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Añasco, Puerto Rico
Añasco, Puerto Rico
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	Nickname(s): La Ciudad Donde los Dioses mueren", "El Pueblo Del Hojaldre", "El Pueblo de los Morcilleros", "Los Nativos
	Location of Añasco, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico.
	Coordinates: 18°18′58″N 67°08′23″W / 18.31611°N 67.13972°W
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Founded	October 18, 1733
	Government
- Mayor	Hon. Jorge Estevez (PPD)
- Senatorial dist.	4 - Mayagüez
- Representative dist.	17
	Area
- Total	35.5 sq mi (92 km2)
	Population
- Total	28,348
- Density	798/sq mi (308.1/km2)
- Gentilic	Añasqueños
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
Website	http://www.anascopr.net
	Anthem "Añasco pueblo querido"

Añasco (ah-NYAHS-ko), named after one of its settlers, Don Luis de Añasco is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the west coast of the island bordering the Mona Passage to the west, north of Mayagüez, and Las Marias; south of Rincón, Aguada, and Moca and west of San Sebastián and Las Marias. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[edit] History

The town was founded in October 18, 1733 and named after Don Luis de Añasco from Extremadura provence Spain. Don Luis de Añasco (who also founded Rincón in 1771) was from neighboring San Germán el Nuevo and proprietor of the land where the town of Añasco was founded in 1733 by initiative of the rich landowner Don José de Santiago. This property was located on the margins of the rio "Guaorabo" (This is how the river was called by the Taínos),today known as Río Grande de Añasco. But,the deed of incorporation of Añasco was signed in December of 1728 making official the birth of the town. In the 1700s Añasco was the 4th most populous Municipality in Puerto Rico (year 1765) after San Germán (5,950), San Juan (4,506), Aguada (4,272), Añasco (3,398), Ponce (3,314), Arecibo (3,170), Manatí (2,475), Guayama (2,404), and Coamo (2,189). The Añasco River was also the famous historical site of the Indian drowning of the Spaniard Diego Salcedo in 1511, proving the Spanish Soldiers were not Gods as had been earlier believed by the Taino Indians. A revolt soon arose being lead by the Taínos Cacique Chayoán and suppressed by Spanish soldiers. Many of the first settlers to the area came from the Canary Islands and the south of Spain.This is evident in the Forms of traditions and language. Most Puerto Rican immigration in the early 19th century involved Canary Islands' natives, who, like Puerto Ricans, had inherited most of their linguistic traits from Andalusia. Canarian influence is most present in the language of those Puerto Ricans who live in the central mountain region, who blended it with the remnant vocabulary of the Taíno. Puerto Rican and Canarian Spanish are strikingly similar. When visiting Tenerife or Las Palmas (Islas Canarias, Spain), Puerto Ricans are usually taken at first hearing for fellow-Canarians from a distant part of the Canary archipelago. Añasco also has the second largest plaza in Puerto Rico.

[edit] Flag

The flag colors, design and symbolism is taken from the municipal Coat of Arms, with the only exception being that silver is painted white on the flag.

[edit] Coat of Arms

The green field of the shield contains a saber cross massed in black, outlined in silver, and has a gold scallop shell in each quadrant formed by the cross. A gold mural crown of three towers crests the shield.

[edit] Barrios (Wards/Districts)^[1]

Añasco Abajo
Añasco Arriba
Añasco Pueblo

Caguabo
Caracol
Carreras

Casey Abajo
Casey Arriba
Cerro Gordo

Cidra
Corcovada
Dagüey

Espino
Hatillo
Humatas

Marías
Miraflores
Ovejas

Piñales
Playa
Quebrada Larga

Río Arriba
Río Cañas

[edit] Geography

Canta Gallo (370 m), Gordo (340 m), and Pichón (340m).
Rivers; La Justo, Icaco, Caguabo, La Balsa and Cerro Gordo and Parcelas Marias.

[edit] Economy

[edit] Agriculture

Sugar cane had been cultivated in Añasco as early as 16th century.The earliest known sugar cane mill("ingenios") operator around the Añasco area was Tomás de Castellón in 1523.Today, the town has a reputation for producing the best moonshine rum in Puerto Rico from sugar cane. Añasco is renowned for its "Pitorro rum" production. The word "pitorro" is actually a corruption of the word "pintorro", an Andalusian term used to depict inferior-quality wine or rum that had a weak color (hence the name).
Fruits
Coffee

[edit] Business

Construction
Commerce

[edit] Industrial

Industries established in the industrial zone.

[edit] Tourism

[edit] Landmarks and places of interest

Añasco Beach
Autodrome
El Salto de la Encantada
Hacienda La Eugenia
Río Grande de Añasco
San Antonio Abad Parish
Villa Pesquera

[edit] Festivals and events

Patron Festivities - January
Mayuco Festival - January
Festival de Bellas Artes - January
Teather Festival - May
Santa Rosa de Lima Festival - August
Chipe Festival - September
Cooperativa Marathon - October
Festival del Hojaldre
Festival de la Juventud-July
Encuentro de Talladores de Santos de Palo en Añasco
Festival de Merengue
Reconocimiento a Marianna Bracetti-July

[edit] Sports

The sport that Añasco in better known for is amateur boxing having young prospects as Samuel D.Figueroa and Jonathan Badillo.

[edit] References

^ http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/anasco.pdf

[edit] External links

Welcome to Puerto Rico Añasco
"Añasco, Puerto Rico". Geographic Names Information System. USGS. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1609515. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

[0] ttp://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/anasco.pdf

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