Lares is a mountain town and municipality of Puerto Rico's central-western area. Lares is located north of Maricao and Yauco; south of Camuy, east of San Sebastián and Las Marias; and west of Hatillo, Utuado and Adjuntas. Lares is spread over 10 barrios and Lares Pueblo. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Image: Casa Alcaldia, Lares, Puerto Rico
Image: Fountain, Plaza de la Revolución, Lares, Puerto Rico
Image: Hacienda Lealtad, former coffee plantation using slave labor in Lares, Puerto Rico 03
Hatillo is a town and municipality located in Puerto Rico's north coast, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Lares and Utuado to the south, Camuy to the west, and Arecibo to the east. According to the 2000 US Census Hatillo is spread over nine barrios and Hatillo Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sunset over La Marina in Hatillo
Mogotes on border of Hatillo and Sector Hess in Esperanza, Arecibo
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen