come Cocos Gentilic: Luquillenses Location Location of Luquillo, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded 1797 Mayor Hon. ... Nickname: Los Cariduros, La Metrópolis del Sol Naciente Gentilic: Fajardeños Location Location of Fajardo, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded 1772 Mayor Hon. ... Image:Ceiba seal. ... Nagüabo is a town of 23,753 inhabitants (Census 2000) in Puerto Rico. ... Río Grande is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ...

The forest region was set aside in 1876 by the King Alfonso XII of Spain, and represents one of the oldest reserves in the Western Hemisphere. It is home to over 240 species of trees and plants, 23 of which are found nowhere else. The critically endangered Puerto Rican Amazon, with an estimated wild population of 44 individuals, occurs exclusively in this forest. Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857–November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup détat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. ... The geographical western hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow. ... Binomial name Amazona vittata Boddaert, 1783 Subspecies A. v. ...

Coca Falls

La Mina Falls

Typical yearly rainfall can be up to 240 inches (6 m) per year which constitutes more than 100 billion US gallons (380,000,000 m³) of rainwater fall on the forest per year. Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1419 KB)Yunque waterfall File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1419 KB)Yunque waterfall File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ...

El Yunque is composed of four different forest ecosystems: Tabonuco Forest, Palo Colorado Forest, Palma Sierra Forest, and Dwarf Forest.

El Yunque is also renowned for its unique petroglyphs of historical forest tribes. Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ... http://www. ...

By Executive Order signed by President George W. Bush on April 2, 2007, Caribbean National Forest was renamed as El Yunque National Forest. [1]

External link

• El Yunque National Forest – USDA Forest Service, Official Website