Ciales, Puerto Rico
Ciales, Puerto Rico | |
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| Nickname(s): La Ciudada de la Cojoba", "La Tierra del Café", "Pueblo de los Valerosos | |
| Location within the island of Puerto Rico Location within the island of Puerto Rico | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Puerto Rico |
| Founded | June 24, 1820 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hon. Luis "Rolan" Maldonado Rodríguez (PNP) |
| • Senatorial dist. | 3 - Arecibo |
| • Representative dist. | 13 |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.48 sq mi (172.17 km2) |
| • Land | 66 sq mi (172 km2) |
| • Water | 0.07 sq mi (.17 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 19,811 |
| • Density | 299/sq mi (115.4/km2) |
| • Gentilic | Cialeños |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | 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).
History
Ciales was founded on June 24, 1820 by Isidro Rodríguez.
Flag
The flag is divided into seven unequal stripes described in sequence: yellow, red, yellow, purple, yellow, red, and yellow.
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.
Demographics
Barrios (Districts/Wards)[1]
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Geo/Topography
- Toro Negro Forest Reserve
- Rivers are: Cialitos, Grande de Manatí, Toro Negro, and Yunes.
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.
Economic
Agriculture
Agriculture; coffee & cattle
Tourism
Landmarks and places of interest
- Hacienda Negrón
- Las Archillas Cavern
- Las Golondrinas Cavern
- Parada Choferil
- Toro Negro Forest Reserve
- Yuyú cueva
- El choro de Doña Juana
Festivals and events
Cantata Corretjer - March Agua Dulce Festival - July Frontón Festival - July San Elías Festival - July Matron Festivities - October
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.
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.
References
Photo gallery
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Mountain top view of Cialis, Puerto Rico. 18.31777N, 66.46629W. Photograph by Michael j. Richter
