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Caguas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɣas]) (founded in 1775) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey.

Caguas is located 20 miles (32 km) (twenty minutes to an hour by car) from San Juan and 40 miles (64 km) (an hour and a half by car) from Ponce. It is known as El Valle del Turabo (Turabo Valley) or La Ciudad Criolla (The Creole City) and its name originates from the Taíno cacique Caguax. Caguas is both a principal city of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.

Caguas is located in the largest valley in Puerto Rico, the "Valle de Caguas" which shares with Gurabo and part of Aguas Buenas. It is located approximately 30 minutes from the coastline both on the east (Humacao) and the north (San Juan), and is divided from Gurabo from the river of the same name. It is east of Aguas Buenas and Cidra, north of Cayey, south of San Juan, and west of Gurabo and Trujillo Alto.

It also shares borders with Guayama and Patillas via a five-point border, with Cayey and San Lorenzo. At this point there are two tall antennas which provide signal to Puerto Rico's principal TV stations such as Telemundo and Univision. No road passes exactly at this point, and it can be approached nearby through Puerto Rico Highway 184. Being a valley, Caguas has the distinction of being relatively flat except near the borders with all the mentioned municipalities except Gurabo.

Demographics

Barrios (Districts/Wards)

* Caguas Pueblo

* Bairoa

* Beatriz

* Borinquen

* Cañabón

* Cañaboncito

* Rio Cañas

* San Antonio

* San Salvador

* Tomás de Castro

* Turabo

Geo/Topography

* The Río Grande de Loíza divides this municipality from Gurabo.

* Other Rivers: Río Turabo, Río Caguitas, Río Cañaboncito, Río Bairoa and Río Cañas.

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

* Botanic and Cultural Gardens

* Cable Car/Trolley

* Caguas Historical Museum

* Caguas Cathedral

* Coquí Villa

* Hacienda Catalina Ruins

* Hacienda Cofresí

* Hacienda Country Club

* La Casa de Ajedrez (The House of Chess)

* Tobacco Museum

* Turabo Park

Festivals and events

* Rosario Cantado a los Reyes - 4 January

* Three Kings Festival - 5 January

* Criolla Beatriz - February

* Criolla Borinquen Fair - March

* Criolla Cañabón Fair - April

* Felipe "La Voz Rodríguez' Birthday - 8 May

* Cross Festival - 23 - 31 May

* Typical Criole Festival - 1 - 2 June

* Latin American Musical