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Arecibo
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municipality in Puerto Rico
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United States
- Commonwealth
- Puerto Rico
- Founded
- May 1, 1616
- Named after
- Arasibo
- Barrios
- 19 barrios Arecibo barrio-pueblo Arenalejos Arrozal Cambalache Carreras Domingo Ruíz Dominguito Esperanza Factor Garrochales Hato Abajo Hato Arriba Hato Viejo Islote Miraflores Río Arriba Sabana Hoyos Santana Tanamá
- Mayor
- Carlos (Tito) Ramírez Irizarry ( PPD )
- Senatorial dist
- 3 – Arecibo
- Representative dist
- 13, 14
- Municipality
- 171.22 sq mi (443.5 km )
- Land
- 125.99 sq mi (326.3 km )
- Water
- 45.23 sq mi (117.1 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 85,539
- Rank
- 7th in Puerto Rico
- Density
- 696.52/sq mi (268.93/km )
- Metro
- 182,705 ( MSA )
- Racial groups 2010 census
- %26.67% White 23.51% other race White , 5.1% Black , 0.5% American Indian , 1.18% Asian , 46.66% mixed or other
- Demonym
- Arecibeños
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Arecibo: places, opening times, population, postcode, calling code, location, contacts
Arecibo: places, opening times, population - 96.440, postcode - 00612-00614, calling code: +1-787-787,+1-787-939, map, Arecibo pictures, late night Arecibo. places nearby
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Puerto Rico
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Puerto Rico
- Population
- 87754
- Area
- 46.490472
- Elevation
- 7
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Shares border with
- Barceloneta
- Official website
- pr.near-place.com/arecibo
- Image
- Río Grande de Arecibo.jpg
- Households
- 32405
- Dialing code
- 787
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- postal code
- 00613
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Arecibo
- Commons gallery
- Arecibo
- Commons category
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- topic's main category
- Category:Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- inception
- 1616-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Arecibo
- different from
- Arecibo
- per capita income
- 11199
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Encyclopedic overview
Arecibo (/ˌærəˈsiːboʊ/; Spanish pronunciation: [aɾeˈsiβo]) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about 50 miles (80 km) west of San Juan, the capital city. Arecibo is the largest municipality in Puerto Rico by area, and it is the core city of the Arecibo Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the greater San Juan–Bayamón, PR Combined Statistical Area. It is spread over 18 barrios and Arecibo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). Its population in 2020 was 87,754.
The Arecibo Observatory, which housed the Arecibo Telescope, the world's largest radio telescope until July 2016, is located in the municipality. The Arecibo telescope collapsed on December 1, 2020. Arecibo is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arecibo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.