Aguada, Puerto Rico
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Aguada, originally San Francisco de Asís de la Aguada, is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico, located in the northwestern coastal valley region bordering the Atlantic Ocean, east of Rincón, south of Aguadilla, west of Moca; and north of Añasco and Mayagüez. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aguada's population is spread over 17 barrios and Aguada Pueblo.
Image: Plaza de Aguada
Image: Coliseo aguada
Image: Coloso y los Cayures en Aguada, Puerto Rico
Image: Hidden Beach in Aguada, Puerto Rico
History of Puerto Rico
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The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1493, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taínos. The Taíno people's numbers went dangerously low during the later half of the 16th century because of new infectious diseases carried by Europeans, exploitation by Spanish settlers, and warfare.
Taíno village at Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Christopher Columbus, the explorer credited with the European discovery of Puerto Rico.
Juan Ponce de León (Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain), was the first governor of Puerto Rico. His grandson Juan Ponce de Leon II was the first indigenous governor of Puerto Rico.
View across the Bay of San Juan of Fort San Felipe del Morro.