San Lorenzo is a municipality of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 located in the eastern central region, north of Patillas

Patillas, Puerto Rico

Patillas is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southeastern coast, south of San Lorenzo; west of Yabucoa and Maunabo; and east of Guayama and Arroyo. It is spread over 15 wards and Patillas Pueblo...

 and Yabucoa

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Yabucoa is a small town in the south eastern tip of Puerto Rico located in the southeastern region, north of Maunabo; south of San Lorenzo, Las Piedras and Humacao; and east of Patillas and about one hour from San Juan. Yabucoa is spread over 9 wards and Yabucoa Pueblo...

; south of Gurabo

Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Gurabo is a municipality in eastern Puerto Rico located in the central eastern region, north of San Lorenzo; south of Trujillo Alto; east of Caguas; and west of Carolina and Juncos. Gurabo is spread over 9 wards and Gurabo Pueblo...

; east of Caguas

Caguas, Puerto Rico

Caguas , 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....

 and Cayey

Cayey, Puerto Rico

Cayey is a mountain town in central Puerto Rico located on the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and Salinas; and west of San Lorenzo Cayey is spread over 21 wards and Cayey Pueblo...

; and west of Juncos

Juncos, Puerto Rico

Juncos is one of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico located in the eastern central region of the island, south of Canóvanas and Carolina; southeast of Gurabo; east of San Lorenzo; and west of Las Piedras. Juncos is spread over 9 wards and Juncos Pueblo...

 and Las Piedras

Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

Las Piedras is a municipality in east Puerto Rico located in the center region of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Canóvanas and Río Grande; east of Juncos and San Lorenzo; and west of Naguabo and Humacao. Las Piedras is spread over 7 wards and Las Piedras Pueblo...

. 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

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 and sugar cane.

Flag

The flag of San Lorenzo is divided in four rectangles of equal size, two rectangles are yellow and the other two are stripped with red and yellow stripes.

Coat of arms

The grill is the traditional symbol of San Lorenzo, deacon and martyr, patron of the town, because in a grill he underwent the martyrdom, slowly burned to death. The hill or mountain represent the Gregorio Hill, which dominates the San Lorenzo panorama. The cross is one of the heraldic attributes of San Miguel Arcángel.

Barrios (Districts/Wards)

• Cayaguas
• Cerro Gordo
• Espino
• Florida
• Hato
• Jagual
• Quebrada
• Quebrada Arenas
• Quebrada Honda
• Quemados

Geo/Topography

• Cayey Mountain Range.

Rivers: Río Cayaguas

Río Cayaguas

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, Río Emajagua

Río Emajagua

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, Río Grande de Loíza and Río de las Vegas

Río de las Vegas

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Agriculture

Agriculture is run on a large farm belonging to the Olmeda-Reyes family by Abran Reyes, Jose Olmeda-Reyes and Nancy Ortiz.

Industry

• Clothing, Pharmaceuticals, Footwear, Electromechanical equipment, Industrial and household paints

Landmarks and places of interest

• Santuario de la Virgen del Carmen en la Santa Montaña (Holy Mountain)
• Priscilla Flores Theater
• Gallera San Carlos - OPEN Tuesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday,Sunday Tel-(787) 734-7126
• Rio Grande de Loiza
• Iglesia (Church) Nuestraes LOKAII NANENNNN

- registered National Historic Site and Monument built circa 1737 and renovated in 1993.

Festivals and events

• Three Kings Caroling - January
• Cavalcade Moncho Roldán - January
• Candelaria Celebrations - February
• Kite Festival - March
• Cross Celebrations - May
• Matron Celebrations - September
• Embroidering and Weave Festival - September
• Passion Fruit Festival - November

Sports

• AA Class Baseball Club "Samaritanos" - multiple National Champions
• Agustin Reyes Half Marathon

Notable natives and residents

• Chayanne
  Chayanne
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   - singer and actor
• José Tous Soto (Former Speaker House of Representatives)
• Antonio Fernós Isern (Former resident Commissioner)
• Priscilla Flores (Folklor singer)
• José Aponte Hernandez (Former Speaker House of Representatives)
• Néstor Aponte Hernández (Appellate Judge)
• Rubén Torres Dávila (Judge)
• Alberto Ramos Aponte (Judge)
• José F. Velázquez (Lawyer and writer)
• Fe Leonor Borges (Founder Tuna Campeche, choir teacher)
• Jose Antonio Delgado (Former Mayor)
• Hiram Antonio Rosario (drummer for band Visa)
• Paquito Montañez (Writer)http://www.lordsereno.com/aboutauthor.html
• Carlos Vázquez Cruz (Writer) :es:Carlos Vázquez Cruz