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Barranquitas| Community in central Puerto Rico, 35 km/22 mi southwest of San Juan, in the Cordillera Central; population (1990) 2,800. It is a resort and the birthplace of nationalist leader Luis Muñoz Rivera (1858–1916); there is a museum tracing his career. |
| Rivera and his son, the political leader Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980), are both buried here. |
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| 5 inhabitants San Juan- Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, 2,576,510 Caguas- Arecibo, Barceloneta, Guaynabo, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Puerto Rico Caguas, Camuy, M. The San Juan banking market is defined as the San Juan-Caguas-Aricebo Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area and the municipalities of Aibonito, Barranquitas, Ciales, Jayuya, Lares, Maunabo, Orocovis, Quebradillas, Utuado, and Vieques, all in Puerto Rico. Operated by ResCare since 1990, the three Puerto Rico Job Corps Centers, located in Arecibo, Barranquitas and Ramey, are currently assisting 795 students in their efforts to receive GEDs or high school degrees, vocational training and job placement. |