Santa Isabel (ˈsanta isaˈβel) is a municipality

Municipality

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 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 southern coast, south of Coamo

Coamo, Puerto Rico

Coamo is a municipality in Puerto Rico located in the southern region, north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo is spread over 10 wards and Coamo Pueblo...

; east of Juana Díaz

Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Juana Díaz is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Jayuya, Ciales, Orocovis and Villalba; east of Ponce; and west of Coamo and Santa Isabel and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Juana Díaz is spread over 12 wards and Juana Diaz Pueblo...

; and west of Salinas

Salinas, Puerto Rico

Salinas is a small municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Aibonito and Cayey; southeast of Coamo, east of Santa Isabel; and west of Guayama...

. Santa Isabel is spread over 7 wards and Santa Isabel Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is the principal city of the Santa Isabel Micropolitan Statistical Area and is part of the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area.

Santa Isabel is known as "La Ciudad de los Potros" ("The City of the Colts

Colt (horse)

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").

Flag

The flag is divided horizontally in three stripes of same the width: white the superior one, yellow the central one and red the inferior one, may be ornamented with sugar cane stems or without them.

Coat of Arms

The crowned I stands for Queen Elisabeth of Hungary (Isabel in Spanish). The shells are a symbol for St. James the patron saint of the town, as well as for the many shells found near the town.

Barrios (Districts/Wards)

• Boca Velázquez
• Descalabrado
• Felicia
• Useras (home of Sara and Abi)
• Canta Sapo
• Jauca I
• Playa
• Santa Isabel Pueblo
• Ollas
• Paso Seco
• Peñuelas
• Playita Cortada

Geo/Topography

• Aguirre State Forest
• Rivers; Río Cayures
  Río Cayures
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  , Río Coamo
  Río Coamo
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  , Río Descalabrado
  Río Descalabrado
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   and Río Jueyes
  Río Jueyes
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  .

Industry

clothing, electrical and electronic machinery, metal products and nutritional products.

Landmarks and places of interest

• Aguirre Forest
• El Malecón (boardwalk)
• Indian Museum
• Jauca Beach
• Hacienda Alomar Ruins

Festivals and events

• Mango Festival - May
• Crab Carnival - June
• Patron Celebrations - July
• Cemí Carnival - October
• Turkey Festival - November

Notable "Santaisabelinos"

• Adolfo L. Monserrate Anselmi
  Adolfo L. Monserrate Anselmi
  Adolfo L. Monserrate Anselmi was born in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. He became of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico when Francisco Gustavo Solís a Representative for the District of San Juan resigned.He graduated form the University of Puerto...
  
   - former member Puerto Rico House of Representatives
• Carmelo Colon Rivera

Iram Vega Cruz

• César Miranda Rodríguez
• Benito Santiago
  Benito Santiago
  Benito Santiago Rivera is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played for twenty seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to , most notably for the San Diego Padres...
  
   - Baseball player; won unanimously the 1986 the National League's Rookie of the Year Award (San Diego Padres).
• Elvira Colón
• Carlos Muñoz - Elvira M Colon Student, the first of Santa Isabel to win on Premios El Nuevo Dia Educador
• Melwin Cedeño - actor, comedian, merengue musician, and singer.
• Carlos Colón, Sr. - professional wrestler
  Professional wrestling
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  known as "El Acróbata de Puerto Rico".
• Mario Ortiz - accomplished trumpet player, arranger and band leader of the 60's.
• Elvis Torres Serrant - Musical Director Limite 21 - released their first album in 1990 breaking new grounds in the genre of merengue.
• Luigi Texidor - singer - La Sonora Poncena, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican All Stars and Fania All Stars.
• Adolfo J. Richardson Diaz "DasiksthMan" - Hiphop Producer. Productor del clásico "Canvas" albúm de Hiphop boricua lanzado el 27 October 2009.
• José Luis Cedeño, Miembro de la Junta de Directores de la Asociación de Relacionistas Profesionales de Puerto Rico.
• Pedro María Descartes - legislator, mayor and leader of the autonomist movement.
• Melvin Rivera Velázquez - journalist, historian and head of the United Bible Societies for 28 countries of the Americas. Editor of the Santa Isabel History Blog www.santaisabelpr.com

External links

• Crest of the City

¡Historia viva de Santa Isabel! http://www.santaisabelpr.com]