page_title: Yauco, Puerto Rico
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Yauco, Puerto Rico / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: USDOT FHWA NHS map of PRI-2 tthrough Yauco, Puerto Rico
context_page_description: Yauco is a city and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico, centered on the city of the same name. Although the city is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco is located south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grande and Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. The municipality consists of 20 wards plus the main city Yauco zona urbana. It is both a principal city of the Yauco Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area.
  It was founded by Fernando Pacheco on February 29, 1756, and developed for commodity crops of tobacco, sugar cane, and coffee. Yauco became a center for Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico in the 19th century due to its geographical similarity to their homeland. Corsicans have contributed to many areas of life in Yauco, particularly to its coffee industry. This has played a role in the city's nicknames of El Pueblo del Café, and Los Corsos. It is also known as La Capital Taína after the native peoples of Puerto Rico.
context_section_description: Interstate Highway PRI-2 goes through Yauco. The interstate highway is designated as such because it receives up to 90% of its funding from the US Interstate Highway System.
  In 2019, there were 40 bridges in Yauco. A bridge that goes over Yauco River suffered damages during 2017 Hurricane Maria. A bridge that carries PR-359 would have to be demolished due to damages caused by the 2019–2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes.
caption: "Interstate" Highway PRI-2 goes through Yauco. Urbanized areas are shaded in peach.
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