Cidra, Puerto Rico
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| Cidra, Puerto Rico | |||
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| Nickname: La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera" | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | ||
| Founded | 1809 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Hon. Ángel L. Malavé Zayas (PNP) | ||
| - Senatorial dist. | 6 - Guayama | ||
| - Representative dist. | 29 | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 36.5 sq mi (94.42 km²) | ||
| - Land | 36.3 sq mi (94 km²) | ||
| - Water | 0.2 sq mi (.42 km²) | ||
| Population (2000) | |||
| - Total | 38,267 | ||
| - Density | 1,177.9/sq mi (454.8/km²) | ||
| - Gentilic | Cidreños | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| FIPS code | 72-18074[1] | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1610092[2] | ||
| Anthem "Del corazón de Puerto Rico nació Cidra" | |||
Cidra, (SEE-drah) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Cayey; south of Comerío and Aguas Buenas; east of Aibonito; and west of Caguas. Cidra is spread over 12 wards and Cidra Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Cidra is known as La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera (City of Eternal Spring).
Cidra is the home of "La Paloma Sabanera" , the only bird in Puerto Rico with blue eyes. It is a protected species, as it is classified in danger of extinction.
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[edit] History
Cidra was founded in 1809.
[edit] Flag
The Municipal Seal shines on the flag uniting all three stripes, and the whole is ended with yellow fringes. The green evokes the landscape which is green throughout the year and which covers all the land with an immense variety of colored flowers. It is the reason why the town is called "Town Of The Eternal Spring". The gold color refers to the richness of its fruits and hydrography as well as the spiritual wealth of the region and its citizenship. The brown alludes to the Virgin Carmen, patron of the cidreños, and to the Savannah Dove, which is a unique species in the world that has its habitat in this municipality.
[edit] Coat of Arms
Over the red band it has a gold "cidra" and a cornucopia with its fruit in natural color, which alludes that Cidra is one of the major producers of fruit of the Island. In the superior right is placed a scapulary that evokes the Virgin Carmen, patron of the town, and a black bishop hat that alludes to San Juan Nepomuceno, bishop and martyr. In the left inferior part, on a blue bottom, is located a brown Savannah Dove which nests in the Cidra area. This dove flies over a mountain of three tips, which indicates the location of the municipality in the Central Mountain Range. The blue and silver waves symbolize the aquatic wealth of Cidra. All this is capped by a three-tower crown.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Barrios (Districts/Wards)[3]
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[edit] Geo/Topography
- Cidra Lagoon
- Cidra Lake
- Ravines: Bocana & Galindo
- Rivers are: Arroyata, Bayamón and de la Plata
[edit] Anthem
By Felito Félix
Del corazón de Puerto Rico nació Cidra
bautizado por un sol de amanecer
y arrullado por las brisas de Borinquen
con el aroma de las flores del Edén.
Yo me siento orgulloso de mi pueblo
de su gente, de sus montañas y praderas
y lo grito con orgullo donde quiera.
¡Soy del pueblo de la eterna primavera
soy cidreño, borinqueño
y orgulloso de ser buen puertorriqueño!
¡Soy cidreño, borinqueño
y lo grito con orgullo y con empeño!
¡Ser cidreño es un orgullo
una bendición de Dios!
¡Puertorriqueño de cepa cidreño de corazón!
La paloma sabanera se anidó en su corazón.
Ser cidreño es un orgullo
cidreño, cidreño, cidreño de corazón.
¡Ser cidreño es un orgullo
una bendición de Dios!
Soy de Los Bravos de Cidra,
cidreño, cidreño, cidreño de corazón.
[edit] Economic
[edit] Agriculture
Agriculture (citrics)
[edit] Business
[edit] Industrial
Apparel and pharmaceuticals.
[edit] Tourism
[edit] Landmarks and places of interest
- Cidra's Lake
- Hamacas' Bridge
- Iberia Theater
- Parish
- Frog's Rock
- Perico's Waterfall
- Treasure Island Hotel
[edit] Festivals and events
Myrna Vázquez Week - February
- Matron Festivities - July
- Savannah Dove Festival - November
[edit] Education
- Ana J. Candelas High School
- Luis Munoz Iglesias High School
- Jesús T. Piñero Middle School
- Luis Muñoz Rivera Elementary School
- Juan D. Stubbe School (1930) visited by former U. S. President Hoover
[edit] Notables 'Cidreños'
- Bravos de Cidra - Baseball Team. National champions of Puerto Rico in 1977, 1998, 2005 and 2006.
Notable Cidreños
- Kellie Clearo- Doctor
- Benjamín López - Writer, teacher & poet
- Francisco María Zeno - Journalist
- Myrna Vázquez Díaz - Actress
- Nicolás Ortíz - Boxer
- Pedro Vázquez Urbina - Writer
- Víctor Serrano - Writer
- Felito Félix - Singer, Actor and Producer
- Evelyn Cruz - Writer, teacher & poet
- Luis Dávila Colón - Lawyer, Political Analyst
- Luis Rivera Pedraza - Former Baseball Player and now Coach of the Cleveland Indians
- Luis López (infielder) former shortstop for the New York Mets,Milwaukee Brewers,San Diego Padres,Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds. Currently the hitting coach for the Lowell Spinners of the NY-Penn League
- Hipólito Sánchez Rodríguez (1853-February 4,1947)- Knowed by the people as "Don Polo Sánchez", he was the donor of the gold altar of the Catholic Church, actually located in the Cathedral of San Juan. He also build in brick the first Catholic Church in Cidra with one tower in that time.
- Edgardo Vega Yunqué - Novelist
[edit] References
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Guayanilla – Populated Place. Geographic Names Information System. USGS. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Map of Municipio de Cidra. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
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