Cataño, Puerto Rico

Cataño is a municipality (municipio) in northern Puerto Rico located on northern coast bordering the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered to the North and West by San Juan; north of Bayamón and Guaynabo; east of Toa Baja and west of Guaynabo and is considered to be a part of the so-called metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, or area metropolitana. Cataño is spread over 7 wards and Cataño Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

Cataño is known mostly for four things: Its industry, its trash burning facility, its ferry service that connects old San Juan and its considerable amount of protestant churches and catholic cathedrals.

Cataño has a considerable number of Christians among its population, and because of that, a large number of churches that exist there, attracting worshipers from all over town and from area metropolitana cities as well.

From 1924-25 the movie "Aloha de los Mares del Sur" was filmed in Cataño.

1 History
- 1.1 Flag
- 1.2 Coat of Arms
2 Demographics
- 2.1 Barrios (Districts/Wards)
- 2.2 Geo/Topography
3 Anthem
4 Economic
- 4.1 Industrial
- 4.2 Tourism
5 Notable "Catañeses"
6 References

[edit] History

In land area it is the smallest municipality in Puerto Rico. The city was founded in 1927 as "Hato de Palmas de Cataño", but officially shortened to "Cataño" when it was established. The city is known as "La Antesala de la Capital" (the Prelude of the Capital) because of its location across the bay from the capital of Puerto Rico, the city of San Juan.

[edit] Flag

The flag reproduces the colors and stripes of the Coat of Arms. It has the same nine horizontal stripes: four blue stripes and five white stripes (substituting for the silver color). A white band diagonally traverses the drape in all its extension, from the upper hoist to the lower fly.

[edit] Coat of Arms

The Coat Of Arms of Cataño consists of nine horizontal stripes of same the width: four of blue and five of silver.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Barrios (Districts/Wards)

Cataño Pueblo
Palmas (sectors)
- Las Vegas
- Marina Bahia
- Vista del Morro
- El Coqui II
- El Coqui
- Cucharillas
- Juana Matos
- Puente Blanco
- Puntilla
- William Fuentes

[edit] Geo/Topography

Rivers are: Bayamón and El Caño de Cataño. Matienzo Cintron [[MATIENZO CINTRON ]]

[edit] Anthem

By Carmen I. Guzmán & Nick Jiménez Olmeda

Benemérito mi pueblo
antesala de San Juan.
La quietud de tus playas
y la brisa de tu mar.
Saludan al viajero
y a nuestra capital.

Cataño, Cataño,
Serás por siempre ejemplar
cuna de grandes figuras
y de belleza sin par.
Cataño, Cataño,
vigilante de San Juan.
Quien te haya conocido
jamás te podrá olvidar.

Noble y querido pueblo
majestuoso e importante.
Te yergues en la bahía
aún en la adversidad
mostrándote ante tu gente
que nunca te olvidarán.

Cataño, Cataño,
serás por siempre ejemplar.
Cuna de grandes atletas
y de sabor musical.
Cataño, Cataño,
vigilante de San Juan
quien te haya conocido
jamás de podrá olvidar.

[edit] Economic

[edit] Industrial

Bacardi factory, located in Cataño

Cataño has one of the largest groups of manufacturers in Puerto Rico. Bacardi has a rum manufacturing plant there, and many other companies, both locally-owned and otherwise, have plants there.

Cataño's trash burning facility is the largest in Puerto Rico. Both Cataño's large number of manufacturing plants and Cataño's trash facility have been considerable factors in Cataño's earning of the dirtiest city in Puerto Rico title, a dubious honor, a few times.

[edit] Tourism

[edit] Landmarks and places of interest

Bacardí Distillery
Boardwalk
City Hall
Cunda Fish Market
Nereida Avenue
Pedro Rodríguez Sálamo Stadium
Punta Salinas Beach
Taína Statue

[edit] Festivals and events

San Juan Night - June
Matron Festivities - July
Fishermen Tournament - July
Bacardí Artisans Fair - December

[edit] Transportation

Cataño's ferry service is known as La Lancha de Cataño, or The Ferry of Cataño. Despite what the name might lead to believe, there is actually a number of ferries, not just one, that operate on the five minute ocean route between Cataño and old San Juan and vice-versa daily. There is a large ferry terminal at Cataño, and tourists can enjoy the view of the Castillo del Morro and the large cruise ships docked at the old San Juan terminal during these trips.

[edit] Notable "Catañeses"

Francisco Oller
Ileana Colón Carlo, CPA - first female state controller
Julio Rosado del Valle
Pedro Juan Soto
Salvador de Jesús

[edit] References

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