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**Orocovis, Puerto Rico**
Location
Nickname: "Corazón de Puerto Rico", "El Centro Geográfico de Puerto Rico"
Gentilic: "Orocoveños"
Location of Orocovis, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Image File history File links Map_of_Puerto_Rico_highlighting_Orocovis. ...
Government
Founded	May 22, 1772
Mayor	Hon. Jesús E. Colón Berlingeri
Political party	PNP
Senatorial district	5 - Ponce
Representative district	26
Geographical characteristics
Area
Total	184.17 km²
Land	184 km²
Water	.17 km²
Population
Total (2000)	24,516
Density	145.5/km²
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
Anthem – "Mi patria es una bella isla"

Orocovis (o-ro-KO-vis) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Villalba and Coamo; south of Morovis and Corozal; southeast of Ciales; east of Jayuya; and west of Barranquitas. Orocovis is spread over 15 wards and Orocovis Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Political parties in Puerto Rico lists political parties in Puerto Rico. ... The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico —or Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico (PNP) in Spanish— is a political party that campaigns for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... The Atlantic Standard Time Zone (AST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is a high-precision atomic time standard. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Cordillera Central is the main mountainous range in Puerto Rico. ... Image:Villalba seal. ... Image:Coamo flag. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Image:Corozal seal. ... Nickname: Gentilic: CialeÃ±os Location Location of Ciales, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded June 24, 1820 Mayor Hon. ... Image:Jayuya esc. ... Image:Barranquitas seal. ...

History

The town of Orocovis was originally named el pueblo de Barros and was later renamed to Orocovis to honor the Taino Cacique Orocobix. It was founded in 1825 by Juan Rivera de Santiago. Derives its name from a local Taino Indian Chief Orocobix (Orocovis) and his yucayeque or tribe were known as the Jatibonicu Taino. Orocobix was the principal regional Taino Cacique (chief) of the central mountain region of Puerto Rico, that was called, Jatibonicu in the 1500s. ... Jatibonicu is a name in the Taino Arawakan Native American Indian language of the Lesser and Major Antillies of Caribbean islands. ... The Taíno are the pre-Hispanic Amerindian inhabitants of the Greater Antilles, which includes Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Bahamas. ...

Flag of the Jatibonicù Taíno of Boriken

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Jatibonicu_Taino_Tribal_Nation. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Jatibonicu_Taino_Tribal_Nation. ...

Flag

The flag of Orocovis is formed by five vertical stripes: Two green at the ends and a blue one in the center divided by two narrower stripes.

Coat of Arms

The oval is symbol of the letter "o", initial of the name of the town. In each quadrant appear representative elements of the town. In the left superior quadrant an Indian bust, symbol of the great "Chief Orocobix", in silhouetted in gold on a silver-plated background. The Indian bust faces towards the star or sun that appears in the superior right quadrant, which is in gold on a blue background and represents the territorial municipality with its seventeen rays or demarcations. In the inferior quadrant a plantain plant is observed, silhouetted in gold on a silver-plated background. A bridge also silhouetted in gold on a blue background, above the river appears in the left inferior quadrant.

Demographics

Barrios (Districts/Wards)

Ala de la Piedra
Barros
Bauta Abajo
Bauta Arriba
Bermejales

Botijas I
Botijas II
Cacao
Collores
Damián Arriba
Damián Abajo
Gato

Mata de Caña
Orocovis
Pellejas
Sabana
Saltos

hola

Anthem

By Celestino Avilés, hijo

Mi patria es una bella isla
y Orocovis su corazón
y a ese pueblo que me dio la vida
hoy le canto con todo mi amor.

Rodeado de verdes montañas
vigilado por un árbol de mangó
centinela y fiel testigo de su historia,
de su gente, de su honra y su valor

Fue en tu suelo que nació
el gran Cacique Orocobix
y muchos hombres que le han
dado tanta gloria a mi país.

Y es por eso que hoy
doy gracias al Señor
de nacer en este suelo...
¡Que orgulloso estoy!

De poder levantar tu escudo
y tu bandera y gritar a donde vaya...
¡Orocoveño soy!
¡Orocoveño soy!

Economic

Agriculture

Cattle, coffee, fruits, tobacco, and wheat.

Business

Industrial

Several small nutritional product industries

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

Indian Cave
Matrullas Lake
Orocovis Museum
Taíno Refuge
Mirador Orocovis - Villalba
Bosque Toro Negro (Toro Negro Rain Forest)
Cerro La Guaira
Chorro Doña Juana (Doña Juana Water Fall)

Festivals and events

Infant Theater Festival - April
Patron Festivities, Saint John - June
Festival del Camaron - July --> This is a Festival where the participants capture "river shrimps".
Arts Craft Fair (Festival de Artesanías) - September
Youth Festival - October
National Festival of The Puerto Rican Pastel - November

Transportation

Educacion

Sports

Notable "Orocoveños"

Don Celestino Avilés - Artisan
Don Pedro Arroyo Vivas- Historiator
Dr. Ismael Rodriguez Bou- Educator
Don Pedro Torres - Taino Chief
Antonio Ortiz Hernández - Professor
Gladys Vanessa Colon Diaz- former Miss Puerto Rico 1973
Efraín Rodríguez Otero - Priest
Dr. Jenaro Collazo Collazo - Former Secretary of Social Services (1977-1984)
Manuel Jimenez- folk singer
Andres Jimenez - Puerto Rican folk singer
Bobby Valentin -salsa band leader, musician, arranger, bass and trumpet player
Manny Manuel - merengue singer
Pedro Orlando Torres - stage actor
Angel Virella - Makeup Artist for Fashion, Film and Theater
Rafael Santo Domingo - Major League Baseball Player
Efrain Colón Zayas - Cuatro Player
Edwin Colon Zayas- Cuatro Player
Emma Colon Zayas- Cuatro Player
Efrain Rivera "El Jataca Mayor"- folk singer
Ramon Rodriguez - Salsa Musician
Anibal Jose Torres Torres- former Secretary of the Government
Jennifer Guevara Campos- Miss Puerto Rico World 2007
Pedro L. Rivera MSG South Central Region Food Servcice Supervisor 82nd Airborne

Bobby Valentin a. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos. ...

References

Footnotes

Books about Orocovis

Additional Information

For more information on Orocovis, you can visit the following Internet sites:

http://www.orocovispr.com/

http://www.gobierno.pr/GPRPortal/StandAlone/MunicipalityInformation.aspx?Filter=60

http://welcome.topuertorico.org/city/oroco.shtml

http://travelandsports.com/espanol/oro.htm

http://www.jibaraeducada.com/orocovis.html

http://www.allstates-flag.com/fotw/flags/pr-or.html

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