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San Lorenzo ((:san loˈɾenso), ''Saint Lawrence'') is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region, north of Patillas and Yabucoa; south of Gurabo; east of Caguas and Cayey; and west of Juncos and Las Piedras. San Lorenzo is spread over ten wards and San Lorenzo Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. San Lorenzo is called ''El Pueblo de los Samaritanos'' or ''La Tierra de Leyendas'', The surrounding areas produce tobacco and sugar cane. History: San Lorenzo was founded in 1737 by Valenciano de Oneca. In what was at that time the "Hatos De Los Delgado's" The "Delgado's Land". Geography: *Cayey Mountain Range Rivers: *Río Cayaguás *Río Emajagua *Río Grande de Loíza *Río de Las Vegas San Lorenzo has 12 wards or barrios: *Pueblo *Cayaguas *Cerro Gordo *Espino *Florida *Hato *Jagual *Quebrada *Quebrada Arenas *Quebrada Honda *Quemados *Jacob Perez Tourism: Landmarks and places of interest: *Priscilla Flores Theater Image:Priscila Flores Theater, San Lorenzo.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Priscilla Flores Theater. *Santuario de la Virgen del Carmen en la Santa Montaña(Holy Mountain) http://www.santuariopr.org *Gallera San Carlos-(Tuesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday & Sunday;Tel.(787)734-7126 *Río Grande de Loíza *Iglesia Nuestra Señora De Las Mercedes(Church)(National Historic Site; built in 1737 and renovated in 1993. Economy: Agriculture: *Agriculture is run on a large farm belonging to the Olmeda-Reyes family, by Abraham Reyes,Jose Olmeda-Reyes and Nancy Ortiz. Industry: *Clothing, Pharmaceuticals, Footwear, Electromechanical equipment, Industrial and Household paints ==Culture== Events and Festivals: *Three Kings Caroling-January *Cavalcade Moncho Roldán-January *Candelaria Celebrations-February *Kite Festival-March *Cross Celebrations-May *Patron Celebrations-September *Embroidering and Weave Festival-September *Passion Fruit Festival-November Sports: *AA Class Amateur Baseball Club "Los Samaritanos"-National Champions(1975,1997,1999,2000,2001,2002)〔http://www.ballcharts.com/Samaritan〕 osAA. * Agustin Reyes Half Marathon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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